Lead Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Maintenance Team Leader

Location: Gateshead
Salary: £54,591.00 + Excellent Benefits
Shifts: 3 Shift Rotation

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Company pension
• Training and development opportunities
• Career progression into senior engineering leadership
• Employee wellbeing programme
• Generous holiday allowance
• Secure permanent position
• Modern manufacturing environment

The Company

Theo James Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a well-established and highly respected manufacturing business in the search for an experienced Maintenance Team Leader.

Operating within a fast-paced production environment, the company continues to invest in its people, engineering function and manufacturing processes. They are now looking to appoint a Maintenance Team Leader who can provide hands-on technical leadership while driving reliability, continuous improvement and engineering excellence across the site.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer looking to take the next step into leadership, or an existing Maintenance Team Leader seeking a fresh challenge with a forward-thinking employer.

Working Hours

Full-time, permanent position operating within a manufacturing environment.

Job Description

As the Maintenance Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating the engineering team to ensure planned and reactive maintenance activities are completed safely, efficiently and to the highest standard.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, motivating and supporting a team of maintenance engineers.
• Allocating and prioritising daily maintenance activities.
• Providing first-line technical support during equipment breakdowns.
• Carrying out hands-on maintenance and fault finding when required.
• Driving continuous improvement and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Supporting root cause analysis to eliminate recurring failures.
• Working closely with production to minimise downtime.
• Managing contractors and ensuring work is completed safely.
• Validating permits to work and risk assessments.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records using the CMMS.
• Supporting compliance activities and engineering documentation.
• Coaching and developing engineers to improve team capability.

Skills & Experience

The successful Maintenance Team Leader will ideally have:

• Time-served engineering apprenticeship.
• Previous experience within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong electrical and/or mechanical fault-finding skills.
• Experience leading or supervising engineering teams.
• Knowledge of planned and preventative maintenance systems.
• Continuous improvement and root cause analysis experience.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• A proactive approach to safety, reliability and team development.

Why Should You Apply?

This Maintenance Team Leader opportunity offers the chance to join a stable, investing manufacturer where engineering plays a key role in operational success. You'll have genuine autonomy, the opportunity to influence engineering performance, and the chance to develop both yourself and your team.

If you're an ambitious Maintenance Team Leader looking to make a real impact within a modern manufacturing environment, we'd love to hear from you.