Maintenance Team Leader
Listed on 2026-10-18
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Engineering
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Automation & Mechatronics Engineer
Plymouth, Devon - easily commutable from Ivybridge, Saltash, Tavistock, Newton Abbot, Torquay, Exeter, Paignton, Liskeard and surrounding areas.
£45,000 - £50,000 + Early Friday Finish + Matched Pension + Benefits
Monday to Friday role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Maintenance Team Leader to join a well-established and highly successful manufacturing business.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys the balance of hands-on engineering and people leadership. You'll lead a skilled maintenance team, drive planned maintenance and reliability, support complex breakdowns and play a key role in continuous improvement across a busy manufacturing site.
They are particularly interested in engineers who have worked with automated manufacturing equipment, conveyors, sensors, pneumatics and associated production machinery.
Role & Responsibilities:- Lead, support and develop a multi-skilled maintenance engineering team
- Plan daily engineering priorities and allocate resources effectively
- Drive Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) activities across the site
- Support engineers with complex breakdowns and technical fault finding
- Use structured Root Cause Analysis to identify recurring problems and implement permanent solutions
- Help develop and improve preventative maintenance routines
- Use the site CMMS to manage work orders, maintenance schedules and completed work
- Support TPM and Continuous Improvement activities
- Analyse downtime and equipment performance to identify improvement opportunities
- Work closely with Production, Engineering and Quality teams
- Support new machinery installations, upgrades and automation projects
- Manage critical engineering spares
- Coach and develop engineers, identifying training and development opportunities
- Ensure maintenance activities are carried out safely and in line with site procedures
- Promote strong communication and effective engineering handovers
Skills & Experience:
- Previous experience within a manufacturing, production or automated engineering environment
- Experience leading, supervising or mentoring Maintenance Engineers
- Strong hands-on mechanical and/or electrical engineering background
- Good understanding of manufacturing machinery including conveyors, sensors, pneumatics and automation
- Strong fault-finding and breakdown experience
- Practical experience of Root Cause Analysis, using techniques such as 5 Whys, Fishbone, 8D or similar
- Good understanding of PPM / Planned Maintenance and how effective preventative maintenance improves equipment reliability
- Experience using a CMMS or computerised maintenance system, such as SAP, Shire System or similar
- Experience of Continuous Improvement and/or TPM environments would be advantageous
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- Time-served Engineer, HNC or equivalent qualification in Electrical, Mechanical or Multi-Skilled Engineering
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
- Early Finish Every Friday
- 4% Matched Pension
- Life Assurance
- Retail Discount Scheme
- Genuine opportunity to shape the site's automation strategy and grow the role as investment continues
- Code: INDENM
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