Maintenance Coordinator

Job Title - Maintenance Coordinator
GBP55,000 + Overtime (1.25x 1.5x) + 32 Days Holiday + Pension + Life Assurance

Location - Wakefield
Hours: Mon Fri Day Shift with Flexible Start Times

Are you an experienced Maintenance Supervisor or Team Leader ready to step into a bigger challenge? Want to work with cutting-edge automation in a rapidly growing, global business? This could be your next career move.

We re looking for a Maintenance Coordinator to take a key role in managing and developing a multi-skilled engineering team at a fully automated, site in Wakefield .

About the Company:

You ll be joining one of the most innovative names in the FMCG sector who supply major UK supermarkets. With an international footprint and a new site launching in the UK, the growth opportunity here is real.

This is a career-defining role in a tech-forward business that values initiative, flexibility, and continuous improvement. If you're motivated by progression, modern engineering environments, and leadership responsibility, apply now.

About the Role:

As a Maintenance Coordinator you'll be leading a team of 6 engineers and 6 operators , ensuring the reliability and performance of highly automated material handling systems, including conveyors, stacker cranes, shuttles, and lifts.
This is an 80/20 hands-off leadership role primarily focused on coordination, planning, and improvement, but with enough technical involvement to keep you sharp.

Key Responsibilities as a Maintenance supervisor:

• Day-to-day leadership: holiday cover, 1-to-1s, appraisals, daily schedules
• Oversee and manage the CMMS system
• Procurement and stock control for engineering stores
• Plan and assign PPM and reactive maintenance work
• Liaise with internal departments and contractors to ensure seamless maintenance execution
• Drive CI initiatives across maintenance, 5S, and asset reliability
• Support technical issues when required hands-on when it counts
• Participate in site-level meetings with senior management

What We re Looking For:

• Engineering qualification : NVQ Level 3 or BTEC in Electrical/Mechanical
• CMMS experience is essential you ll be the go-to person for system use and accuracy
• Proven leadership you ve led or supervised a team for at least 1 year
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-tech environment with strong sense of urgency
• Bonus points for CI project involvement and working with permit-to-work systems

What You ll Get:

• GBP55,000 base salary
• Paid overtime (1.25x weekday/Saturday, 1.5x Sunday)
• 32 days holiday (including bank holidays, rising with service)
• Life assurance & pension
• Supportive leadership and real autonomy in your role
• Long-term growth potential in a company expanding both locally and internationally

If you re interested in becoming a maintenance supervisor, interviews can be arranged immediately so please contact me via email (url removed) to arrange an initial discussion

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