Job Description

Mechanical Shift Technician Team Leader - Rotherham

In this role, you’ll take the lead on mechanical maintenance inspections and routine repairs across the site, focusing on static plant and machinery to ensure maximum reliability, safety, and minimal downtime on critical assets. Working within a small, flexible team, you’ll be ready to step beyond core duties when needed, contributing to a proactive and supportive working environment. You’ll uphold SHEQ standards at all times, including reporting close calls and incidents, while actively supporting best practice through regular audits and continuous improvement initiatives. Building strong relationships with the management team and colleagues, you’ll stay aligned with evolving company standards and legislation, all while playing a key role in improving productivity and plant availability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Diagnosis of running faults and ensuring effective repairs and improvements are conducted within minimum time scale.

• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance practices.
• Carrying out plant upgrades and modifications to the required standards.
• Reporting through computerised maintenance management system all work carried out.
• Development and implementation of the programme of planned preventative maintenance and inspection to minimise downtime, provide records of recurrent faulting and engineered solutions to these issues.
• Anticipate machine failures and make such changes or recommendations to prevent reoccurrence to reduce downtime to a minimum.
• Ensuring SHEQ standards are strictly maintained, and all related documentation is completed.
• Supporting initiatives and being proactive in the development of equipment, practices, and systems.
• Assist the maintenance department in identifying annual lifecycle requirements, preparation of capital applications and business case papers for non-lifecycle capital purchases.

Essential criteria:

• Recognised Apprenticeship, Multi Skilled Engineer with relevant qualifications ONC/NVQ 3 discipline level (MECH Bias)
• Ability to work at height – the role involves a great deal of planned & reactive maintenance on conveyors, magnet belts, eddy current separators in enclosed/restricted spaces & working on overhead cranes
• Experience of maintaining and working on Overhead Cranes
• Waste Processing equipment knowledge
• Proven track record of delivering continuous improvement within an operational environment
• IT literate – comfortable using business software and systems
• Experience of FMCG type environment
• Proven engineering background