High Pressure Maintenance Supervisor

Wolviston Management Services is delighted to be supporting our client with the recruitment of a High Pressure Maintenance First Line Manager (FLM) for their Teesside manufacturing operations.
 
This is an excellent permanent opportunity for an experienced engineering maintenance professional and people leader to take responsibility for a specialist High Pressure Maintenance team within a major petrochemical manufacturing environment.
 
Alongside a competitive salary, the position offers an outstanding benefits package, including a 17% employer pension contribution, performance-related bonus, private healthcare and an attractive working pattern providing significant additional time off.
 
The Role
You will lead and develop a team of High Pressure Maintenance Specialists responsible for the safe, efficient and high-quality maintenance and refurbishment of critical equipment and spares supporting the site's manufacturing operations.
 
With a particular focus on the plant and specialist high-pressure equipment, you will combine hands-on technical understanding with team leadership, maintenance planning, quality assurance and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities will include:

Leading, developing and managing a specialist maintenance team
Providing first-line technical support and day-to-day operational leadership
Managing maintenance workshop and equipment storage facilities
Overseeing the refurbishment of critical spares and high-pressure equipment
Planning and coordinating maintenance events, inspections and equipment refurbishment
Managing critical spares and associated maintenance activities through SAP/CMMS
Ensuring robust QA/QC standards across maintenance and refurbishment activities
Supervising internal teams, contractors and third-party specialist vendors
Supporting machinery care and reliability programmes
Participating in root cause analysis and reliability investigations
Supporting the management of CAPEX associated with high-value critical spares
Driving improvements across safety, quality, cost, productivity and maintenance performance
Ensuring technicians remain appropriately trained and competent
Supporting urgent plant requirements and breakdown situations when required The position carries significant responsibility for the quality and assurance of high-pressure and critical equipment, including maintaining appropriate documentation and ensuring equipment refurbishment meets the required tolerances and specifications.
 
About You
We're looking for an experienced engineering professional who combines strong maintenance knowledge with proven leadership capability.
 
Ideally, you will have:

A relevant technical qualification - HNC or above preferred
Experience within the petrochemical, chemical, process or similar heavy industrial sector
Previous first-line management, supervisory or team leadership experience
Experience leading small technical or engineering teams
Strong understanding of engineering maintenance and reliability
Experience working to high QA/QC and safety standards
Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across Operations, Engineering, contractors and specialist suppliers
Experience with SAP or similar maintenance management systems would be advantageous
A proactive and flexible approach, including the ability to support urgent plant requirements when necessary Candidates should be comfortable operating in a safety-critical environment where quality, equipment integrity and reliable maintenance delivery are essential.
 
Excellent Benefits
This permanent position comes with a particularly attractive package, including:

Competitive salary within the petrochemical sector
Performance-related bonus
Excellent pension - 17% employer contribution
26 days' annual leave plus 8 public holidays
Nine-day fortnight - providing an additional 21 days off per year
Private health insurance
BUPA dental cover
Working Pattern: Days - including nine-day fortnight Interested?
If you're an experienced Maintenance Supervisor, First Line Manager or engineering professional ready to step into a specialist leadership position within a major process manufacturing environment, we'd be very interested in hearing from you