Maintenance Team Leader

Lead Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - £47,000

Shift: Monday to Friday Days

Location: Normanton, West Yorkshire

We are recruiting for a market leading processing business who have an opportunity for a Lead Engineer to join the team at their fully automated factory in West Yorkshire. I am looking for a Lead Technician from a factory / manufacturing background that is multi skilled, mechanical or electrical bias, holding an engineering qualification. As a Lead Technician you'll be responsible for carrying out planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring that all equipment runs efficiently and reliably. You will liaise with external contractors to coordinate maintenance and repair activities, and you'll be expected to review and update maintenance schedules on a daily and weekly basis. Continuous improvement initiatives and improvements will be a key part of your responsibilities, requiring you to create and maintain pre-planned maintenance schedules for their automated facility. In addition, you will step up and deputise for the engineering manager as needed. While you won't have direct reports, you'll mentor and coach junior members of the technical team, sharing your expertise and ensuring they develop their skills.

Skills required for the Lead Engineer:

• Have an engineering qualification.
• Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer
• Electrical or mechanical bias.
• Leadership Experience
• Experience within a manufacturing/processing environment
• Diagnosing faults and repairing equipment.
• Continuous improvements
• Ensuring strict adherence to health and safety regulations.

The Lead Engineer will benefit from:

• Fantastic training programmes and development plans
• Progression to grow within the company.
• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme
• Pension
• Cycle Scheme
• Working for a company that really does invest in their engineers.

If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the right skills, then please click apply at the bottom of this advert.

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