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Maintenance Supervisor

Perry Barr
3 weeks ago
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Maintenance Supervisor

Location - Birmingham

Salary - £59,000 OTE 59K plus including shift premium + pension, 33 days holidays and excellent overtime

Training available – On Various OEM Equipment and qualifications available

Shifts Available – 4 on 4 off Continentals, Days and Nights role

The Company

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Supervisor to join our client.  They are a large Global Aerospace business based in Birmingham who have been established for over 50 years. Our client supplies various aerospace products to some of the largest OEMs and governments in the world.

This well-known and large global Aerospace manufacturing group have recently acquired a number of large contracts. Our client currently makes a significant profit a quarter, this is an excellent time to join a large manufacturing group with strong backing from large American manufacturing group.

Our client is a huge believer in training so the opportunity progress and receive industry relevant training is top notch. Our client is an industry leader and has a great reputation in the market and a huge order book, so job security is guaranteed.

Overview Maintenance Supervisor Role

Responsibility for supporting the growth of the manufacturing operations across Europe, implementing maintenance procedures & continuous improvement processes to streamline and shape manufacturing capabilities, keeping downtime to a minimum. Managing teams ranging from 8 – 10

You will be working in a heavy industry environment working on foundry equipment, furnaces, large presses, plasma welding equipment, vacuum systems and forge furnaces. 

• Recording spares used for re-order

• Carrying out safe isolation of plant to permit requirements

• Completing condition-based monitoring schedules

• Part of a TPM team to continuously improve plant

Carrying out planned preventative maintenance schedules

Carrying out planned maintenance work

• Isolation of plant under a permit to work

Maintenance Supervisor duties 

Working on Hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
Replacing components like for like on large heavy industrial equipment.
Fault finding mechanically on all factory equipment.
Reading equipment drawing
Carry out immediate repairs of production equipment and machines in the case of breakdowns with regards to all elements of failure, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic etc., representing Production areas

The Candidate

The Maintenance Supervisor formally qualified in mechanical or electrical and knowledge of hydraulics are ideal for this role.

Experience working in a heavy industry will be preferred but not essential.

Ability to work to strict deadlines
HQSE experience
The Benefits

Salary - £59,000

Our client currently has bonus scheme paying out every quarter.

Excellent overtime available.

Will look at candidates who are in engineering roles and want to step up into leadership in the future.

Excellent training available OEM qualification and formal qualifications

Excellent Holiday entitlement 33 days and pension available.

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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