Maintenance Supervisor

We have an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Supervisor to join our Utilities & Infrastructure team based in Huddersfield. Reporting to the Lead Utilities Engineer and working alongside a maintenance planner your role in the team will be to ensure the safe, efficient and reliable utility provision to manufacturing plants across the site is maintained. In addition, your team will provide effective out of hours mechanical & electrical shift support as well as specialist services to manufacturing plant customers that include reliability of rotating equipment and alarm and trip compliance.

To provide this service you will lead a team of technicians and manage 3rd party contractors, ensuring work is executed in line with agreed Work Management processes.  You will set daily priorities and align the weekly schedule of work. You will have responsibility for preparing Safe Systems of work across the area.

You will track performance by establishing, monitoring, measuring, and reporting performance metrics and ensuring the delivery of operational objectives. By analysing this information, with a continuous improvement mindset, you will develop the means to execute work in a timely and cost-effective manner which meet and exceed operational objectives.

Qualifications and required experience

• Solid operations & maintenance experience within a relevant sector (Chemicals, Pharma, Utilities or FMCG with a high utility dependency).
• Solid experience within a similar role, with a strong mechanical or electrical skill set.
• Proficient with IT and applicable software (ideally prior experience of CMMS software).
• Strong leadership experience.
• Ability to lead high performing technicians in both mechanical and electrical disciplines.
• Experience of leading shift technicians (whilst not being available to work alongside those technicians – you will be based on Mon-Fri days)
• Strong experience and focus on Health, Safety & Environment.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.

Syngenta Crop Protection is a leader in agricultural innovation, bringing breakthrough technologies and solutions that enable farmers to grow productively and sustainably. We offer a leading portfolio of crop protection solutions for plant and soil health, as well as digital solutions that transform the decision-making capabilities of farmers. Our 17,900 employees serve to advance agriculture in more than 90 countries around the world. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and is part of the Syngenta Group.

Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.

Site Details

At the Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre we make important Crop Protection products that are used in over 120 countries worldwide. These products help our growers to meet the ever-increasing demand for food, feed and fuel, and our talented & dedicated teams make this possible.

The Huddersfield team is proactive, driven, and friendly, with a strong emphasis on diversity, equality and inclusion.  We work cross functionally to get the job done, after all “teamwork makes the dream work” – come and join us!

What we offer

• An extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday.
• 37.5 working hours per week Mon – Fri
• 3.5 rota days off over Christmas + hours bank of 41 hours to use throughout the year for occasional time off.
• Flexible working – the role offers a broad basic package of flexible hours and hybrid working, and is open to individual requests outside of this where it fits with business needs.
• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.  
• A strong learning culture and a wide range of training and development opportunities, including support for externally recognized professional qualifications.

Syngenta has been ranked as a top 5 employer and number 1 in agriculture by Science Journal.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Learn more about our D&I initiatives here: https://www.syngenta.com/careers/working-syngenta/diversity-and-inclusion