Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor- Chard

Salary: Up to £38,000 DOE
Location: Chard
Hours: Monday to Friday Days (39 hours per week)

• Monday to Thursday: 7:00am–4:00pm or 8:00am–5:00pm
• Friday: 7:00am–12:00pm or 8:00am–1:00pm

The Company

Our client is a well-established precision engineering manufacturer supplying high-quality components to a range of industries. Due to continued growth, they are looking to recruit a Maintenance Supervisor to lead their maintenance function, ensuring plant, equipment and site facilities are maintained to the highest standards while supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the business.

The Role

Reporting to the Group Facilities Manager, you will lead the maintenance team, ensuring production equipment and facilities remain safe, reliable and fully operational. You will oversee both planned preventative and reactive maintenance, coordinate contractors, manage maintenance systems and play a key role in improving equipment reliability and operational performance.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer or Supervisor looking to take the next step within a stable and growing manufacturing business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the maintenance team, creating a positive and high-performing working environment.
• Plan and allocate maintenance activities to ensure workloads are completed efficiently.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across manufacturing equipment and site facilities.
• Maintain and update the CMMS, ensuring maintenance schedules and records are accurate.
• Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns, minimising production downtime.
• Organise routine servicing, inspections and statutory maintenance activities.
• Coordinate external contractors and ensure all work is completed safely and to a high standard.
• Order and manage spare parts to maintain stock availability.
• Support the installation and commissioning of new machinery and equipment.
• Assist with maintenance budgets and cost control.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and environmental regulations.
• Drive continuous improvement projects to improve reliability, efficiency and productivity.
• Conduct performance reviews, identify training requirements and support the development of maintenance staff.
• Attend maintenance, health & safety and continuous improvement meetings.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience within a manufacturing or industrial maintenance environment.
• Supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Strong electrical and mechanical maintenance knowledge.
• Experience using a CMMS or maintenance management system.
• Experience coordinating contractors and external service providers.
• Good organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive approach to continuous improvement and Health & Safety.

Benefits

• Salary up to £38,000 DOE
• Monday to Friday days-based role
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Flexible holiday booking by the hour for appointments
• Company sick pay (following qualifying period)
• Health and dental plan (following qualifying period)
• Death in Service benefit
• Overtime paid at enhanced rates after 39 hours
• Opportunity to join a stable and growing precision engineering business with ongoing development opportunities

If you are an experienced Maintenance Engineer or Maintenance Supervisor looking for a new challenge within a successful manufacturing environment, we would like to hear from you. Please get in contact with Ryan Guy on (phone number removed) or (url removed).