Maintenance Team Leader

About the Company

Talent84 is delighted to be representing our client, a highly successful, market-leading speciality food manufacturer based in Gateshead in their search for a Maintenance Team Leader working on the following shift pattern:

• 3-day shifts > 1 day off > 3-night shifts > 3 days off > 4 days shifts > 7 days off

About the Role

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Team Leader will have direct responsibility for x2 Maintenance Engineers and ensuring that the engineering function is providing a high service level in respect to reactive and preventative maintenance.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure equipment is set up ready for shift start, Product Change, performs at required output
• Correct down of production lines and associated equipment
• KPI’s to be reviewed every shift to maintain focus on delivery and cost.
• Consistent reporting of all maintenance activities including breakdown repair/ reactive maintenance
• Carry out RCAs for repetitive breakdowns or large losses to OEE
• Target the completion of 100% of PM’s, using forward thinking to get maintenance done whenever possible.
• Assist and contribute in initiatives and proactive working to reduce site waste
• Contribute to providing an engineering function that can deliver 85% OEE on site.
• Review and allocate workload for Multi Skilled Engineer’s on shift.
• Ensure that a thorough technical handover is given between previous and following shift.
• Daily downtime sheets/ filling in shift or downtime book/ Maintenance records

About you

To be considered for the role it is essential that you are a time-served multi-skilled maintenance professional with experience gained in a fast-paced, high volume manufacturing (ideally food & drink) with supervisory/team leadership experience.

Key selection criteria

• Previous experience/exposure to leadership of a team
• Ability to communicate to others in department and cross departments.
• Organisational skills
• Strong Technical aptitude
• Strong multi-discipline engineer
• Apprenticeship / Technical background Electrical/Mechanical – level 3 NVQ or equivalent
• Experience of PLC, HMI Scada controlled systems
• Practical approach to problem solving
• Forward-thinking Health and Safety
• Quality conscious
• Self-motivated
• Conscientious, with attention to detail