Maintenance Team Leader

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day maintenance and repair activities to help achieve site and departmental KPIs.

• Prioritise the team’s workload and respond quickly to urgent issues.

• Identify skills gaps within the team and support development to improve performance.

• Promote and apply continuous improvement methods to introduce better working practices.

• Communicate and work with internal and external departments to maintain strong customer satisfaction and manage expectations.

• Ensure the safe operation of all plant and equipment and uphold safe working practices for the team, contractors, and apprentices — acting as the senior engineering representative on site when required.

• Support management of the preventive maintenance schedule, reactive/BD work orders, and critical and non-critical spare parts.

• Provide clear and timely communication, including daily, weekly, and monthly written reports.

• Oversee effective team management, including housekeeping, accurate PPM/IFS record-keeping, completion of required safety documentation (SISI, 5S, SSW, PTW, etc.), shift paperwork, thorough shift handovers, leading team meetings, toolbox talks, and delivering one-point lessons.

Skills & Requirements:

• Strong Engineering background

• Demonstrated work in highly automated and fast paced environment

• Experience in managing a multi-disciplined team

• Experience of CMMS system

• Writing and amending TPM routines

• Excellent organisational and time management skills

• Effective communicator

• Ability to motivate and lead

• The capacity to prioritise tasks and work under pressure

• Ability to liaise well with others and delegate tasks

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work on your own initiative and drive improvements

• Attention to detail

• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads

• Problem-solving skills and project management ability

Workings Hours & Benefits:

• Panama shifts covering days & nights, 12 hours

• 33 days holiday (pro rata)

• Contributory pension scheme - matched up to 8%

• Life assurance

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay

• Save as you earn Sharesave Scheme

• Cycle to work scheme

• Free flu vouchers

• Various health & wellbeing initiatives including complimentary occupational health on-site physiotherapy and counselling services.

• Staff discount on all Genuit Group products

• Free on-site parking