Maintenance Team Leader

The Wyke
2 months ago
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£55,375

Monday - Friday 3-shift (6-2/2-10/10-6)

The Opportunity:

This is an exceptional opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art environment packed to the rafters with automated machinery which includes a vast amount of robotics. The site itself will take your breath away, the engineering team boast amazing Manufacturing principles by which the they work by adopting the 5S principles throughout the site. They have a habit of  promoting from within so if you are looking for that real career development this could be the place for you. Every day won’t be firefighting, you will be getting involved in project work as well. The main machines you will be working on include but not limited to: die casting machines, furnaces, hydraulic presses, conveyors, injection moulding machines, assembly cells, ABB robots, Siemens PLCs, CNCs. This is a hands on role as well as supervising a small team on shift. 

Either bias considered! 

Benefits for the maintenance team leader:

33 days leave including 8 Bank Holidays
Pension: 4% company pension contribution, employee to contribute 5%. 4 times death in service up to 2 years critical illness cover.
Nest and non-pension members: 2 times death in service
Employee Assistance Programme
Discount Portal 

Experience required for the maintenance team leader:

Minimum 5 year’s experience working as a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer (either bias) with some team lead/supervising experience 
Ideally in a supervisor/team leader role currently 
Level 3 qualified in a multi-skilled discipline either mechanical or electrical
Electrically – 3-phase motors, contactors, sensors, relays
Any exp. with robots, die-casting, CNC machines or automotive exp. is advantageous 
Any manufacturing environment welcome – FMCG, Food, plastic, packaging, Pharmaceutical, foundry, brick, distribution, automotive, metals, RAF, Forces etc.INDSW

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