Maintenance Improvement Leader

Staffline; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension

Company matched pens

Job summary

Staffline in Nottingham is seeking a Maintenance Improvement Leader to own reliability and maintenance excellence in a large-scale manufacturing setting. The role focuses on eliminating recurring breakdowns and driving sustained engineering improvements without shifts.

This is ideal for an experienced maintenance or reliability professional who wants to lead data-driven improvements, coach teams, and influence site performance while ensuring safety and audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Strong maintenance planning and scheduling experience.
• Proven success reducing downtime and improving reliability.
• Excellent root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in FMCG, food, chemical or related highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Exposure to TPM, IWS, Lean or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management and coaching capabilities.
• Engineering qualification or equivalent practical experience, ideally apprentice trained or with HNC/HND/Degree.

Responsibilities

• Eliminate recurring equipment failures and downtime.
• Drive reliability improvements through structured root cause analysis.
• Develop preventive maintenance strategies.
• Improve equipment performance, availability and operational efficiency.
• Support engineering projects lifecycle and new equipment implementation.
• Coach operators and technicians to improve equipment ownership.
• Ensure engineering activities remain safe, compliant and audit ready.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Education

Engineering qualification or equivalent (apprentice / HNC / HND / Degree)

Tools

TPM

IWS

Lean manufacturing

Job description

• Job Title: Maintenance Improvement Leader
• Job Type: Permanent
• Location : Nottingham, East Midlands
• Working Pattern: Days Only Monday to Friday - no shifts
• Job Reward £50,000 - £55,000 + Bonus + Outstanding Pension + Overtime 0TE £60K ++
• Job Themes: Reliability, TPM, RCA, Continuous Improvement, factory engineering

Are you a hands -on engineering maintenance biased leader? who thrives on solving recurring equipment problems?, improving reliability? and driving continuous improvement?

We are recruiting on behalf of a highly successful, large-scale manufacturing operation, seeking a Maintenance Improvement Leader to take ownership of equipment reliability and maintenance excellence within a critical production area.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced maintenance or reliability professional, who wants to influence site maintenance performance, reduce downtime, and lead sustainable engineering improvements without the demands of shift work.

Ready to move beyond firefighting and truly transform reliability?

We're looking for a maintenance improvement leader who can eliminate recurring breakdowns, improve asset performance, and build a culture of engineering excellence.

If you thrive on data, problem solving, and delivering lasting change, we want to hear from you.

The Role Responsibilities & Duties: Maintenance Improvement Leader

You will lead initiatives on:

• Eliminating recurring equipment failures and downtime
• Driving reliability improvements through structured root cause analysis
• Developing preventive maintenance strategies
• Improving equipment performance, availability and operational efficiency
• Supporting engineering projects lifecycle, and new equipment implementation
• Coaching operators and technicians to improve equipment ownership
• Ensuring engineering activities remain safe, compliant and audit ready

This is a highly visible role where your ability to influence, analyse data and deliver measurable improvements will directly impact site performance.

Role Requirements: Maintenance Improvement Leader

We would love to hear from candidates with experience in roles such as:

Maintenance Manager, Reliability Engineer, Reliability Manager, Maintenance Team Leader, Engineering Team Leader, Lead Engineer, Engineering Shift Manager that no longer wants to work shifts! Asset Reliability Engineer, Maintenance Improvement Manager

Role Requirements & Experience: Maintenance Improvement Leader

• Strong maintenance planning and scheduling experience, leading a team of technicians and multi-skilled shift engineers around world class maintenance standards
• Proven success reducing downtime and improving reliability
• Excellent root cause analysis and problem-solving skills
• Experience in FMCG, food, chemical or related highly regulated manufacturing environments
• Exposure to TPM, IWS, Lean or continuous improvement methodologies
• Strong stakeholder management and coaching capabilities
• Engineering qualification or equivalent practical experience, ideally apprentice trained or with HNC/HND/Degree

What's On Offer - Maintenance Improvement Leader

• £50,000 - £55,000 basic salary up to 10% Bonus
• Generous matched pens