Job Description
Engineering Team Leader
* Annual Salary: £52,000 per annum
* Location: Maidstone
* Job Type: Full-time, permanent
* Shift: 4 on 4 off days and nights
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Team Leader to coordinate the tasks of a shift engineering team. This role involves providing clear leadership, ensuring tasks are completed on time and to a world-class standard, and reducing operating plant downtime. The Engineering Team Leader will play a crucial role in managing across departments to ensure the delivery of all maintenance plans and optimising the productivity of the team.
Day-to-day of the Engineering Team Leader role:
* Spend 80% of the time in the plant working hands-on with the team.
* Quickly and safely react to plant breakdowns to minimise downtime and maximise output.
* Apply Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodology following significant downtime events to prevent reoccurrence.
* Work with other Team Leaders to incorporate learnings from plant engineering issues into the maintenance system.
* Ensure the engineering team completes preventative maintenance tasks on time and records them accurately.
* Develop and update the engineering continuous improvement (CI) and RCA processes.
* Provide weekly management reports on maintenance activities and progress.
Required Skills & Qualifications of the Engineering Team Leader:
* Qualified engineer with a strong electrical & PLC bias and good mechanical knowledge (including hydraulics & pneumatics).
* Proven experience leading a team of shift engineers.
* A clear understanding of the principles of Continuous Improvement (CI) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA), with a history of successful deployment.
* Ability to identify effective long-term solutions to plant issues and an excellent troubleshooter.
* Proven ability to operate and develop maintenance systems, comfortable with analysing and interpreting data.
Benefits for the Engineering Team Leader:
* Life Assurance (x2 annually salary)
* Pensions: Company will match up to 5%
* Reward Gateway: discounts and cash back on a selection of hundreds of top retailers etc
* Holiday purchase up to 3days after a years’ service
* Private medical after probationary period
* Car lease scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
If you are interested in the Engineering Team Leader role, please apply and Reed Engineering looks forward to speaking in more detail.