Maintenance Supervisor - Resistors

Overview

In this role you will supervise the Bedlington Resistors maintenance team to keep production equipment, plant infrastructure, and site utilities safe and reliable. You will translate maintenance plans into daily execution, mentor technicians, and drive proactive maintenance with CMMS and structured problem solving. You’ll collaborate with Manufacturing and Engineering to improve uptime and align with safety and quality standards. This is a hands-on leadership position with a clear impact on equipment performance and production readiness.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays

Responsibilities

• Supervise maintenance technicians and apprentices daily
• Allocate planned, reactive and improvement work based on production priorities
• Lead safety-focused briefings and ensure clear handovers
• Coordinate breakdown response and fault-finding to minimise downtime
• Ensure preventative and predictive maintenance activities are completed
• Support development of maintenance instructions, schedules and inspections
• Mentor technical staff, identify training needs and support competency development
• Maintain CMMS records, monitor open/overdue work and report on performance
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality and HSE to resolve equipment issues
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and root cause analysis for recurrent problems
• Coordinate procurement of parts and contractor support for maintenance activities
• Ensure equipment is returned to production to the required safety and quality standards

Key requirements

• Recognised engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualification/experience
• Experience maintaining industrial electrical, mechanical and automated production equipment
• PLC fault-finding experience
• Proficiency with CMMS or electronic maintenance management system
• Strong planning, prioritisation and resource coordination
• Good communication and teamwork across functions
• Ability to stay calm and safety-focused during breakdowns
• Understanding of health and safety practices and permit-to-work controls
• Experience supervising or leading technicians is desirable

• Safety leadership
• Clear communication
• Teamwork and collaboration
• CMMS usage
• Electrical and mechanical maintenance
• PLC fault-finding

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