Role: Quality & Maintenance Team Leader

Location: Knutsford, Parkgate Industrial Estate

Working Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am till 5pm. 40 hours per week

We’re on the lookout for a Quality & Maintenance Team Leadeto join our team in Knutsford.

It’s a really exciting time to join us, as we continue to grow as one of the UK’s leading family-owned valve manufacturers.

About Us

With over 45 years of valve technology innovations, Oliver Valves is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and supply of high-quality valves and valve systems, serving industries such as oil and gas, petrochemical, and other critical sectors. We have won recognised awards for Export, Manufacturing and Growth – as well as the coveted Queens Award and more recently Kings Award for Industry. We’re a profitable, privately owned, and fast-moving company looking for talented individuals to join our team and deliver our strategic objectives.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Allocate and prioritise work for the QA Technician and Maintenance Technician.

• Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and with minimal disruption.

• Manage internal and subcontracted calibration activities to ensure equipment remains within its required calibration period.

• Maintain the asset register and identify inspection, calibration, maintenance and legislative requirements for new equipment.

• Monitor equipment reliability and availability, identifying opportunities to reduce breakdowns and improve performance.

• Set, monitor and review maintenance and calibration KPIs, using performance data to drive improvements.

• Maintain accurate maintenance, calibration and asset records.

• Coordinate approved subcontractors and work closely with production, inspection and quality teams.

• Manage day-to-day team administration, including holidays, absence records, return-to-work interviews and justified overtime requirements.

• Ensure all activities comply with company procedures, quality standards and Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.

No two days are exactly the same, and as a Maintenance Operative, you’ll be right at the heart of what we do.

What You’ll Bring
We’re not expecting you to know everything from day one—full training is provided for every workshop operative. That said, it would be great if you:

• A practical understanding of calibration systems and processes.

• Knowledge of planned preventative and reactive maintenance.

• An understanding of asset management and equipment maintenance systems.

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workloads.

• Clear communication skills and the confidence to work with colleagues and external subcontractors.

• Good IT skills and a thorough approach to record keeping.

• An understanding of relevant Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.

• Experience of monitoring performance measures and identifying improvements.

What’s On Offer?

Here’s what you can expect as a maintenance operative with us:

• Competitive Salary

• Annual leave starting at 31 days a year (includes bank holidays)

• Great benefits including: pension (you put in 5%, we put in 4%), cash plan to reimburse you for medical expenses (dental, optical, physio and more), retailer discount platform, Life Assurance ("Death in Service"), long service awards, and Employee Assistance Programme

• Training opportunities including apprenticeships and college courses available