Engineering Maintenance Manager – Autonomy & Growth

E3 Recruitment; Walsall; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary uplift after 6 months

Bonus potential

Pension contribution

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

On-site EV charging

Career development

Job summary

E3 Recruitment seeks an experienced Engineering Maintenance Manager to lead the site engineering and maintenance teams at our Walsall facility. The role offers autonomy to shape maintenance strategies and drive reliability across highly-invested capital equipment.

You will own maintenance planning, lead TPM initiatives and collaborate with production to improve OEE and efficiency. A qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering is required, with extensive manufacturing leadership

Qualifications

• Recognised mechanical or electrical engineering qualification.
• Experience managing engineering/maintenance teams in manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of automated production equipment and industrial maintenance.
• Proven ability to improve plant reliability and reduce downtime.
• Experience with TPM, preventive maintenance, and asset care.
• Experience with CMMS and structured maintenance planning.
• Strong leadership to develop and manage teams.
• Experience supporting capital investment, equipment installations or commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and manage the site engineering and maintenance teams.
• Own engineering performance, maintenance strategy and plant reliability.
• Develop and implement structured preventative and planned maintenance programmes.
• Drive improvements in equipment availability, OEE and production efficiency.
• Establish a proactive maintenance culture, reducing reactive maintenance and downtime.
• Optimise CMMS usage to improve planning, reporting and asset management.
• Implement TPM, CI and reliability-centred maintenance methodologies.
• Manage budgets, maintenance expenditure and external contractors.
• Support capital investment projects, equipment upgrades and commissioning.
• Ensure engineering compliance and HSE standards.
• Collaborate with production management to deliver site performance improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance management

Manufacturing knowledge

Problem solving

Communication

Education

BEng/BSc Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Automation systems

PLC/SCADA familiarity

Job description

E3 Recruitment seeks an experienced Engineering Maintenance Manager to lead the site engineering and maintenance teams at our Walsall facility. The role offers autonomy to shape maintenance strategies and drive reliability across highly-invested capital equipment.

You will own maintenance planning, lead TPM initiatives and collaborate with production to improve OEE and efficiency. A qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering is required, with extensive manufacturing leadership