Maintenance Supervisor

Overview

As Maintenance Supervisor you lead and coordinate maintenance activities to keep plant, equipment and facilities safe, efficient and reliable. You supervise maintenance technicians, plan preventative maintenance, respond to breakdowns and drive continuous improvement to maximise availability and productivity. You work closely with production to improve plant performance and contribute to a safety-focused, cost-conscious operation. This role offers a hands-on leadership position in a large, global manufacturing environment with a strong emphasis on safety and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate day-to-day maintenance across the site
• Plan and execute preventative maintenance schedules
• Coordinate reactive maintenance and breakdown repairs to minimise downtime
• Prioritise maintenance activities based on operational needs
• Monitor equipment performance and implement reliability improvements
• Promote safe working practices and ensure risk assessments and permits to work are followed
• Investigate maintenance-related incidents and implement corrective actions
• Maintain compliance with ISO standards and company quality procedures
• Lead, motivate and develop maintenance engineers and technicians
• Manage maintenance KPIs (downtime, MTBF, MTTR) and maintain CMMS records
• Assist with capital projects, equipment installations and commissioning
• Work with production to drive plant performance improvements

Key requirements

• Experience in a maintenance supervisory or senior engineering role in a manufacturing/industrial environment
• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Proven experience leading maintenance teams
• Experience with preventative and reactive maintenance programmes
• Understanding of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work
• Proficient with CMMS and Microsoft Office
• Strong problem-solving and fault-finding skills
• Excellent communication and organisational abilities

• leadership
• communication
• organisation
• mechanical systems
• electrical systems
• hydraulic and pneumatic systems

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