Amcor

Mechanical Team Lead

Amcor
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeSwansea • United KingdomSeniorWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in managing Mechanical Maintenance teams, ensuring safety and quality standards, and driving continuous improvement in manufacturing processes. Proficient in project management, employee development, and effective communication across departments.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Mechanical Maintenance ManagementManufacturing Engineering ExperienceProject Management CapabilitiesTeam LeadershipStrong Communication Skills

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Manage the Mechanical Maintenance team and support employee development and upskilling
  • Manage the Mechanical Maintenance Department to deliver world-class service
  • Ensure departmental safety, quality, hygiene, productivity, waste, and cost targets are met
  • Identify, implement, and recommend ongoing service and departmental improvements
  • Manage team member absences, holiday requests, and pay queries
  • Initiate disciplinary procedures when necessary
  • Interview prospective employees and contribute to final hiring decisions
  • Coordinate with Planning on planned maintenance, machine changeovers, and maintenance downtime
  • Liaise with department Supervisors to ensure smooth production operations
  • Collaborate with Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineers to improve manufacturing capability
  • Monitor daily maintenance data and escalate findings to Senior Management
  • Produce monthly maintenance performance reports
  • Coordinate with relevant personnel on installations, product development, and technical improvement projects
  • Manage obsolescence and identify spare parts from drawings while liaising with suppliers
  • Work closely with the Electrical Maintenance Department
  • Perform hands-on mechanical work when necessary
  • Manage and control engineering contractors
  • Communicate key events across all department levels
  • Enforce company health and safety, quality, hygiene, HR, and other policies and procedures

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Good organisational and time management skills
  • Time served craftsman
  • Minimum of 5 years manufacturing experience
  • Supervisory experience will be an advantage
  • Manufacturing Engineering experience, including Standard Operations, plant layout, waste elimination, continuous improvement, and engineering change control
  • Small capital expense project management capabilities
  • Strong communication skills
  • Flexibility on working hours to meet business demands
  • Decision making and sound business judgement
  • Team oriented
  • Communication and presentation skills
  • Organised

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Investment in employee development and upskilling
  • Permanent contract
  • Full-time employment

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Hard Skills
Manufacturing ExperienceContinuous ImprovementStandard OperationsPlant LayoutEngineering Change ControlMechanical WorkData MonitoringPerformance ReportingSpare Parts IdentificationDisciplinary Procedures
Soft Skills
Organisational SkillsTime ManagementDecision MakingTeam OrientationFlexibility
Industry Keywords
Health and Safety PoliciesQuality StandardsHygiene StandardsWaste EliminationEmployee DevelopmentProduction OperationsEngineering ContractorsMaintenance DowntimeAbsence ManagementHiring Decisions