Lead Maintenance Engineer

Lead Maintenance Engineer

Leicester, Leicestershire

£47,000 + £8,000 Shift Premium

FTC until December 2026

TXM Recruit are partnering with a leading, Global Intralogistics business which specialise in the design, development and maintenance of highly automated systems as they search for a Lead Site Engineer to join the team.

The responsibility of the Lead Site Engineer will be a mixture of managing stakeholders, leading a small team, CMMS management as well as helping with maintenance tasks within a fast‑paced environment.

• Panama shift (2, 2,
  3)
• Day and night shift – 6am – 6pm / 6pm – 6am

• Carrying out preventative and reactive maintenance tasks across the site, as well as contributing to continuous improvement tasks.
• Performing electrical and mechanical maintenance on automated systems.
• Mechanical maintenance tasks such as the strip‑down and re‑assembly of equipment, replacement of components and re‑lacing of belts for example.
• Electrically, you will be responsible for electrical testing using a multi‑meter, interpreting electrical diagrams & symbols to support identification of faults and work up to 480v.
• Managing CMMS and all maintenance allocation.
• Stakeholder management.
• Lead a small team whilst promoting and building customer relations.
• Tracking budgets.
• KPI tracking.

• Completed an apprenticeship in an Electromechanical discipline to a minimum standard of NVQ level 3.
• Experience of Automated Systems.
• HNC / HND NVQ Level 5 Desirable.
• Understanding of a WMS or WCS system is beneficial.
• Pneumatic and Hydraulic knowledge is beneficial.
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office skills.

• Employer pension contributions of up to 6%.
• Comprehensive private healthcare coverage, including optical, dental, and hearing benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Health care cashback scheme, covering private medical excess costs.
• Opportunity to work for a Best Companies, outstanding company.
• 25 days holiday.

TXM Recruit is an equal opportunities employer. If you have any specific requirements or require assistance or reasonable adjustments to be made for you during the selection process due to disability or long‑term health condition, we will do our best to assist you.