Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Med-Heavy Engineering

A well-established advanced manufacturing business in Cheshire is looking to appoint an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead engineering reliability and maintenance strategy at a key production facility.

This role offers the opportunity to transform and modernise the site maintenance function, with a particular focus on developing a robust planned preventative maintenance (PPM) strategy across critical furnace and high-temperature process equipment.

The business is investing in improving maintenance planning and reliability, including exploring the implementation of a CMMS system, making this an excellent opportunity for an engineering leader who enjoys building systems and driving change.

Reporting to the senior operations leadership team, the Maintenance Manager will take responsibility for all maintenance activities across the facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the site maintenance technicians
• Establish a robust PPM strategy for all assets and equipment
• Improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime
• Support the introduction of a CMMS maintenance system
• Work closely with operations to improve asset performance and efficiency
• Ensure all maintenance activities meet health, safety and compliance requirements

About You

• Qualified Engineer with proven experience of managing a maintenance team in a med-heavy manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of furnaces, kilns or similar complex, high-temperature equipment - advantageous
• Proven leadership experience within manufacturing or process environments
• Strong background in planned maintenance and reliability improvement

We are particularly interested in candidates from industries such as: metals / metal melting, glass manufacturing, mineral wool / insulation, foundry / casting, other high‑temperature materials processing.

This is an excellent opportunity to shape the maintenance strategy of a growing manufacturing operation and make a visible impact on site performance.

Apply now to be considered.

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as a DE&I positive company, so we encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

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