West Highland
Permanent | Day Shift | Competitive Salary + Benefits
Are you an experienced maintenance leader ready to step up and own the day-to-day delivery of maintenance across a major industrial site? This is a genuine leadership opportunity within a well-established heavy industrial operation in the Highlands, where you'll take charge of coordinating priorities, resources and people across the whole maintenance function.
The Role
As Maintenance Supervisor you will support the Head of Department and set the priorities and pace for planned, urgent and breakdown work across all plant areas. You'll manage and hold Department Engineers accountable for delivery and performance, while staying closely plugged into what's actually happening on the ground - schedule adherence, work quality, backlog and repeat failures. It's a role that blends people leadership with hands-on reliability thinking, working in close partnership with Operations and reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager.
What You'll Be Doing
Leading safe day-to-day maintenance delivery across all plant areas
Setting priorities and coordinating planned, urgent and breakdown work and resources site-wide
Managing and supporting Department Engineers, holding them accountable for delivery and performance
Coordinating craft resources and apprentices across departments, including apprentice mentoring and development towards time-served competency
Monitoring weekly schedule delivery, work quality, CMMS compliance and overall maintenance performance
Reviewing breakdowns, backlog, preventive maintenance and repeat failures, and ensuring actions are followed through
Acting as the day-to-day interface with Operations on priorities, plant condition and recovery
Escalating significant safety, environmental, operational, reliability and resource risks to the Maintenance Manager
Overseeing significant contractors and supporting shutdowns, projects, plant modifications and new equipment installations
Supporting the Maintenance Manager with maintenance strategy, resource planning and continuous improvement
What We're Looking For
Solid engineering maintenance experience in a heavy engineering environment, with a mechanical or electrical bias
Proven 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
COMAH experience desirable
This is a step into leadership of a maintenance function, with real scope to shape how the department operates and develops its people. Roles at this level don't come up often in the Highlands, and it's a chance to build a lasting career in a complex, technically demanding environment.
Apply now or contact:
Caroline Strachan
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Salary description
£60000.00 - £65000.00 per year