Vacancy - Engineering Team Leader
Are you an experienced Engineer looking to take the next step in your career? Do you thrive on leading and inspiring high performing teams? We are seeking an experienced Engineering Team Leader to lead a team of Mechanical and Electrical Technicians to ensure day to day operations are completed to the highest standard.
Your Role
As Team Leader , you will support the Business Unit Manager in their objectives and be fully responsible for ensuring that day to day maintenance functions within the given role of the business unit, operate safely and efficiently, providing operational areas an on-time service. You will manage, lead by example and develop Engineering Team Members, being the go to technical point of contact on shift. You will manage and ensure all statutory inspections, liaising with insurers as appropriate.
You will regularly review the engineering standards of work and general appearance of the plant, equipment and site generally, liaising with operations to ensure equipment required is serviced and available when required. Working collaboratively with contractors, you will ensure compliance with current regulations.
As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe and effective operation of port equipment/MHE/infrastructure in order to prevent breaches of health and safety and damage to company assets.
What you'll bring
You may already be a Team Leader or keen to move to your first role at this level. You will have proven hands on engineering experience, ideally in a Ports environment, with a track record of leading by example. You will be an inspiring leader with the ability to motivate and develop members of your team.
You will have a strong Mechanical or Electrical background, with the ability to lead teams whilst also maintaining an element of hands on engineering work. The ability to manage the introduction of new initiatives is advantageous.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate, and build relationships with the team and external contractors. You will also be comfortable operating in a fast paced and changing environment.
Who are we?
Already one of the UKs leading port and logistics companies, with a turnover in excess of £500 million, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UKs leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.
What we can offer you
In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:
- 27 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)
- Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
- Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!
- Commitment to learning and personal development Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required
If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, wed really like to hear from you!
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