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Lead Department Engineer
Job in
Fort William, Highland, PH33, Scotland, UK
Listed on 2026-10-15
Listing for:
BWSR LIMITED
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-15
Job specializations:
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Maintenance/Cleaning
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic -
Engineering
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Our client is currently recruiting a Lead Department Engineer who will lead day-to-day maintenance across their site, coordinating priorities and resources between departments, whilst managing Department Engineers and ensuring maintenance is delivered safely and effectively.
Responsibilities- Comply with all company policies and procedures
- Lead safe day-to-day maintenance delivery across all plant areas
- Set priorities and coordinate planned, urgent and breakdown work and resources across the site
- Manage and support Department Engineers, holding them accountable for maintenance delivery and performance
- Coordinate craft resources and apprentices across departments, including apprentice mentoring and development towards time-served competency
- Ensure maintenance personnel are suitably trained and competent for the work they carry out
- Monitor weekly schedule delivery, work quality, CMMS compliance and maintenance performance
- Review breakdowns, backlog, preventive maintenance and repeat failures, ensuring actions are progressed
- Maintain the day-to-day interface with Operations on priorities, plant condition and recovery
- Escalate significant safety, environmental, operational, reliability and resource risks to the Maintenance Manager
- Oversee significant contractors and support shutdowns, projects, plant modifications and new equipment installations
- Support the Maintenance Manager with maintenance strategy, resource planning and continuous improvement
- Engineering maintenance experience in a heavy engineering environment with a Mechanical or Electrical bias
- Experience leading maintenance teams and managing engineering staff
- Strong understanding of planned, reactive and reliability-centred maintenance
- Good understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation
- Knowledge of industrial process plant, relevant standards and technical procedures
- Working knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance performance measures
- Strong leadership, communication, prioritisation and coaching skills
- Experience mentoring apprentices and developing technical competence
Please note there is a full relocation package included in this role.
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