Maintenance Supervisor

Are you an experienced Maintenance Supervisor looking to lead a growing engineering function within an innovative advanced manufacturing business?

We're partnering with an innovative Birmingham-based technology manufacturer seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead maintenance activities across its expanding operation, ensuring equipment reliability, operational efficiency, and safe working practices.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on maintenance professional with leadership experience who enjoys developing teams, driving continuous improvement, and playing a key role in a growing manufacturing environment.

What's on offer:

• Annual Salary £35k pa
• 10% employer pension contribution
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working arrangements
• Long-term career progression within a rapidly growing business

The business

Our client is a pioneering advanced manufacturing company developing innovative technologies for sustainable industrial applications.

With ambitious growth plans, significant investment, and a collaborative culture, the business offers the opportunity to make a real impact whilst building a long-term career within a highly specialised sector.

The role

As a Maintenance Supervisor, you will lead maintenance operations, ensuring machinery, equipment, and site services are maintained safely and efficiently to support production activities. Working closely with production, technical, and engineering teams, you will oversee preventative maintenance programmes, respond to equipment issues, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the facility.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead, supervise, and develop the maintenance team
• Plan and coordinate preventative maintenance, servicing, and inspections
• Respond to equipment breakdowns and provide hands-on technical support when required
• Maintain maintenance schedules, records, and performance reports
• Drive continuous improvement and equipment reliability initiatives
• Support equipment upgrades, installations, and commissioning activities
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and legislative requirements
• Work closely with operational and technical teams to support business objectives

What we're looking for:

• Previous maintenance leadership or supervisory experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing maintenance teams
• Ability to plan, prioritise, and manage maintenance schedules and workloads
• Strong understanding of preventative maintenance and equipment reliability principles
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• A proactive, organised, and safety-focused approach
• Relevant engineering qualification, apprenticeship, HNC/HND, NVQ Level 3, or equivalent experience

Desirable experience:

• Experience within advanced manufacturing, process, automotive, aerospace, metals, energy, or industrial sectors
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies
• Experience supporting equipment installation and commissioning projects
• Exposure to maintenance management systems and KPI reporting

Location

Primarily based at the company's Birmingham site in Tyseley, with occasional travel to a second Birmingham location as required. Candidates should be flexible and willing to work across both sites depending on business needs.

Apply

If you're looking to join an innovative and rapidly growing manufacturing business where you can lead a team, drive operational improvements, and play a key role in future growth, we'd love to hear from you.

G&P is a world-leading quality management services provider, supporting manufacturers in the automotive, defence, aerospace and industrial sectors, and their associated supply chains, to transform quality and efficiency levels.

With over 30 years of experience, we provide tailored solutions through senior management support and expert personnel from our dedicated talent division. Through our award-winning engineering, technical, inspection and talent services, we help businesses minimise risk, maximise performance and achieve operational excellence.

Operating from strategic hubs in six countries, we continue to grow across new sectors, always focused on eliminating disruptions and supporting our clients’ drive to zero defects.

G&P is an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.