We are looking to recruit a team lead for our client in the Recycling Plant & Vehicle Maintenance Team.
Day work only Hours of work: Monday to Friday: 45 hours Plus 4 hours Saturday mornings totalling 49 hours per week, plus overtime.
Management Responsibilities
The Maintenance Team Manager will lead a team of Plant Fitter Mechanics with responsibility for managing all aspects of the Maintenance Team operations - covering:
- Review the Maintenance Team working practices covering fault finding, diagnostics, reactive and planned maintenance across all processing operations, machine types and vehicles.
- To recruit and on board additional Plant Fitter & Mechanic staff (as required) to ensure the efficient management and operations of all aspects of the Maintenance Team.
- Internal Reporting & Documents Review to review and update the reporting processes and documents including but not limited to processing machinery, mobile plant and vehicles fault finding, risk and issue logs, planned & reactive maintenance record keeping & documents, HSE, 3rd party suppliers parts & inventory, budget & cost management/approvals with MD & Finance team.
Main Tasks
The Maintenance team lead will be responsible for managing the team workload, scheduling & time allocation to identify, schedule and complete Maintenance work across the operational sites and also participate in and be responsible for carrying out scheduled & reactive Maintenance tasks covering:
- Inspect and troubleshoot industrial shredders, granulators, conveyor belts and other plant machinery.
- Fixing faults on plant machinery or arranging for replacements to be installed.
- Carrying out inspections on plant machinery.
- Carrying out routine scheduled maintenance work for lorries.
- Preventative maintenance.
- Welding activities when necessary.
- Dealing with breakdowns, unplanned problems, and repairs.
- Check functionality of safety systems.
- Fitting new parts and making sure equipment is working correctly.
Candidate Attributes and Experience
- Previous heavy plant, mechanical and electrical experience.
- Experience in repairing mobile plant such as forklifts, Lorries.
- Background in Lorries (HGV) maintenance or any vehicle maintenance; - not mandatory, however represents an advantage.
- Experience in repairing any machinery such as conveyor belts, industrial shredders, granulators.
- Experience in repairing/maintaining any industrial machinery.
- Basic knowledge of electrical systems is an advantage but not essential.
- Welding skills.
- Fault find skills.
- Good problem-solving.
- Fluent English Required.
- Physically fit.
- UK Driving License.
Salary & Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Company Vehicle.
- Training available.
- Great opportunities within the company for the right candidate.
- Salary £50k pa plus overtime
Please apply to Fiona Bird at ARC