Maintenance Lead

AstraZeneca plc; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca plc in Macclesfield is seeking a Maintenance Lead to join the Utilities team. You’ll lead asset upkeep and servicing to deliver safe, reliable and high-performing engineering systems while developing your team.

The role combines engineering expertise with people leadership, mentoring engineers and technicians, developing maintenance strategies, and embedding Lean practices across the department.

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering degree or apprenticeship required.
• Experience in asset management within a regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of asset performance and equipment upkeep.
• Experience coaching and supporting others in engineering or maintenance.
• Understand SHE, GxP and engineering compliance requirements.
• Ability to use data and performance measures to support maintenance decisions.
• Collaborative approach and ability to build relationships across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead asset and energy performance delivery in the Utilities department.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies for asset maintenance and repair.
• Mentor engineers, technicians and engineering coordinators.
• Improve asset availability, performance and output quality.
• Ensure maintenance activities are planned, resourced and delivered.
• Embed Lean principles and standardised ways of working.
• Support audits and regulatory inspections within area of responsibility.
• Lead engineering change controls for improvement activities.
• Work with internal teams and external service providers to drive performance.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Asset management

Data analysis

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Coaching/mentoring

SHE/GxP knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered status or progressing

Job description

Maintenance Lead

Location: Macclesfield

Function: Utilities | Engineering

Competitive salary and benefits

Working pattern: 36.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday days

Are you an expert engineering professional who enjoys developing people, solving sophisticated problems and finding innovative ways to improve asset performance?

We’re looking for a Maintenance Lead to join our Utilities team at AstraZeneca in Macclesfield. You’ll lead activities related to the upkeep and servicing of assets, helping us deliver safe, reliable and high-performing engineering systems while improving skills throughout the team.

Here is a chance to combine your engineering proficiency with people leadership. You’ll mentor and support engineering staff, technical specialists, and those coordinating engineering efforts, develop asset care strategies and help embed maintenance excellence across the engineering team.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the delivery of asset and energy performance across the Utilities department
• Develop and implement effective strategies for asset maintenance and repair
• Lead, mentor and develop engineers, technicians and engineering coordinators
• Apply your engineering expertise to improve asset availability, performance and output quality
• Ensure maintenance activities are effectively planned, resourced and delivered
• Mentor teams in maintenance, equipment management, and problem-solving methodologies
• Identify equipment risks, including obsolescence, and develop appropriate mitigation
• Use asset performance data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement
• Lead ongoing improvement efforts, including equipment upgrades, replacement and optimisation
• Help embed Lean principles and standardised ways of working
• Support audits and regulatory inspections within your area of responsibility
• Lead engineering change controls associated with improvement activities
• Work with internal teams, technical specialists and external service providers to drive performance
• Maintain high standards concerning safety, GxP regulations, and engineering protocols
• Handle relevant budgets, resources, suppliers and service agreements efficiently.

Lead and nurture your team:

People leadership is an important part of this role. You will guide a team that includes Engineering Technicians, an Engineering Coordinator and junior engineers working on maintenance and continuous improvement activities.

We’ll look to you to create an environment where people can perform at their best. You’ll set clear goals, coach and develop your team, support individual development and encourage open communication and collaboration.

Drive maintenance perfection:

You’ll take a proactive approach to asset care, ensuring we have the right maintenance strategies, resources and capabilities in place to support reliable performance.

You’ll bring together technical knowledge, performance data and engineering procedure to understand potential failure mechanisms, improve maintenance effectiveness and optimise asset performance. You’ll also help strengthen capability across the wider department by coaching colleagues in asset care and maintenance methodologies.

What we are searching for:

We are seeking someone with:

• A relevant engineering degree or recognised engineering training route, such as an apprenticeship
• Significant shown experience of assets and asset management practices within a highly regulated environment
• Strong engineering and maintenance knowledge, capable of contributing technical expertise across asset performance and equipment upkeep
• Experience coaching and supporting others in engineering or maintenance activities
• An understanding of SHE, GxP and engineering compliance requirements
• Using data and performance measures to support maintenance and asset care decisions
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to build effective relationships across different teams and fields.

It would be great if you also have:

You don’t need to tick every box, but having the following would be beneficial:

• Chartered or working towards Chartership with an appropriate engineering institution.

Why join us?

This is an opportunity to make an impact across both people and performance.

You’ll have the chance to shape how we care for our engineering assets, develop the capability of colleagues around you and lead improvements that strengthen reliability and maintenance performance. You’ll work collaboratively across the site while bringing your own technical expertise and ideas to the team.

Ready to use your engineering and leadership experience to help us build maintenance perfection? We’d love to hear from you.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Date Posted

28-Sept-2026

Closing Date

12-Oct-2026

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