Engineering Supervisor

Job Description Shift Maintenance Team Leader\n\nShift Pattern: Monday to Thursday 4 Days On (3 Off) | 4 Nights On (3 Off) Salary: £62,000 OTE (Includes 6 hours built-in overtime per week)\n\nAbout the Role We are seeking a proactive Shift Maintenance Team Leader to coordinate a multi-skilled team responsible for urgent breakdown repairs across a heavy industrial plant. You will thrive under pressure, leading hands-on maintenance activities to ensure rapid, safe, and effective responses to both electrical and mechanical failures. This role is focused on minimizing production downtime through effective leadership and technical expertise.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nLead & Supervise: Assign tasks to the reactive maintenance team based on urgency, risk, and technical skills.\n\nRapid Response: Coordinate resources to manage plant breakdowns and minimize downtime.\n\nTechnical Support: Provide guidance to electricians, fitters, and technicians on complex fault-finding.\n\nSafety & Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to LOTOTO, PPE, and safety protocols during all repairs.\n\nReporting: Maintain accurate records of faults, parts used, and repair times within the CMMS.\n\nContinuous Improvement: Identify repeat faults and recommend long-term reliability improvements.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\n\nProven experience as a maintenance fitter or electrician in an industrial environment.\n\nStrong leadership or supervisory experience with the ability to coordinate a team under pressure.\n\nExcellent mechanical and electrical fault-finding abilities.\n\nExperience with heavy plant equipment (mixers, conveyors, pumps, or material-handling systems).\n\nSolid understanding of Health & Safety principles (LOTO, isolations, and risk assessments).\n\nCMMS experience and good technical reporting skills.\n\nBenefits\n\nCompetitive salary with built-in overtime.\n\nGenerous pension scheme.\n\n20 days annual leave.\n\nLife assurance and employee assistance programme.\n\nEnhanced parental leave and cycle to work scheme.\n\nContinuous professional development and upskilling opportunities.\n\nFree onsite parking.\n\nRandstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality.

No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.\n\nCandidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.\n\nFor the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business