At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead maintenance strategies to boost equipment performance and reliability in a dynamic manufacturing setting.
- Company: Join a thriving manufacturing company focused on innovation and teamwork.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, training opportunities, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Rotating shifts with a focus on continuous improvement and team development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by improving operations and leading a passionate maintenance team.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in maintenance leadership and strong problem-solving skills required.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Maintenance Lead to lead a site-based maintenance function within a busy manufacturing environment covering press, fabrication, assembly, warehouse, and office operations.
Duties and Responsibilities of the Senior Maintenance Lead
- Develop and deliver a maintenance and reliability strategy to improve uptime, asset performance, and equipment effectiveness.
- Own and improve PPM systems, CMMS data, asset registers, work order control, downtime reporting, and maintenance KPIs.
- Lead TPM events, analyze recurring faults, identify losses, and drive targeted reliability improvements.
- Manage contractors, RAMS, permits, competency, safe systems of work, performance, cost, and sign: off.
- Maintain strong engineering governance, including statutory inspections, certification, safety standards, and compliance records.
- Build and manage maintenance budgets, spares strategies, investment proposals, and asset risk plans.
- Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team, identifying skills gaps and implementing training plans.
- Lead root cause analysis for major breakdowns, chronic issues, and equipment: related safety or quality concerns.
- Ideal Senior Maintenance Lead
- Must have proven experience as a Senior Maintenance Lead or similar within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong experience creating and delivering PPM strategies that improve reliability and reduce downtime.
- Confident using Maint Master or a similar CMMS, including asset data, reporting, scheduling, and work order discipline.
- Experience leading TPM activity and driving continuous improvement.
- Strong contractor management experience covering safety, cost, performance, and governance.
- Understanding of maintenance: related compliance and statutory inspection requirements.
- Hands-on, visible leader with strong communication, prioritisation, and team development skills.
- Engineering qualifications, Lean or TPM training, IOSH, or experience in appliance manufacturing or high‑mix production environments would be advantageous.
- Working hours
39 hours per week on a rotating shift pattern.
- Early shift: 6:00am‑2:00pm
- Late shift: 2:00pm‑10:00pm
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We think you need these skills to ace Senior Maintenance Lead in Royal Leamington Spa
Maintenance and Reliability Strategy Development
PPM Systems Management
CMMS Proficiency
Asset Performance Improvement
Root Cause Analysis
Contractor Management
Safety Standards Compliance
