Lead Maintenance Engineer

Lead Engineer – Wednesbury

A large dual-role laundry site producing linen for the Healthcare and Hospitality sectors. Each week, up to 1.5 million linen items are collected from customers, processed, and returned.

The laundry operates 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, with additional weekend working during peak periods. The engineering department provides 24/7 reactive and proactive maintenance support.

This is a hands-on leadership role, combining day-to-day people management with practical engineering responsibilities. You'll lead by example, supporting the engineering team while actively carrying out maintenance, fault finding, repairs and continuous improvement activities across the site.

Engineering Team

• 1 Engineering Manager
  
  
• 3 Lead Engineers
  
  
• 4 shifts of 3 Engineers working 12-hour days/nights on a 4-on, 4-off rotation
  
  
• 1 Apprentice
  
  
• 1 Junior Engineer
  
  
• 2 Handymen
  
  

Salary, Working Hours & Benefits

• Salary: £50,000–£60,000 per annum (DOE)
  
  
• Company Pension Scheme (minimum 5% employee contribution, company currently contributes 5%)
  
  
• Company medical insurance
  
  
• Working hours:
  
  
  • 5:00am–1:00pm (Monday–Friday) on odd weeks
    
    
  • 11:00am–7:00pm (Monday–Friday) on even weeks
    
    
  • (7:00am–3:00pm when covering absence)
    
    
• On-call support during 11:00am–7:00pm shifts, providing telephone advice and attending site if required for business-critical breakdowns
  
  
• Occasional weekend work when required
  
  
• 33 days holiday per year, including bank holidays (bank holidays are normally worked except when New Year's Day or Christmas Day fall on a Monday–Friday, when the laundry is typically closed)
  
  

Experience & Qualifications

• Ideally 2+ years' experience leading an engineering team (not necessarily of this size), including:
  
  
  • Setting team targets or ensuring targets are achieved
    
    
  • Conducting return-to-work interviews
    
    
  • Managing low-level disciplinary matters
    
    
• Hands-on maintenance experience with mechanical and electrical equipment in a fast-paced manufacturing or processing environment
  
  
• PPM planning and small project planning
  
  
• Experience using a CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)
  
  
• Parts sourcing, purchasing and stock control
  
  
• Root cause analysis experience
  
  
• Reviewing and checking completed corrective and planned maintenance work
  
  
• Working within departmental budgets
  
  
• Working towards departmental KPIs and setting targets for engineers
  
  
• Experience managing engineering compliance, including LOLER, PUWER, PAT Testing and Fixed Wiring
  
  
• Level 3 Engineering qualification essential
  
  
• Management qualification desirable
  
  
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  
  

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