Maintenance Team Leader

Job Role:Maintenance Team Leader
Reporting: Maintenance Manager
Location: Livingston
Salary: Competitive
 
Profile
We are lucky to be working with one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Nickel, Titanium and Steel alloy forgings for the aerospace, defence and energy sectors. A vacancy has arisen for a Maintenance Team Leader to join their team based in Livingston. This is an ideal opportunity for a candidate who would like to continue their career within an exciting and progressive manufacturing facility.
 
The role will support the Maintenance Manager in achieving business objectives in terms of asset reliability & maintainability, cost control, plant upgrades and improvements. The role is also responsible for helping drive improvements in productivity.
 
Specific Responsibilities include

• Driving safety performance and improvements, including full review of all risk assessments.
• Driving 6S standards across department.
• Manage individuals and team performance.
• Identify, develop, and implement continuous improvement activities with the team.
• Schedule resources within your team to meet production requirements and ensure the organisation of priorities to achieve the plan.
• Daily, weekly, and monthly reporting on all key performance indicators including forecasting and critical interrogation of prior results.
• Liaising effectively with all the factory departments to ensure plans are aligned with overall business.

 
Knowledge and Experience

• Time served background in electrical/mechanical engineering or equivalent qualification.
• Experience of managing a team is highly desirable, however individuals will be considered where they demonstrate the relevant strengths and traits required of the role.
• Adherence to daily performance metrics as the norm.
• Financial management skills, good and demonstrable track record of financial awareness (operational cost control and budgeting).
• Experience of reading engineering drawings.
• Knowledge and application of safe working practices.
• Good level IT skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Should be flexible with a positive working attitude, demonstrate drive and initiative and be able to work as part of a wider team.
• The ability to produce action plans and deliver against them.
• Team player who is able to build and lead high performing teams through effective communication and to develop people to realise their full potential