Maintenance Team Lead

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  • €50,000 - 70,000
  • Macroom, Republic of Ireland
  • Full Time

About Your New Employer

  • A well-established manufacturing organisation with a strong reputation for quality, safety, and continuous improvement.
  • Modern, high-performance production environment with ongoing investment in technology and engineering excellence.
  • Offers a supportive, collaborative culture with strong focus on development, training, and progression for ambitious engineers.

About Your New Job

As the Maintenance Team Lead, you will support the Maintenance Manager in ensuring the site operates efficiently, safely, and reliably. You will take a hands-on leadership role in driving maintenance performance, asset care, and continuous improvement.

In this role, you will:

  • Lead the IWS (Integrated Work Systems) maintenance agenda, coaching teams and driving process improvements.
  • Oversee the day-to-day activities of the Maintenance team, prioritising tasks, planning repairs, and coordinating both planned and reactive maintenance.
  • Act as the key support to the Maintenance Manager, and take full responsibility for site maintenance operations when required.
  • Ensure maintenance activities align with production needs with minimal downtime and maximum efficiency.
  • Collaborate through regular team meetings to align with operations and site objectives.

What Skills You Need

  • Relevant technical qualification (Electrical background highly desirable).
  • Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  • Proven experience in leading, developing, and managing a maintenance or engineering team.
  • Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
  • Solid technical knowledge with the ability to prioritise maintenance workloads effectively.

What’s on Offer

  • €50k–€70k salary depending on experience.
  • Day shift 39 hours per week - Monday to Friday
  • Pension & healthcare benefits.
  • Strong training & development support with clear career progression opportunities.
  • Chance to step into full Maintenance Manager responsibility in the future.

What’s Next

Apply now by clicking the Apply Now button or contact Matt Jurek on +353 21 461 5741 for a confidential discussion.

If this role isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, feel free to get in touch - we have multiple permanent, FTC, and contract opportunities available.

Matt Jurek Senior Recruitment Consultant, Engineering

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Reasonable Accommodations

Our commitment is to make any reasonable accommodation for you in the recruitment process to give you the best opportunity to perform to your optimum in the application, test, and interview process.