Maintenance Team Lead

Engineering Team Lead

Aylesbury

£50,000 + 10% Bonus

Monday to Friday | 8:30am – 5:00pm

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays | Career Progression Opportunities

An industry-leading manufacturer is seeking a Maintenance Manager to join its Aylesbury operation.

This position has become available due to the planned retirement of a long-serving engineer within the business. To ensure a smooth transition, the successful candidate will benefit from a comprehensive handover period, providing a unique opportunity to inherit extensive site knowledge while bringing fresh ideas and leadership to the department.

This is a pivotal role within the business. You’ll effectively lead all engineering activities on site, driving reliability, efficiency and continuous improvement while managing a small team of multi-skilled engineers.

Importantly, this role is open to ambitious Senior Engineers or Team Leaders looking to take the next step in their career.

The Role

As Maintenance Manager, you’ll take responsibility for the overall engineering function, ensuring equipment reliability, site safety and maintenance excellence.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing daily maintenance activities, breakdowns and planned maintenance schedules
• Driving preventative maintenance strategies and long-term asset reliability
• Ensuring machinery downtime is minimised and production performance is maximised
• Managing maintenance inspections, calibration programmes and compliance activities
• Leading CAPEX projects, machinery installations, refurbishments and automation improvements
• Managing maintenance budgets, spare parts inventory and engineering costs
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives around reliability, downtime reduction, energy efficiency and sustainability

What We’re Looking For

Electrically qualified (Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, HNC or equivalent)
Multi-skilled maintenance experience within a manufacturing or production environment
Strong understanding of electrical, mechanical and automation systems
Knowledge of PLCs and automated manufacturing equipment
Strong communication and leadership skills

What’s On Offer?

• £50,000 Basic Salary
• 10% Performance Bonus
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Monday to Friday Days Role
• Full Handover from Long-Serving Incumbent
• Significant Autonomy and Responsibility
• Career Progression Opportunities
• Stable, Growing Manufacturing Business
• Opportunity to Lead Engineering Strategy and Site Improvements

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If you are interested in this position please click ‘apply’.

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