Maintenance Supervisor

Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor (24-month FTC)

Location: Washington, Tyne & Wear

Salary: £43,649

Referral Scheme Bonus: £1000

Grade: 6

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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.