Maintenance Team Leader

Willey, Warwickshire
6 months ago
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About the client
ATA are working with one of the UK’s leading logistics automation providers, established for over a century and now supporting global clients across multiple industries. With 13 sites in the UK and further projects in tender, the business has a proven reputation for designing, commissioning, and maintaining world-class automated systems. This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a growing site with cutting-edge robotics, conveyors, palletisers, cranes, and automated storage systems. Known for investing heavily in training and development, this employer prioritises progression and internal promotion.

What you’ll be doing
As a Maintenance Team Leader, you’ll oversee a team of multi-skilled engineers across a highly automated facility. You’ll remain hands-on while taking on leadership responsibilities to ensure site performance, safety, and continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities will include:

Leading a shift team of engineers to deliver all planned and reactive maintenance in line with KPIs.
Electrical fault finding across inverters, relays, contactors, sensors, and drives.
Mechanical maintenance on shafts, bearings, chains, belts, pulleys, sprockets, and gear drives.
Coordinating breakdown priorities and ensuring efficient, safe resolution.
Coaching, mentoring, and carrying out performance reviews with engineers.
Ensuring compliance with all H&S, method statements, and risk assessments.
Driving CI projects and reliability improvements across the site.
Liaising with stakeholders to deliver outstanding customer service on a 24/7 operation.
This is a customer-facing, high-responsibility Maintenance Team Leader role where your technical expertise and leadership skills will directly impact performance.

What the client is looking for
To succeed as a Maintenance Team Leader, you’ll need:

A recognised Level 3 in Electrical or Multi-Skilled Engineering (NVQ, City & Guilds, BTEC, etc.)
Strong electrical competence, confident in safe isolations, schematics, and multimeter use.
Previous team leadership or supervisory experience – though strong maintenance engineers aspiring to leadership will also be considered.
Background in automation, robotics, FMCG, logistics, or high-volume manufacturing.
Ability to work at heights and adapt to changing site demands.
A confident communicator who can coach others and lead under pressure.
The right Maintenance Team Leader will be calm, proactive, and able to balance hands-on technical delivery with leading and developing people.

Why you should apply

Join a global leader in automation with strong UK investment and long-term contracts.
Lead a technically capable team while remaining hands-on with advanced robotics and conveyors.
Gain access to continuous training and career development opportunities.
Stable, secure role with excellent salary, overtime, and benefits package.
If you think you’re the right Maintenance Team Leader for this opportunity, apply today or contact (url removed) or call Faisal on (phone number removed).

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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