Engineering Manager: New Plant Startup & Reliability Leader

Trek Recruitment Ltd; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Trek Recruitment Ltd is sourcing an Engineering Manager to lead the new Ellesmere Port plant from day one. You will own the engineering and reliability strategy, guiding the site through hot commissioning planned for late 2026 and into a stable, maintenance-driven operation.

With responsibility across heavy engineering and process automation, you will build a lean team, implement a robust PM/RCM/TPM framework and be the hands-on leader during the start-up phase to achieve high planned

Qualifications

• Significant experience as Engineering Manager or senior engineering lead in manufacturing.
• Breadth across heavy engineering and process automation.
• Hands-on commissioning of new process plant ideal.
• Proven delivery of high planned-to-unplanned maintenance.
• Experience with Permit to Work, contractor safety and LOTO.
• Strong CMMS, work planning and spares management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead start-up and commissioning, including hot commissioning.
• Design and implement a PPM programme across mechanical, electrical and automation assets.
• Apply RCM/TPM to critical assets and select appropriate maintenance strategies.
• Embed TPM, including operator autonomous maintenance.
• Own reliability KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR and schedule compliance; drive improvements.
• Manage stores, critical spares and OEM/vendor relationships.
• Ensure compliance with statutory inspections, health and safety law.

Skills

Engineering leadership

RCM/TPM

Maintenance planning

Permit to Work

LOTO compliance

Spare parts management

Tools

CMMS

SCADA

Profibus

Job description

Trek Recruitment Ltd is sourcing an Engineering Manager to lead the new Ellesmere Port plant from day one. You will own the engineering and reliability strategy, guiding the site through hot commissioning planned for late 2026 and into a stable, maintenance-driven operation.

With responsibility across heavy engineering and process automation, you will build a lean team, implement a robust PM/RCM/TPM framework and be the hands-on leader during the start-up phase to achieve high planned