Engineering Team Leader in Newport-On-Tay

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: £29,617 per annum

This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward‑thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field! Join us as our new Engineering Team Leader at Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference. Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person‑centred support. You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co‑workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values.

About the role

As the Engineering Team Leader for Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd you will ensure all equipment is tested & repaired in line with LOLER and PAT, as well as other regulations to the agreed specification and to the agreed performance, qualitative and financial targets. Tasks will be carried out in our In‑house Workshop area.

Your day‑to‑day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Work safely while meeting daily repair and service targets.
• Reduce equipment in repair status through efficient in‑house maintenance.
• Identify faulty or damaged stock and decide on repair or replacement.
• Ensure all stock control and accountability processes are followed, including regular stock and spare parts checks.
• Maintain workshop organisation, safe equipment storage, and high housekeeping standards.
• Use scanners to manage stock, record repair progress, and support depot communication.
• Adhere to health & safety, manual handling, and hazardous substance guidelines.
• Train and support new starters and engineers, ensuring competence within probation.
• Attend management meetings and support other departments as needed.
• Lead by example, meet or exceed KPIs, and prioritise workload to achieve service targets.
• Report near misses or safeguarding concerns promptly to management.

About you

Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:

• We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
• We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity and kindness.
• We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers and customers.
• We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
• We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
• We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
• We deliver cost effective, efficient and safe healthcare solutions.

Qualifications and experience required:

• GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths and English at grade C or above.
• Minimum 1 year in a public, healthcare, or service‑based industry.
• Background in equipment servicing or maintenance (desirable).

What we offer:

• 29 days holiday moving to a max of 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays).
• Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free eye test, provided by Specsavers.
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Access to Perkbox discount platform.
• Free uniform.
• Free DBS check.

We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know. We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.