Maintenance Team Leader
Salary: £68,000 + Overtime (1.5x)
Location: Worksop
Shift Pattern: 12-Hour Rotating Days & Nights
Benefits: Share Options, Company Pension, Life Assurance, 33 Days Holiday, Career Progression
Maintenance Team Leader Opportunity
Are you an experienced Maintenance Team Leader, Engineering Team Leader, Shift Engineering Supervisor or Senior Maintenance Engineer looking to join one of the UK's fastest-growing manufacturing businesses?
Our client is a modern British success story. Founded just 10 years ago by two friends, the business has grown into a multi-million-pound manufacturer employing over 600 people at a state-of-the-art automated facility located between Nottingham and Sheffield.
Continued investment in automation, engineering and operational excellence has created an opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Team Leader to join the business and lead a team of engineers within a highly automated production environment.
This role offers the perfect balance of leadership and hands‑on engineering, allowing you to develop your management career while remaining technically involved.
The Role
As Maintenance Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading a team of four Maintenance Engineers while providing technical support across the site.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and coordinating a team of Maintenance Engineers on shift
- Allocating reactive and planned maintenance activities
- Supporting engineers with technical fault finding and problem-solving
- Electrical and mechanical maintenance across automated production equipment
- Fault finding on PLC-controlled machinery
- Driving engineering standards and shift performance
- Supporting continuous improvement and automation projects
- Ensuring maintenance activities are completed safely and efficiently
You’ll be working on a variety of automated equipment including:
- Conveyor systems
- Packaging machinery
- Industrial ovens
- Robotic palletisers
- Automated production equipment
- Material handling systems
The Ideal Candidate
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- Previous experience leading, supervising or managing Maintenance Engineers
- Strong electrical and/or mechanical fault‑finding skills
- Experience within a manufacturing, FMCG, food, packaging, logistics or automated production environment
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- The ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced production environment
- A proactive approach to continuous improvement and problem solving
Salary & Benefits
- £68,000 basic salary
- Overtime paid at 1.5x
- Share Options Scheme
- Company Pension
- 33 Days Holiday
- Additional holiday entitlement with service
- Life Assurance
- Ongoing training and development
- Career progression opportunities
- Modern, highly automated working environment
- Long-term job security with a growing business
Why Apply?
- Join a rapidly expanding manufacturing business
- Lead a skilled team within a highly automated facility
- Significant investment in engineering and automation
- Genuine opportunities to progress into Engineering Management
- Excellent salary and benefits package
- Stable long‑term career opportunity
- Modern site with advanced technology and equipment
If you’re an experienced Maintenance Team Leader looking for your next challenge within a progressive manufacturing environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today or contact Kristi Hopwood on 0116 218 1640 for a confidential discussion.
Alternatively, email your CV to kristi.hopwood@ata-recruitment.co.uk
