Maintenance Engineering Team Leader 6402

Maintenance Engineering Team Leader
Location: Bridgwater, Somerset
Hours: 37 hours per week, day shift
Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 up to 4% annual bonus, 25 days holiday, Pension, Life assurance

Key Responsibilities of a Maintenance Engineering Team Leader:

• Lead and develop a small maintenance team, ensuring delivery of high-quality service levels to support site operations.
• Oversee routine and reactive maintenance of factory machinery and tooling workshop equipment.
• Plan and manage preventive maintenance schedules using a CMMS, maintaining accurate records and improving efficiency.
• Monitor and improve maintenance KPIs, using data to drive performance and reduce downtime.
• Support engineering projects and facilities-related tasks, ensuring maintenance requirements are integrated.
• Collaborate with suppliers for parts and services and help introduce Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) across the site.

Key Skills of a Maintenance Engineering Team Leader:

• Proven leadership experience within a manufacturing maintenance environment, or readiness to step up from a senior maintenance role.
• Strong understanding of preventive maintenance strategies and CMMS systems.
• Familiarity with maintenance standards (e.g. BS 14200) is desirable.
• Excellent communication and team management skills.
• Engineering qualification to Level 5 (e.g. HND) or equivalent.
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent certification is highly desirable.

To be considered for this role, please email your CV to andrew.penrith@first-base.co.uk or call Andrew on 01453 755330.

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