Maintenance Team Leader
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 August 2025 |
| Location: | b64 |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | MET Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JOB-4284-207261 |
Summary
Maintenance Team Leader
Cradley Heath
£40,000 circa
Permanent – Onsite
40-hour week
We are currently seeking a Maintenance Team Leader to join our local client’s team based in Cradley Heath, West Midlands. This long-standing company are looking for a Maintenance Technician to help lead the research and development agenda, helping to transform and move the company forward.
What’s in it for you?
• 20 days + Bank Holidays (Increases after 1st anniversary to 33 days, including bank holidays)
• Monday – Friday, 8am – 4:30pm
• On site parking
The roles and responsibilities of a Maintenance Team Leader:
• Ensure the efficient and effective operations of site and machinery to drive Company performance.
• Liaise with the Operations Manager and HR on people management activity.
• Ensure the Core Values and people management policies are brought to life to ensure the health, wellbeing and positive behaviours of our employees.
• To lead on people management activity such as investigations, disciplinary, grievances, bullying and harassment and attendance management cases.
• Coaching, mentoring and development of staff to support workforce planning activity.
• Utilise IT to manage and order stock and liaise with all stakeholders and equipment Service specialists.
• Plan and project manage ad hoc projects within the area of responsibility
• Lead and drive the Research and Development work and working with the Directors work to implement robotics within operations.
• Ensure a proactive approach to Health, Safety, wellbeing and the environment of our employees and local community.
• Ensure housekeeping checks are undertaken by supervisors and plan work schedule to support Operational needs
• Ensure Supervisors work with the H&S Manager on the implementation of all Health and Safety Activity
• Ensure all Maintenance and Health and safety team meet performance targets and raise issues or concerns as soon as practicably possible.
• Ensure all return-to-work interviews are undertaken and forms completed. Proactively progress management of absence and work co-operatively with Operations manager and HR.
• Work with other Team Leads to ensure equipment is well maintained to facilitate thorough Inspections (Lifting, Pressure and Ventilation) as and when required.
• Ensure your behaviours reflect the standards and behaviours outlined in company policy and lead by example.
• Ensure the yard/room is maintained in a well maintained and safe manner to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees, workers and aligned to Health & Safety Standards.
Requirements of the Maintenance Team Leader:
• Proven Supervisory or Team Leader experience
• Experience working with lathes and saws
• MIG / TIG Welding experience
• Experience with electrical engineering
• Any experience with robotics would be advantageous
• Skilled in building and refurbishing machines
• Any formal certification for any of the above would be beneficial
• Lead on the day-to-day supervision of the Maintenance Team and Health and Safety Officer.
• Ensure the safety and security of the premises and have key holder and alarm list responsibilities
• Able to help performance and improvement within own team and across the wider company.
What happens after you apply for this role?
Applications will be reviewed within 3 working days, however as we are receiving high levels of applications, if you have not been contacted after 5 days of sending your CV unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. If successful you will be contacted by a consultant to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.