Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor

West Highland

Permanent | Day Shift | Competitive Salary + Benefits

Are you an experienced maintenance leader ready to step up and own the day-to-day delivery of maintenance across a major industrial site? This is a genuine leadership opportunity within a well-established heavy industrial operation in the Highlands, where you'll take charge of coordinating priorities, resources and people across the whole maintenance function.

The Role

As Maintenance Supervisor you will support the Head of Department and set the priorities and pace for planned, urgent and breakdown work across all plant areas. You'll manage and hold Department Engineers accountable for delivery and performance, while staying closely plugged into what's actually happening on the ground - schedule adherence, work quality, backlog and repeat failures. It's a role that blends people leadership with hands-on reliability thinking, working in close partnership with Operations and reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager.

What You'll Be Doing

Leading safe day-to-day maintenance delivery across all plant areas

Setting priorities and coordinating planned, urgent and breakdown work and resources site-wide

Managing and supporting Department Engineers, holding them accountable for delivery and performance

Coordinating craft resources and apprentices across departments, including apprentice mentoring and development towards time-served competency

Monitoring weekly schedule delivery, work quality, CMMS compliance and overall maintenance performance

Reviewing breakdowns, backlog, preventive maintenance and repeat failures, and ensuring actions are followed through

Acting as the day-to-day interface with Operations on priorities, plant condition and recovery

Escalating significant safety, environmental, operational, reliability and resource risks to the Maintenance Manager

Overseeing significant contractors and supporting shutdowns, projects, plant modifications and new equipment installations

Supporting the Maintenance Manager with maintenance strategy, resource planning and continuous improvement

What We're Looking For

Solid engineering maintenance experience in a heavy engineering environment, with a mechanical or electrical bias

Proven experience leading maintenance teams and managing engineering staff

Strong understanding of planned, reactive and reliability-centred maintenance

Good understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation

Knowledge of industrial process plant, relevant standards and technical procedures

Working knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance performance measures

Strong leadership, communication, prioritisation and coaching skills

Experience mentoring apprentices and developing technical competence

COMAH experience desirable

This is a step into leadership of a maintenance function, with real scope to shape how the department operates and develops its people. Roles at this level don't come up often in the Highlands, and it's a chance to build a lasting career in a complex, technically demanding environment.

Apply now or contact:

Caroline Strachan

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