Maintenance Team Lead   
London
Food Manufacturing
Day Shift (M-F)
£53,000 - £55,000

Gi Pro are proud to be working in partnership with a well-known European food manufacturing company, the company in question are looking for a Maintenance Team Lead.
Job Role:
Are you an experienced maintenance engineer or team leader? You will be tasked with the responsibility of managing the various maintenance and utility departments in a large food organisation. This site is a highly automated FMCG environment. You will have had technical hands-on engineering experience working with a range of maintenance activities on site as well as managing a team over 25 people.

Typical Duties of a maintenance manager will involve:
Lead Reliability Improvement Initiatives:

• Lead and oversee the development and implementation of reliability strategies.
• Establish and drive a culture of continuous improvement for equipment reliability and system efficiency.
• Champion Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) programs to reduce reactive maintenance and unplanned downtime.

Team Leadership and Development:

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and maintenance staff.
• Assign tasks and projects, ensuring team members understand their roles and responsibilities.

Maintenance Strategy Planning:

• Collaborate with operations teams to develop effective PPM and condition-based maintenance strategies.
• Ensure accurate record-keeping of maintenance activities, asset history, and performance metrics

Data Analysis and Reporting:

• Analyse failure data and equipment history to identify root causes of failures and optimize PPM schedules.
• Leverage Excel for data analysis, including the use of functions, pivot tables, and charts to identify trends and performance gaps.

Budget and Resource Management:

• Develop and manage the reliability program budget, ensuring cost-effective PPM strategies.
• Optimise resource allocation (human and material) through the Shire CMMS to prioritize and schedule maintenance tasks effectively.
• Use Excel to manage and track maintenance expenses, perform cost-benefit analysis, and forecast future budget needs.

Risk Management and Compliance:

• Conduct risk assessments related to equipment reliability and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and environmental regulations.
• Use Excel for risk management reports and tracking compliance-related activities.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work closely with production, quality, and engineering teams to align reliability and PPM objectives with operational goals.
• Act as the key liaison between the reliability team and other departments to ensure seamless communication and cooperation.

Desirable experience:

• Recognised qualification in an engineering discipline or recognised apprenticeship in engineering, preferably multi-discipline.
• People Management Experience.
• Previous experience in Food Industry – ideally
• Previous experience in FMCG - essential
• Experience in using a CMMS system.
• Sound technical knowledge.

Benefits:

• Private healthcare
• Competitive Holiday allowance
• T&D Opportunities
• Life assurance x3 annual salary
• Company benefits – retail discounts