Maintenance Supervisor
Location:
Leeds
Competitive salary depending on experience
Benefits:
Pension, holiday allowance, overtime, training and development, long-term career progression
This organisation is a long-established engineering powerhouse with a strong reputation for quality, reliability, and operational excellence. They service multiple industrial sectors and benefit from a highly stable and long-term order book, offering genuine job security and continuity for their workforce. For a Maintenance Supervisor, this represents a rare opportunity to join a business where investment in people, assets, and best practice is taken seriously. The company has decades of engineering expertise across its teams, creating an environment where knowledge is shared, standards are high, and even the most experienced professionals continue to develop and evolve.
Working Hours:
Full-time, days-based role. Out-of-hours and weekend work may be required on occasion to support plant availability and critical projects.
• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme
• Overtime opportunities
• Ongoing technical and leadership development
• Long-term career stability
• Supportive, experienced engineering team
Job Description:
As a Maintenance Supervisor, you will manage and develop the maintenance function in collaboration with the wider management team, ensuring world-class performance across all plant and equipment. You will work closely with production to deliver high asset availability through robust planned maintenance and continuous improvement. The Maintenance Supervisor will be responsible for driving safe systems of work, ensuring compliance with all HSE legislation, and working alongside the HSE function to maintain the highest safety standards. You will support control of the maintenance budget, including plant, equipment, and overtime, while ensuring resources are deployed efficiently. A key focus of the Maintenance Supervisor role is developing and maintaining effective planned maintenance schedules, minimising downtime, and reducing reactive maintenance. You will support and lead equipment projects, including new installations and upgrades, contributing to capital investment and improvement initiatives. You will also lead, mentor, and develop a multi-skilled maintenance team, with a strong emphasis on succession planning, capability development, and maintaining high engineering standards across the department.
• Experience in a similar role within heavy industry
• Completed a full apprenticeship with hands-on maintenance experience
• Qualification in Electrical/Electronic or Mechanical Engineering preferred
• Strong understanding of preventative and planned maintenance
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects concurrently
• Knowledge of industry standards and HSE legislation
• Proven ability to lead and motivate engineering teams
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
Why Should You Apply?
If you are a Maintenance Supervisor looking for stability, progression, and the opportunity to work within a highly experienced engineering environment, this role offers long-term career security and technical challenge. As a Maintenance Supervisor, you will join a business that values best practice, invests in its people, and provides the platform to make a real impact while continuing to develop professionally.
