Cranes Maintenance Team Leader in Llanwern

Department: Cranes & Lifting

Location: Llanwern (NP19)

Closing Date: Wednesday 28th January 2026

We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.

Do you want to take the next step in your engineering career while helping to lead and inspire a high‑performing team? If you thrive in a hands‑on, dynamic environment and enjoy leading a team, this role is your opportunity to make a real impact.

At Tata Steel’s Llanwern site, we’re looking for a Team Leader to join our Cranes & Lifting team, to ensure our auxiliary plant and infrastructure operate at peak performance. This is an exciting opportunity to combine hands‑on engineering expertise with leadership responsibilities, ensuring the safety, reliability, and efficiency of critical plant equipment in a dynamic environment.

What you will do:

As a Team Leader, you’ll play a dual role, contributing as a skilled engineer and leading a skilled team, ensuring all maintenance activities, planned repairs and breakdowns align with safety and quality standards. You’ll work closely with the Dept Engineering Manager with your work directly supporting our manufacturing operations, keeping the plant running smoothly and efficiently.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a coordinating point for the day team, ensuring safe and effective deployment of craft members and support personnel.
• Carrying out maintenance, repair, and fault‑finding tasks while ensuring compliance with Tata Steel’s engineering standards and legislative requirements.
• Promoting a culture of safety by enforcing risk assessments, safety contacts, and best practices, ensuring the safety of all team members.
• Managing work priorities, coordinating resources, and maintaining SAP records to optimise maintenance activities.
• Leading by example and supporting the development of team members by delivering on‑the‑job training and coaching.
• Identifying opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of engineering activities, including fault diagnosis, preventive maintenance, and team flexibility.

This role also involves deputising for the Area Engineering Manager as required, providing an excellent opportunity to build your leadership capabilities in a supportive environment.

What you will need:

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated engineer with strong technical skills and the ability to lead and inspire a team.

• Time served Mechanical & Electrical apprenticeship with experience in the field of lifting equipment.
• Good communication skills required, as the post holder will have to deal with all levels of personnel from shop floor to senior managers, with the ability to motivate and develop a team.
• Basic computer literacy.
• Be conversant with present PUWER/LOLER regulations.
• Demonstrable leadership potential, with the ability to coordinate and motivate a team.
• A commitment to safety, with experience promoting compliance and best practices.
• Proven ability to plan and manage resources effectively, ensuring tasks are completed to high standards.
• Proven ability to identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency with SAP or similar systems for planning and maintenance management.

What we can offer you:

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• Ongoing Tata Steel training, which has built a reputation as one of the best within the industry
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.

Why us?

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045.