Factory Maintenance Engineering Manager

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Company bonus

Enhanced parental leave

Wellbeing cash allowance

Job summary

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise, a subsidiary of Tata Sons, is building the UK’s biggest battery manufacturing facility. We are seeking an engineering leader to drive reliability, maintainability and continuous improvement across a highly automated plant.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, collaborate with OEMs and project teams, and shape the systems and standards that underpin manufacturing success. Agratas champions diversity and flexible wellbeing initiatives as part of its evolving

Qualifications

• Proven engineering leadership experience from FMCG, battery manufacturing, automotive or other high-speed automated environments.
• Strong track record of improving reliability, developing high-performing teams and delivering maintenance strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering and maintenance strategy for a highly automated battery manufacturing facility.
• Oversee asset reliability, maintenance performance and commissioning readiness in collaboration with OEMs and project teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Tools

CMMS

Job description

What you\'ll do

Lead the engineering and maintenance strategy for a highly automated battery manufacturing facility, ensuring safe, reliable and efficient operations. You\'ll be responsible for asset reliability, maintenance performance, commissioning readiness and continuous improvement, using modern approaches such as Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) and AI-enabled maintenance strategies. You\'ll also lead engineering support for new equipment installation, commissioning and operational readiness, working closely with OEMs and project teams

The team you\'ll join

You\’ll join a growing Maintenance Engineering function during an exciting phase of industrialisation and growth. Leading a multidisciplinary engineering team, you\'ll work closely with Operations, Projects, Reliability, OEMs and senior stakeholders to build world-class engineering capability and establish the systems, standards and culture that will support long‑term manufacturing success

What you\'ll bring

You\’ll bring proven engineering leadership experience from FMCG, battery manufacturing, automotive or other high‑speed automated environments. You\'ll have a strong track record of improving reliability, developing high‑performing teams and delivering maintenance strategies that maximise performance and minimise downtime. Experience with TPM, RCM, predictive maintenance technologies, CMMS platforms and major capital projects will be highly advantageous

What you\'ll get

As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work‑life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support.

You\’ll work in a rapidly scaling‑up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK\’s biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation.

Agratas is a place to be authentically you. At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.