Engineering Manager

Reed Specialist Recruitment; Clitheroe; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an Engineering/Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance strategy across multiple sites in North West England (Clitheroe & Speke). The role involves developing the maintenance team, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and managing budgets effectively. Strong leadership, planning skills, and financial insight are required, along with proven experience in a similar environment. Candidates should have relevant qualifications like IOSH Managing Safely and a focus on asset reliability and quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of maintenance/engineering teams and developing talent.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills across competing priorities.
• Credible communicator at both shop-floor and senior levels.
• Strong financial acumen and performance focus.
• Robust health & safety knowledge and best practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Maintenance Team; allocate daily tasks.
• Ensure robust risk assessments and compliance with H&S standards.
• Own reliability of production assets and maintain OEE above targets.
• Oversee spares and operate within procurement policy.
• Control maintenance budgets and build CAPEX plans.
• Ensure site quality procedures are met and implement processes.

Skills

Leadership

Planning/Organisational Skills

Communication

Financial Insight

Health & Safety Knowledge

Education

IOSH Managing Safely (or similar)

Job description

Overview

Engineering/Maintenance Manager (Multi-Site) – Location: North West (Clitheroe & Speke). Salary negotiable DOE. Permanent.

Lead maintenance strategy, asset reliability and CAPEX delivery across two high‑performance manufacturing sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership: Lead and develop the Maintenance Team; allocate daily tasks; ensure tooling, spares and resources; manage training/competency with HR.


• H&S & Compliance: Ensure robust risk assessments/SOPs; act as the responsible person for contractor‑controlled works; meet all H&S and relevant trade/legislative standards.


• Asset Care & Strategy: Own reliability of production assets and facilities (production & offices); maintain OEE above targets via PM and RCA; coordinate with Production to plan maintenance and optimise downtime.


• Spares & Procurement: Oversee spares (excluding main line consumables); operate within procurement policy; authorise purchases up to £2,000 and approve relevant invoices.


• Finance & CAPEX: Control maintenance/repairs/renewals budgets; develop budgets with the Operations Director and Finance Director; build and deliver CAPEX plans with Operations/Production.


• Quality & Assurance: Ensure site QC procedures; implement processes to meet legislative and trade assurance requirements.


• Strategic Impact: Contribute to business strategy; support senior leadership/Board; represent the company professionally.

What You\'ll Bring

• Proven leadership of maintenance/engineering teams; develops talent and holds teams to account.


• Excellent planning/organisational skills across competing priorities and resources.


• Credible communicator at shop-floor and senior levels.


• Commercially astute with strong financial insight and performance focus.


• Robust H&S knowledge and best practice (risk assessments, safe systems of work).


• Desirable: IOSH Managing Safely (or similar); process manufacturing & multi-site experience; OEE improvement via PM/RCA/RCM; CMMS and contractor management.

How to Apply

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