Equipment Maintenance Manager

TT Electronics; Bedlington; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Enhanced pension contributions

Healthcare cashback plan

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounted Gym membership

Job summary

TT Electronics Bedlington is seeking an Equipment Maintenance Manager to lead the safe, reliable operation of production equipment, plant infrastructure and site utilities across the Bedlington Resistors unit. You will drive a proactive maintenance culture with preventative and predictive strategies, ensuring performance and uptime to meet customer and quality objectives.

You will lead a high performing team, manage maintenance budgets and collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality and

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree, HNC/HND, apprenticeship, or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in a maintenance leadership role within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of preventative and predictive maintenance principles and asset management.
• Experience managing automated manufacturing equipment, PLC‑controlled machinery, and industrial electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience using Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Experience supporting Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programmes.
• Good financial awareness with experience managing maintenance budgets and capital investment.
• Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation and maintenance best practice
• The following would enhance your application but is not essential to apply: IOSH or NEBOSH certified.

Responsibilities

• Equipment maintenance, developing strategies, monitoring KPIs, and updating CMMS to maximise availability and reliability while minimising downtime and driving equipment performance.
• Operational Support of manufacturing and planned maintenance activities to minimise disruption to production schedules, and support new equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and production readiness.
• Leading, developing, and motivating a high performing team and establishing clear objectives through development discussions.
• Maintaining a safe working environment across all maintenance activities by ensuring compliance with Health & Safety legislation, leading risk assessments and supporting compliance.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment reliability, efficiency, and maintenance effectiveness.
• Managing the maintenance budget and supporting the development and delivery of the annual CapEx programme along with inventory management of maintenance stores and critical spare parts.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Preventive maintenance

Asset management

Budget management

Team development

HSE compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/ Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Company Overview

COME JOIN OUR JOURNEY!

When you join TT, you join our global community of visionaries, creators, and achievers dedicated to engineering and manufacturing electronic solutions enabling a safer, healthier and more sustainable world. Simply put, we are a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics that benefit our planet and people for future generations. We are committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. Our teams are fuelled by performance and expertise, leading the charge in innovation, efficiency and delivering world‑class customer service. Be part of the journey.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

TT Electronics, Bedlington, is hiring an Equipment Maintenance Manager, accountable for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all production equipment, plant infrastructure, and site utilities across the Bedlington Resistors business unit.

You'll ensure manufacturing equipment delivers the levels of performance, availability, and reliability required to meet customer, quality, and operational objectives.

Leading the maintenance function, you'll drive a proactive maintenance culture through preventative and predictive maintenance strategies, continuous improvement, and disciplined asset management.

Working closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and HSE, you'll support operational excellence while developing team capability and ensuring compliance with all statutory and company requirements.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Equipment maintenance, developing strategies, monitoring KPIs, and updating the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to maximise availability and reliability whilst also minimising production downtime and driving equipment performance.
• Operational Support of manufacturing and planned maintenance activities to minimise disruption to production schedules, and support new equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and production readiness.
• Leading, developing, and motivating a high performing team and establishing clear objectives through development discussions.
• Maintaininga safe working environment across all maintenance activities by ensuring maintenance operations comply with all Health & Safety legislation, leading risk assessments and supporting compliance.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment reliability, efficiency, and maintenance effectiveness.
• Managing the maintenance budget and supporting the development and delivery of the annual CapEx programme along with inventory management of maintenance stores and critical spare parts.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

What We Look For:

• A Bachelors degree, HNC/HND, apprenticeship, or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in a maintenance leadership role within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of preventative and predictive maintenance principles and asset management.
• Experience managing automated manufacturing equipment, PLC‑controlled machinery, and industrial electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience using Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Experience supporting Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programmes.
• Good financial awareness with experience managing maintenance budgets and capital investment.
• Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation and maintenance best practice

The following would enhance your application but is not essential to apply:

• IOSH or NEBOSH certified.

What We Offer You:

From this role you will have the opportunity to develop the experience needed to explore and progress to more senior leadership roles within TT Electronics Bedlington, or the wider group, if this is in your own career plan.

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Site incentive plan
• Financial wellbeing benefit
• Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted RAC membership
• Discounted Gym membership
• 5 weeks (in hours) annual leave plus bank holidays
• A supportive and friendly working environment with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability

TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under‑represented groups.

Please be aware that many roles at TT Electronics are subject to both security and export control restrictions which means that limitations relating to nationality may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). TT Electronics is unable to sponsor work visas for this role.

We hold Health and Safety in the highest regard at TT, with the Wellbeing of our employees our top priority. Any successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre‑employment Drug and Alcohol Screening.

Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World

We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe – so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics takes positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you!

TT Electronics does not accept any unsolicited CVs from third parties. Any CVs submitted by a third party for this or any other position will not be subject to any recruitment fees if hired.