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Senior Maintenance Lead
Location: Leamington Spa
Contract: Full time Permanent
Salary: To be discussed on application

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Maintenance Lead to lead a site-based maintenance function within a busy manufacturing environment covering press, fabrication, assembly, warehouse, and office operations.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Senior Maintenance Lead

• Develop and deliver a maintenance and reliability strategy to improve uptime, asset performance, and equipment effectiveness.
• Own and improve PPM systems, CMMS data, asset registers, work order control, downtime reporting, and maintenance KPIs.
• Lead TPM events, analyse recurring faults, identify losses, and drive targeted reliability improvements.
• Manage contractors, RAMS, permits, competency, safe systems of work, performance, cost, and sign-off.
• Maintain strong engineering governance, including statutory inspections, certification, safety standards, and compliance records.
• Build and manage maintenance budgets, spares strategies, investment proposals, and asset risk plans.
• Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team, identifying skills gaps and implementing training plans.
• Lead root cause analysis for major breakdowns, chronic issues, and equipment-related safety or quality concerns.

The Ideal Senior Maintenance Lead

• Must have proven experience as a Senior Maintenance Lead or similar within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience creating and delivering PPM strategies that improve reliability and reduce downtime.
• Confident using MaintMaster or a similar CMMS, including asset data, reporting, scheduling, and work order discipline.
• Experience leading TPM activity and driving continuous improvement.
• You will have strong contractor management experience covering safety, cost, performance, and governance.
• Understanding of maintenance-related compliance and statutory inspection requirements.
• You will be a hands-on, visible leader with strong communication, prioritisation, and team development skills.
• Engineering qualifications, Lean or TPM training, IOSH, or experience in appliance manufacturing or high-mix production environments would be advantageous.

Working hours - 39 hours per week on a rotating shift pattern

• Early shift: 6:00am–2:00pm
• Late Shift: 2:00pm–10:00pm

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If you are experienced proactive, data-led, and commercially aware looking for your next permanent opportunity, apply today.