Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor Location: Kent Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per annum depending on experience.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Supervisor to join our client's team during a period of significant growth and development. This role is ideal for someone who can lead, coach and motivate a fast-paced engineering team while ensuring operational performance, equipment reliability and high standards of safety and quality.

Values & Core Behaviours

The successful post holder will be expected to work in accordance with our organisational values and core behaviours:

• Positive, enthusiastic and fully engaged in all aspects of our work.
• Committed to delivering excellence in everything we do.
• Aware of operational impact and able to maximise value.
• Continuously seeking ways to improve, innovate, and enhance our engineering practices.
• Working collaboratively, valuing people and contributing to shared success.
• Experts in our field who continuously seek deeper understanding and improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the engineering team to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operation of all site equipment.
• Plan and oversee daily engineering workloads, including preventative and reactive maintenance activities.
• Ensure machinery, production equipment, and supporting systems are effectively set up, calibrated and maintained.
• Carry out hands-on engineering tasks as required, acting as both operator and maintainer when necessary.
• Monitor equipment performance, diagnose faults and implement timely solutions to minimise downtime.
• Drive improvements in equipment reliability and support achievement of OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) targets.
• Maintain accurate engineering records, maintenance logs, and compliance reports.
• Work collaboratively with production, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure seamless operations.
• Support the introduction of new technology, processes, and equipment as the facility scales.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with all safety, environmental, and quality standards.

Essential Requirements

• Proven experience in an engineering supervisory or senior engineering role within manufacturing.
• Strong technical understanding of production machinery, packaging systems or relevant automation equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and process-related issues.
• Familiarity with OEE metrics, lean methodologies, and continuous improvement tools.
• Excellent organisational, leadership, and team-management skills.
• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Foundational understanding of carbonated liquid processing or filling systems (advantageous in this environment).

Desirable Requirements

• Experience with in beverage, bottling, or food manufacturing environments.
• Formal qualifications in engineering, manufacturing, or a related discipline.

If you would like more information simply get in touch as we would love to hear from you today!