Maintenance Team Leader

Overview

Engineering Team Leader to oversee maintenance of plant equipment and services in a fast-paced, automated environment. You will guide a front-line team to deliver the divisional engineering strategy while driving equipment reliability and continuous improvement. You’ll balance planned maintenance with reactive work and ensure timely stakeholder communication. This role places you at the heart of safe operations, performance reporting, and team development within Polypipe Doncaster.

Pay / Benefits

• 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

Responsibilities

• Lead daily maintenance and repair to meet site KPIs
• Prioritise workload and respond to urgent issues
• Identify and develop skills within the team
• Apply continuous improvement to work practices
• Maintain cross-functional communication to uphold customer satisfaction
• Ensure safe operation of all plant/equipment and oversee safety for team, contractors, and apprentices
• Support preventive maintenance, reactive work orders, and spare parts management
• Provide clear, timely written reports (daily/weekly/monthly)
• Oversee team management including housekeeping, record-keeping (PPM/IFS), safety documentation (SISI, 5S, SSW, PTW), shift handovers, and toolbox talks

Key requirements

• Strong engineering background
• Experience in highly automated, fast-paced environments
• Experience managing a multi-disciplined team
• Experience with CMMS systems
• Writing/amending TPM routines
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Effective communicator
• Ability to motivate and lead
• Prioritisation under pressure
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Initiative to drive improvements
• Attention to detail
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads
• Problem-solving and project management ability
• Ability to liaise well and delegate tasks
• Effective communicator
• Motivational leadership
• Strong organisational skills
• CMMS system experience
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) routines
• PPM/IFS record-keeping

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