Maintenance Manager

GPS Recruitment; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic manufacturing firm in Barnsley is seeking a talented Maintenance Manager to lead their Manufacturing Maintenance Department. The successful candidate will have a strong background in multi-skilled engineering, team management, and machine repair. Responsibilities include overseeing the maintenance of production equipment, conducting planned preventative maintenance, and ensuring efficient operations in a modern facility. A competitive salary package including a car allowance is offered.

Benefits

Car allowance

Strong salary package

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-skilled engineering with electrical bias.
• Ability to motivate and manage a team.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain production plant and equipment.
• Conduct planned preventative maintenance.
• Resolve day-to-day machine breakdowns.

Skills

Multi-skilled engineering

Team management

Machine repair

Planned preventative maintenance

Problem-solving

Education

HNC / Degree in Engineering

Job description

We are looking for a talented and experienced Maintenance Manager to join our clients Manufacturing Maintenance Department. Are you a multi‑skilled Engineer with team‑management experience, a strong background in machine repair, planned preventative maintenance (PPM), and problem solving? GPS Recruitment has an excellent opportunity to take your career further in a dynamic, team‑driven environment. As manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring all production equipment continually runs efficiently, safely, and reliably within a modern manufacturing facility, maintaining production levels and the efficient operation of additional onsite facilities to ensure that the sites run to their full output potential. You'll be responsible for delivering high‑quality maintenance support across a variety of plant systems and machinery with a team over Mon‑Fri (7am‑3pm, 3pm‑11pm).

Key Duties:

• Production plant and equipment maintenance.
• Property maintenance.
• Planned preventative maintenance.
• Day‑to‑day machine breakdown resolutions.
• Maintaining electrical plant maintenance records.
• Staff recruitment.
• Annual budget preparation including analysis of past and present performance data.
• Apprentice development and labour skills planning.
• Weekly KPI reports.

The Person:

• An experienced multi‑skilled engineer ideally with an electrical bias.
• Educated to HNC / Degree level ideally in engineering.
• Able to motivate and manage a team.
• Able to communicate confidently with people at all levels.
• Able to work under pressure and maintain deadlines.
• Self‑motivated and willing to work as part of the management team.
• Have excellent organisational, written and numerical skills.
• Be computer literate.

Strong package including car allowance. More details provided upon contact with the recruitment team.