The Maintenance Supervisor will oversee the 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.
Client Details
The employer is a well-established organisation within the Manufacturing and Production sector. With a strong reputation for excellence, they are a medium-sized company committed to delivering high-quality products and efficient operations.
Description
As the Maintenance Supervisor you will be tasked with the following -
Role:
· 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 resource effectively to enhance the reliability of all plant and machinery as measured via Company KPIs; and 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, minimize 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.
Profile
A successful Maintenance Supervisor should have:
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
Experience or high level of knowledge with PLC's
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.Job Offer
Annual Salary - Circa £53,000
Company Gainshare Scheme with potential annual payment of c. £1,000 subject to targets being met (subject to eligibility)
Attendance Incentive Scheme recognising 100% attendance (subject to eligibility) - awarding store cards c. £500.
37.5 hours/week Monday to Friday (further details below)
Company Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with a choice of contribution rates:
Employee Contribution
Employer Contribution
4%
7%
5%
8%
Salary Exchange Scheme
Life Assurance - 3 times salary.
Company Sickness Benefit
Holidays in a complete holiday year, 1 April - 31 March: 25 days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
Requirement to take 3x holidays over the Christmas shut down period.
10 years' Service: +1 additional days' Holiday
20 years' Service: +1 additional day's Holiday
Compressed Working Time Scheme: A maximum of 30 minutes per day may be accrued with up 2 hours taken as an early finish on Friday afternoon, subject to business needs.
Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing programs.
Working 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, and flexibility will be required in accordance with business/departmental needs.
Compressed Working Time Scheme (Friday early finish): Subject to working time and rules of the Scheme