Maintenance Supervisor

Every life is unique and so are you!

At Dräger we protect, support and rescue lives day in and day out. We are interested in you if you have the desire to work for an organisation that does something more, something that is truly worth working for.

As an international leader in medical and safety technology, we develop pioneering devices, software, services and solutions that people around the world trust. Wherever Dräger products are used, it's about the most important thing: it's about life.

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and performance of the site Maintenance team, ensuring manufacturing equipment and supporting assets are maintained safely, reliably and efficiently. Leading a team of approximately 10, the role provides strong people leadership while establishing a proactive, performance-driven maintenance culture. The Maintenance Supervisor will balance reactive engineering support with preventative and predictive maintenance, equipment reliability improvement and Operator Asset Care, using maintenance data, structured problem solving and effective deployment of resources to reduce equipment losses, improve asset availability and support Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost objectives.

• Lead, manage and develop the Maintenance team, setting clear expectations for safety, performance and accountability.

• Manage workload, priorities, resource allocation and maintenance coverage to support manufacturing requirements.

• Conduct regular one-to-ones, performance reviews and development discussions.

• Coach and develop Technicians and Apprentices, working with the Senior Maintenance Technician to strengthen technical capability.

• Maintain a critical skills matrix and implement development, cross-training and succession plans to address capability gaps and single points of dependency.

• Coordinate and prioritise planned and reactive maintenance activities across the manufacturing operation.

• Ensure effective response, escalation and communication during equipment breakdowns.

• Own delivery of the Planned Preventative Maintenance programme, driving PPM compliance and schedule adherence.

• Ensure maintenance tasks, frequencies and strategies are appropriate to equipment criticality, history and reliability performance.

• Ensure effective handover, ownership and closure of outstanding maintenance issues.

• Drive improvement in equipment reliability, availability and maintenance performance.

• Monitor and act upon key maintenance KPIs including MTTR, MTBF, PPM compliance, downtime, maintenance cost and planned versus reactive maintenance.

• Identify recurring and high-impact equipment failures and ensure structured Root Cause Analysis is completed with effective corrective actions.

• Work with the Reliability Engineer and wider Engineering team to optimise preventative, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies.

• Support implementation of Operator Asset Care, defining appropriate operator inspection, cleaning, lubrication and escalation standards.

• Ensure effective use of the CMMS, maintaining accurate work orders, asset history, failure data and maintenance records.

• Use maintenance data to identify trends, recurring failures and improvement opportunities.

• Manage critical equipment spares, balancing operational risk, lead time, cost and inventory.

• Identify equipment and component obsolescence risks and develop appropriate mitigation plans with Engineering and Procurement.

• Manage maintenance suppliers, OEMs, specialist service providers and contractors.

• Monitor supplier performance, service quality, response…