Maintenance & Asset Reliability Manager

Hunter Selection; Barry; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme – employer 6%

Bonus scheme – up to 10%

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Life Assurance

Job summary

Hunter Selection is recruiting a Maintenance Manager to lead a maintenance team at a major manufacturing site in South Wales. The role focuses on delivering reliable plant performance, managing OPEX and supporting CAPEX projects to meet business strategy.

The ideal candidate will own the site maintenance strategy, ensure compliance with safety standards, and drive improvements through maintenance best practices. A strong leadership and stakeholder-management background is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance teams in large-scale plants.
• Experience delivering CAPEX projects from design through to construction.
• Experience scheduling preventive, reactive and shutdown activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the maintenance team and support reliability and project delivery functions.
• Own the site maintenance strategy (preventive, predictive, and corrective) and ensure asset integrity.
• Ensure legal compliance and safe, reliable plant performance while delivering OPEX and supporting CAPEX projects.
• Maintain mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control assets for high availability, incl. high-hazard equipment.
• Implement reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) and FMEA to reduce downtime.
• Establish and manage spares strategy and obsolescence plans for critical equipment.
• Manage contractors/vendors: RAMS, induction, supervision and performance.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

People management

Job description

Hunter Selection is recruiting a Maintenance Manager to lead a maintenance team at a major manufacturing site in South Wales. The role focuses on delivering reliable plant performance, managing OPEX and supporting CAPEX projects to meet business strategy.

The ideal candidate will own the site maintenance strategy, ensure compliance with safety standards, and drive improvements through maintenance best practices. A strong leadership and stakeholder-management background is essential.