Maintenance Supervisor

1 day ago

Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time

Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor (24-month FTC)

Location: Washington, Tyne & Wear

Salary: £43,649

What you'll be doing:

  • Managing teams to carry out maintenance activities, checking standards of maintenance and reactive work while coaching team members as required to deliver high levels of craftsmanship and job reporting
  • Coordinating the department workload via SAP to ensure KPIs are achieved
  • Managing failure data on equipment and generating breakdown reports
  • Procuring spare parts and materials that are required for work orders
  • Attending daily production meetings
  • Writing and reviewing maintenance instructions and risk assessments
  • You'll also have people manager responsibilities in this role

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Time served Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship preferably with HNC/HND qualification
  • Safety Qualifications (e.g. IOSH, or willing to work towards IOSH qualification)

Desirable:

  • Large manufacturing environment experience
  • Experience working with SAP

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Maintenance team:

Step into the role of Maintenance Supervisor and lead a team of multi-skilled engineers maintaining our advanced Washington site. Each day brings variety as you manage a diverse product range and support the delivery of cutting-edge munitions for the Armed Forces. With new business wins, ongoing site expansion, and real prospects for career development, this is an exciting time to join a growing team. Make your next move one that combines leadership, purpose, and the opportunity to truly make an impact.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 3rd December 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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