Maintenance Supervisor: TPM, CMMS & Team Leader

The Maintenance Supervisor will oversee maintenance activities within a fast-paced industrial environment, ensuring equipment reliability and operational efficiency. This role requires a hands-on approach to managing a team and maintaining manufacturing machinery in St. Helens.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the engineering maintenance team, ensuring safety standards are always maintained.
• Produce, analyse and develop the maintenance program with an ethos of continual improvement.
• Allocate team resources effectively to enhance the reliability of all plant and machinery as measured via Company KPIs; adopt the principles of Total Preventative Maintenance (TPM) to improve asset performance.
• Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures, formulation and update of risk assessments, identification of training and development needs and adherence with Company HR procedures.
• Develop and control Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to ensure that all activities are recorded and reported periodically to the Assistant Engineering & Process Development Manager with recommendations for improvement.
• Make recommendations and formulate capital expenditure proposals for the upgrade, renewal or expansion of plant and machinery in accordance with engineering, production and safety requirements and monitor spending throughout the year within approved expenditure.
• Produce technical specifications for new/used equipment supply in accordance with production requirements and support new product introduction or plant trials in conjunction with R&D and Quality departments.
• Establish and review external maintenance contracts, monitor performance at agreed service levels, minimise process interruption, and ensure legislative requirements are met.
• Control and maintain a calibration database ensuring plant characteristics are compliant with TS16949 requirements on an ongoing basis.

Qualifications

• Time Served Apprenticeship in Mechanical, Electrical or Multi-Skilled Engineering.
• HNC Level or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment; Glass Forming manufacturing background is desirable.
• 16th, 17th or 18th Edition Wiring Regulations knowledge.
• Experience or high level of knowledge with PLCs.
• Strong leadership skills to manage and motivate a maintenance team.
• Proficiency in diagnosing and repairing mechanical and electrical systems.
• Knowledge of preventative maintenance practices and tools.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual Salary – Circa £53,000.
• Company Gainshare Scheme with potential annual payment of c. £1,000 subject to targets being met.
• Attendance Incentive Scheme recognising 100% attendance (subject to eligibility) – awarding store cards c. £500.
• Company Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with contribution rates: Employee 4%/5%; Employer 7%/8%.
• Salary Exchange Scheme.
• Life Assurance – 3 times salary.
• Company Sickness Benefit.
• Holiday entitlement: 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays; requirement to take 3x holidays over the Christmas shutdown period; 10 years' service +1 additional day; 20 years' service +1 additional day.
• Compressed Working Time Scheme: maximum 30 minutes per day may be accrued; up to 2 hours taken as early finish on Friday; subject to business needs.
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing programmes.

Work Time

• Normal working time: 37.5 hours/week – Monday to Friday 08:30 to 17:00 (one hour lunch); flexibility to take 30 minutes lunch and adjust start or finish time.
• There may be a requirement to work outside of normal office hours; flexibility is required in accordance with business/departmental needs.