Maintenance Lead 50,000 + up to 7% bonus and Private Medical Insurance Yolk Recruitment is partnering with a growing and highly innovative manufacturing business to recruit a Maintenance Lead. This is a newly focused position designed to give maintenance the dedicated leadership, structure and direction it needs as the site continues to develop.This isn''t an opportunity to inherit a failing maintenance department. There''s an established team, maintenance schedules are in place and a significant amount of engineering and production data is already being collected.You''ll be given the autonomy to review how the maintenance team currently operates, develop the PPM strategy, introduce meaningful KPIs, improve the use of CMMS and start using breakdown, downtime and reliability data to drive improvements.This could suit an established Maintenance Manager, but equally a strong Maintenance Supervisor or Engineering Team Leader who''s already operating at this level and is ready to take ownership of their first maintenance department. What you''ll be doingTaking ownership of the day-to-day maintenance function and leading a multidisciplinary engineering team.Reviewing and developing the site''s preventative maintenance strategy and PPM schedules.Improving the structure and utilisation of the CMMS.Introducing and monitoring meaningful maintenance KPIs including MTBF, MTTR, downtime and recurring breakdowns.Analysing existing maintenance, breakdown and production data to identify ..... full job details .....