Details:
- Salary: £46,397 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Normanton
- Date: 4 hours ago
Description:
LEAD MAINTENANCE ENGINEER
Job Title: Lead Maintenance Engineer
Location: Normanton
Salary: £46,397
Shift: Days (1 in 4 weeks back shift)
The Role
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Maintenance Engineer to join a modern, highly automated manufacturing facility. This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for an engineer who enjoys leading by example while driving reliability, continuous improvement, and engineering best practice.
Working within a fast-paced production environment, you will provide technical leadership to the engineering team while carrying out planned preventative maintenance, fault finding, and breakdown support across a range of automated production equipment. You will play a key role in improving equipment reliability, minimising downtime, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring engineering standards are maintained.
Sector: Manufacturing / Factory Maintenance
Essential Requirements
Proven maintenance engineering experience within an industrial manufacturing environment.
Experience leading, supervising, or mentoring maintenance engineers.
Strong hands-on experience with planned, reactive, and breakdown maintenance.
Excellent fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
Recognised engineering qualification (Mechanical, Electrical or Multi-Skilled).
Experience working on automated manufacturing equipment.
Desirable Skills
Previous experience as a Lead Engineer, Senior Maintenance Engineer, Engineering Supervisor, or Team Leader.
Electrical fault-finding and PLC diagnostic experience.
Experience driving continuous improvement and equipment reliability initiatives.
Experience working within a UK manufacturing environment.
What's on Offer
Opportunity to join a market-leading manufacturing business with continued investment in automation and technology.
A hands-on leadership role with genuine career progression opportunities.
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including pension, life assurance, and gym membership.
Ongoing training, technical development, and support for career progression.
If you are an experienced Maintenance Engineer looking to step into a leadership role, or an existing Lead Engineer seeking your next challenge, we would like to hear from you.
For further details, please contact Consultant Name at Pioneer Selection.
As a registered candidate with Pioneer Selection Ltd, you will automatically become eligible for our referral scheme, offering £250 for every candidate successfully placed in permanent employment following your recommendation. Terms and conditions apply