Lead Department Engineer

Our client is currently recruiting a Lead Department Engineer who will lead day-to-day maintenance across their site, coordinating priorities and resources between departments, whilst managing Department Engineers and ensuring maintenance is delivered safely and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Comply with all company policies and procedures
• Lead safe day-to-day maintenance delivery across all plant areas
• Set priorities and coordinate planned, urgent and breakdown work and resources across the site
• Manage and support Department Engineers, holding them accountable for maintenance delivery and performance
• Coordinate craft resources and apprentices across departments, including apprentice mentoring and development towards time-served competency
• Ensure maintenance personnel are suitably trained and competent for the work they carry out
• Monitor weekly schedule delivery, work quality, CMMS compliance and maintenance performance
• Review breakdowns, backlog, preventive maintenance and repeat failures, ensuring actions are progressed
• Maintain the day-to-day interface with Operations on priorities, plant condition and recovery
• Escalate significant safety, environmental, operational, reliability and resource risks to the Maintenance Manager
• Oversee significant contractors and support shutdowns, projects, plant modifications and new equipment installations
• Support the Maintenance Manager with maintenance strategy, resource planning and continuous improvement

Experience/Skills

• Engineering maintenance experience in a heavy engineering environment with a Mechanical or Electrical bias
• Experience leading maintenance teams and managing engineering staff
• Strong understanding of planned, reactive and reliability-centred maintenance
• Good understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation
• Knowledge of industrial process plant, relevant standards and technical procedures
• Working knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance performance measures
• Strong leadership, communication, prioritisation and coaching skills
• Experience mentoring apprentices and developing technical competence

Please note there is a full relocation package included in this role.

If this role is of interest to you, please send your most recent CV to the address supplied.

Brightwork Ltd offers the services of an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. Brightwork (part of the Staffline Group), do not charge any recruitment or job-seeking fees at any stage of the hiring process.

Brightwork Ltd offers the services of an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles. Brightwork (part of the Staffline Group), do not charge any recruitment or job-seeking fees at any stage of the hiring process.