
Job Description
The Role
Are you working in a mechanical, electrical or instrumentation maintenance role and starting to think about what’s next? This is an opportunity to step off the tools and into a leadership role—while staying connected to your technical expertise.
We’re looking for a Maintenance Team Leader who understands the realities of working in the field—someone who brings practical experience, sound judgement, and a collaborative approach. This role is about using your knowledge to lead, support and develop a team of engineers, while contributing to strong, consistent standards across maintenance and reliability.
You’ll move beyond day-to-day reactive work and begin to shape how maintenance is delivered—coaching others, improving performance, and building a more proactive, forward-looking approach.
This is a natural next step for an engineer who is ready to grow their impact, support others to succeed, and take on broader responsibility in a supportive and performance-focused environment.
Role Accountabilities
- You’ll promote a culture where safety and wellbeing come first, ensuring your team works confidently, responsibly, and in line with all regulatory requirements.
- You’ll plan and adapt maintenance activities across your area, balancing priorities to keep assets reliable while supporting your team with clear, achievable direction.
- You’ll encourage a proactive approach—supporting your team to complete preventative work effectively, identify issues early, and improve asset performance over time.
- You’ll help create an organised, safe and well-equipped environment where people can do their best work and feel supported in maintaining high standards.
- You’ll work to ensure critical parts and materials are available when needed, with clear and reliable processes that support smooth day-to-day operations.
Essential Skills & Experience
You’ll bring hands-on experience in a maintenance environment, along with a recognised qualification in either Mechanical, Electrical or Instrumentation engineering, and the ability to understand and resolve asset issues.
Whether you’ve already led a team or are ready to jump into leadership, you have the ability to guide, and develop others while maintaining high standards.
You can engage effectively with a range of people, sharing information clearly and building positive working relationships.
You’re able to manage changing priorities, stay organised, and help your team remain focused and productive in a dynamic environment.
You’re comfortable using IT systems and data to understand performance, identify trends, and support informed decision-making.
Locations we are recruiting for.....
- Davyhulme
- Bolton/Bury
- Leigh
- Stockport
- Manchester
Interested? What to include in your application
To help us assess your application fairly, please make sure your CV clearly demonstrates your relevant skills, experience and achievements against the requirements of the role. This will help us understand how your experience aligns with what we're looking for.
The application journey has 3 key stages for this role:
When applying, we’d love to see a CV that highlights your relevant maintenance experience and technical background—this will help us understand your journey and what you can bring to the role.
💧Our Talent Acquisition team will review your CV
💧We will share with our operational team-if you are successful, you’ll be invited to interview.
💧An competency based Interview and presentation will take place at one of our site.
What's in it for you
Salary £51,233 Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service (increases one day per year), in addition to 8 bank holidays
A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme
MyGymDiscounts - gym and wellness benefit that offers up to 25% off on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions
Best Doctors
Salary Finance
Wealth at Work courses
Deals and discounts
EVolve Car Scheme
Employee Assistance Plan
Mental health first aiders
ShareBuy
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Enhanced parental leave schemes
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