Job Introduction

Engineering Team Leader (Nights) – Alfreton

Full-Time | Permanent

We’re looking for a proactive, hands-on Engineering Team Leader - Nights to join our team at our Alfreton site. This is a practical, shop‑floor‑focused leadership role where you’ll oversee a team of Maintenance Fitters, driving high maintenance standards and supporting a strong preventative maintenance culture.

As a key member of the engineering team, you’ll help reduce downtime, improve equipment reliability, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

⭐ Key Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and mentor a team of Maintenance Fitters in day‑to‑day maintenance activities.
• Champion a preventative maintenance approach, ensuring proactive servicing and inspections.
• Be a visible, hands-on presence on the shop floor – assisting with fault finding, repairs, and machinery installation.
• Plan and oversee weekly maintenance schedules in coordination with production.
• Support the planning and delivery of site shutdowns, statutory inspections, and compliance activities.
• Work closely with the Maintenance Coordinator to align materials, tools, resources, and manpower.
• Manage and supervise contractors, ensuring safe working practices and compliance.
• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager on reliability and continuous improvement projects.
• Monitor and report on maintenance KPIs, ensuring performance targets are achieved.
• Promote strong Health, Safety & Environmental (SHE) standards across all maintenance work.
• Contribute to effective budget management through efficient resource and stores usage.
• Build strong working relationships across production, technical, and engineering teams.

✅ About You

• Proven experience in a maintenance leadership or supervisory role—ideally in manufacturing or industrial operations.
• Strong mechanical and/or electrical maintenance background with hands-on capability.
• Experience managing and developing team members, overseeing workloads, and setting performance standards.
• Passionate about preventative maintenance and driving proactive ways of working.
• Relevant engineering qualifications; understanding of compliance standards and maintenance systems.
• Solid knowledge of HSE practices, risk assessments, and permit-to-work processes (IOSH Managing Safely preferred).
• Works with a continuous improvement mindset—able to spot inefficiencies and implement practical solutions.

🎯 Why Join Us?

• A chance to lead a skilled maintenance team and influence site performance.
• A role where your ideas, expertise, and initiative genuinely make an impact.
• Opportunities for development within a forward-thinking, supportive engineering environment.

Why Tarmac

We don't just offer a job, we offer a career.

Alongside this role, you'll have access to industry-leading rewards, development opportunities, and a culture that puts people first, including:

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement 
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Tarmac is committed to being a Forces‑friendly employer. If you’re coming from a military background, we’ll support your transition and help you build a successful career with us.

We’re proud to be part of CRH, and even prouder to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to support you.

Ready to build your future?

Click ‘Apply’ to get started. Please note: we sometimes close roles early due to high interest, so don’t wait too long!

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Tarmac Trading Limited

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