Maintenance M&E Supervisor

Maintenance M&E Supervisor

Salary £47,132 – Day Shift

Immediate Interviews

Southampton

Reporting to:
Maintenance Manager

Scope of the role:
Support the Maintenance Manager in a specified area of responsibility to ensure that maintenance targets are achieved.

Key internal relationships:
Maintenance Manager, Shift Co‑ordinators, Area Co‑ordinators, Production Manager, Quality Team, Maintenance Team.

Working pattern / hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8am – 4pm.

This role offers a great opportunity to work for a company that really invests in its staff.

Three key areas: prior experience as an Engineer in a manufacturing environment and experience managing staff.

• Managing 3 staff
• Provide holiday and absence cover for the Maintenance Manager and undertake associated duties.
• Order spare parts required for breakdown repairs.
• Organise team holidays to ensure sufficient cover for production.
• Organise overtime when needed.
• Delegate work to team members.
• Meet with Production Manager and Supervisors to prioritise repairs and attend daily morning and management meetings as required.
• Keep progress graphs, KPI data, and cost control up to date.
• Support long‑term breakdowns.
• Conduct regular housekeeping audits to raise standards.
• Responsibility for ongoing improvement in risk reduction and overall health & safety compliance.
• Work directly with the quality team to identify quality issues and subsequent action relevant to maintenance.
• Take responsibility to stock‑take consumables.
• Delegate work to team members and coordinate.
• Deal with long‑term breakdowns and discuss with manufacturers.
• Assist Maintenance Manager as and when needed.
• Escalate problems, incidents, or concerns to the relevant people in a timely manner.
• Assist with continuous improvement/quality projects within the department.
• Work in accordance with health and safety guidelines, especially safe operation of machinery and correct use of guarding.
• Assist other sections/departments with support and information as directed.
• Be willing to work in other departments within the company when necessary.

• Qualified Engineer.
• Educated to minimum GCSE level.
• Excellent communication skills – able to inspire and motivate a team.
• Experience and knowledge of working in a high volume manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge and experience of working with KPIs, objectives and target setting.

• ILM Level 3 Certificate in Leadership and Management (minimum) with a view to achieving ILM Level 5.
• Six Sigma Green Belt.
• Experience supervising an effective team.
• Health and safety qualifications or demonstration of good knowledge.
• Knowledge of COSHH regulations.

• Lives the values & behaviours, lead by example.
• Flexible and adaptable with a positive attitude to change and improvement.
• Open and approachable, pay attention to the views and opinions of everyone in the team.
• Builds and maintains good working relationships across teams.

• Provides ideas and suggestions to meet and improve customer needs.
• Allocates resources that ensure responsiveness to customer requirements.

• Excellent communication skills – communicate relevant information, regularly, consistently, and concisely.
• Makes people feel valued by treating everyone equally and recognising them for a job well done.
• Supports development of individuals/teams, investing time in coaching and developing talent for the future needs of Vision Labs.
• Actively encourages teams to work with others and build effective relationships.

• Works with others in a positive and constructive way.
• Has a right‑first‑time attitude and learns from mistakes.
• Helps teams develop a broader understanding of the business and supports them through change.