The rewards and benefits on offer:
Bonus- Up to 25% bonus based on personal performance and company performance.
Immediate starts available
A full time and permanent role from day 1!
The opportunity to work for an industry leading employer
Company Pension Contribution - 5%
Healthcare plan - Bupa PHC & Medicash Cash Plan
Holidays - 25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays (26 after 5 years service)
Life Assurance - £50,000 death in service benefit.
Mtrecs new opportunity:
MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious Heavy Engineering client, based in Gateshead, with their internal growth. We are supporting with their recruitment needs by recruiting a permanent Maintenance Lead to join their organisation. A successful candidate will be responsible for reporting activity from the maintenance department into the Maintenance Manager, leading a team of multiskilled engineers to achieve predetermined KPIs, as well as, offering hands on support towards maintenance PPM Schedules. If you are an experienced Lead Maintenance Technician with electrical and mechanical skills, apply now for an immediate response!
The job you will do:
Provide leadership for the successful day-to-day operation of the maintenance operations to ensure an efficient and effective use of all resources and 24/7 on site support for operations, quality and despatch.
Work with purchasing manager to develop and improve supplier relationships.
Monitor, manage and achieve maintenance targets
Monitor and report on all system KPIs in line with business requirement
Provide the Plant Manager with root cause analysis and permanent corrective actions in response to plant downtime and reliability issues relating to maintenance and/or engineering.
Report weekly KPI and monthly performance for engineering and maintenance operations with variance analysis and corrective action plans where required
Set objectives and provide support for team members to enable the team to meet the KPIs agreed with the Maintenance Manager
Monitor engineering and maintenance expenses and improvement programmes designed to reduce costs while maintaining product quality and asset utilisation.
Develop and lead continuous Improvement activities
Promote & maintain awareness and compliance of H&S and Environmental legislation in accordance with best practice and legal requirement.
Ensure that all members of the maintenance team are aware of safety policies to provide a safe workplace for employees.
Ensure that the necessary manpower, competence, skill, knowledge and tooling required is to achieve maintenance (availability and reliability) targets.
Ensure all recruitment and employment is carried out in accordance with company procedure and in compliance with current employment law.
Establish goals and objectives for self and team and implement accordingly to help support / improve job performance (experience, ability, competence).
Building and developing a high performing engineering and maintenance team through promoting and upholding company performance standards and best practice
Promote team working and effective interdepartmental communications.
Work on increasing retention levels and succession planning.
Ensuring that the appropriate systems and processes are in place to measure and manage staff performance and to coach and develop a high-performance workforce.
Address any staff discipline or grievance issue, maintaining appropriate records in accordance with company procedures.
To coach and mentor direct reports ensuring an effective response to any daily tasks to improve the overall engineering and maintenance quality of work and service
To produce the maximum uptime using exacting engineering and maintenance standards in the most efficient method possible.
To actively manage all functions ensuring maintenance standards are delivered through best practice.
Implement and deliver an engineering and maintenance continuous improvement strategy across all areas of the business.
The preparation of and implementation and monitoring of a preventative maintenance plan and other continuous improvement activities.
About you:
Ideally educated to the HNC in Manufacturing/Mechanical /Engineering and have a relevant professional institute qualification.
This is a hands on position that might require working outside of normal business hours.
Possess a broad background in mechanical / electrical engineering and manufacturing with a wide range of knowledge on manufacturing and production processes, preferably sheet metal related.
Have a minimum of 5 years of experience in people management and team involvement.
Possess experience of sub-contract environment.
Ability to read and interpret mechanical engineering & technical drawings.
Have a working understanding of procurement
Have a minimum of 5 years of experience in Maintenance repair & Preventative maintenance.
Have a high level of understanding of Health and Safety and Environmental best practice and legislation.
Possess experience in the operating within ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System.
Persistent in their approach to problem solving and organizational skills.
Capacity to manage time and information effectively, ability to prioritise tasks in line with business strategy.
Possess a working understanding of leadership principles and management best practice.
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to adapt language as appropriate to the situation, be open and non-defensive.
Capacity to take in other perspectives, to listen, understand and provide constructive feedback after considering all feasible possibilities.
Ability to build a high-performance maintenance and engineering team who can operate efficiently, effectively, productively and cost effectively.
Be personally dynamic, positive, enthusiastic and possess the ability to think laterally and act through reasoned decision making.
Be able to get things done and make things happen and thrive on the challenge of achieving results
Possess the ability to work productively, efficiently & effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and quality.
Possess the ability to implement and manage change in the business.
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