Maintenance Coordinator

MTrec's new career opportunity

Our client are leading specialists in their market sector. They are now looking to recruit a Maintenance Coordinator on a permanent basis.

You will be working a 3‑shift system (7‑3/ 3‑11/ 11‑7).

• Lead on‑shift technical team, ensuring planned maintenance activities are carried out, supporting breakdown activities and related reporting.
• Manage and plan maintenance resource with respect to shift cover / holidays / planned activities / time and attendance system.
• Identify training needs of the technical team, give on‑the‑job training and plan external training; use ILU, skill tests and gap analysis.
• Comprehensive reporting on daily breakdowns.
• Plan and track spend and budgets relating to repairs and spares.
• Develop and maintain Computerised Maintenance System (CMS).
• Plan, manage and carry out improvement / Kaizen activities involving current production processes based on maintenance data in order to meet or exceed KPIs, ultimately improving profitability by cost of poor quality (COPQ) improvement.
• Implement improvements, gather evidence of outcomes and communicate to all.
• Provide current production support, supporting Manufacturing teams with technical problem solving activities, whether related to breakdown or chronic issues.
• Support Quick Response Quality Concern (QRQC) activities, including root cause analysis and countermeasure development, ensuring closure of PDCA loop.
• Responsibility for equipment safety in line with PUWER 98 Regulations.
• Responsible for managing equipment suppliers.
• Contractor and supplier management during work on client sites.
• Responsible for safety of self and others, including contractors.
• Ensure risk assessments are in place for activities that your team carry out.
• Ensure any modification or improvements to equipment are carried out in line with PUWER regulations, adherence to client E  (Equipment Basic Requirements), and local regulations (Supply of Machinery Safety Regulations).
• Support any NPI project work requests from the Engineering Department.
• Support in the achievement of all departmental and plant KPIs.

• Technical role experience in a high‑volume manufacturing environment is essential.
• Experience in assembly and processing of steel & stainless‑steel products is desirable.
• Experience of manufacturing technologies including MIG welding, resistance welding, pressing, tube forming, industrial robots, control systems, and Omron & Siemens PLCs is desirable.
• Excellent mechanical and electrical fault‑finding skills.
• Team supervision experience.
• Be willing to work a 3 shift system.
• Flexibility to be involved in all aspects of the production process and equipment, and the associated services, is essential.
• Experience of maintenance stores management including ordering and supplier management.
• Good understanding and experience of root cause analysis.
• Educated to minimum of HNC level or equivalent.
• Indentured apprenticeship in an engineering / maintenance discipline.
• Candidates with considerable specific experience will be considered on merit.

• Excellent benefits package.
• Competitive salary.
• Low staff turnover.
• Regional employer of choice.