We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to join a large-scale, continuous-process manufacturing operation. This is a senior leadership role responsible for driving reliability, safety, operational performance, and continuous improvement across a complex industrial facility.
Reporting directly to the Head of Engineering, you will play a key role in the site leadership team, ensuring maintenance excellence through effective planning, execution, budget control, and team development.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all mechanical and electrical maintenance activities across the site.
- Drive improvements in plant reliability, availability, and overall equipment performance.
- Manage preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance programmes.
- Lead major shutdown planning and execution activities.
- Ensure compliance with all health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
- Manage maintenance budgets, capital expenditure projects, and engineering resources.
- Utilise CMMS systems to optimise maintenance planning and asset management.
- Lead root cause analysis and defect elimination initiatives to reduce downtime and improve performance.
- Develop and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate closely with production, procurement, finance, and technical stakeholders to achieve business objectives.
About You
You will be a proven maintenance leader with experience in a heavy industrial or manufacturing environment such as cement, aggregates, mining, steel, power generation, chemicals, or similar process industries.
Essential Requirements
- Engineering Degree or equivalent qualification.
- NEBOSH qualification or equivalent health & safety knowledge.
- Significant experience managing maintenance operations within a heavy manufacturing environment.
- Strong leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
- Experience managing maintenance budgets and capital projects.
- Knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance best practices.
- Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis capability.
- Excellent communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
Desirable
- HNC/HND, ILM, CMI, or other management qualification.
- Experience with reliability-centred maintenance and continuous improvement methodologies.
- SAP or equivalent ERP system experience.
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to join a high-performing industrial operation.
- Significant leadership responsibility with direct impact on business performance.
- Career development within a large and growing organisation.
- Competitive salary, bonus, pension, and benefits package.
If you are a results-driven engineering leader with a passion for safety, reliability, and operational excellence, we would love to hear from you.
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