Maintenance Manager

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Devon and Torbay; Sur place; GBP 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Résumé du poste

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is helping a global manufacturer in Exeter recruit a Maintenance Manager. You will lead a large engineering function, directing engineers, technicians and team leaders to deliver planned and reactive maintenance across a major site.

You will drive improvements in reliability, equipment uptime and maintenance processes, while overseeing budgets, safety, and collaboration with production teams. The role includes strategic maintenance planning and staff development.

Qualifications

• Experience as Maintenance Manager or Engineering Manager in a manufacturing environment.
• Technical engineering background (apprentice-trained or qualified to HNC/HND/degree).
• Experience leading large multidisciplinary maintenance teams including supervisors or team leaders.
• Strong understanding of preventative and reactive maintenance, plant reliability and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing budgets, contractors, and improvement projects.

Responsabilités

• Lead and develop a maintenance department of engineers, technicians and team leaders.
• Oversee preventative and reactive maintenance across a large and varied manufacturing facility.
• Drive continuous improvement to increase reliability, reduce downtime and improve efficiency.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies; identify opportunities to reduce costs.
• Manage maintenance KPIs, budgets, and department performance.
• Identify recurring equipment failures, perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Support machinery upgrades, capital projects and aging equipment replacement.
• Collaborate with production and senior management to align maintenance with manufacturing needs.
• Develop the engineering team's capabilities through training and performance reviews.
• Promote health and safety culture and ensure compliance with standards.

Connaissances

Maintenance leadership

Team management

Budget management

Continuous improvement

Root cause analysis

Health and safety

Formation

HNC/HND or degree

Outils

Industrial maintenance knowledge

Description du poste

Shift: Monday to Friday, Days Salary: £65,000+ + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Location: Exeter

Are you an experienced Maintenance Manager or Engineering Manager within a large production environment looking for an opportunity to lead a large engineering team within a successful business that is investing millions in its site and infrusture?

Yolk Recruitment is working with a leading global manufacturer in Exeter that is looking to appoint a Maintenance Manager to take responsibility for a substantial maintenance operation, overseeing engineers, technicians and team leaders.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a financially secure business that continues to invest in its people, manufacturing facilities and equipment. You'll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact on maintenance performance, equipment reliability and the development of a well-established engineering team.

This is what you'll be doing

As Maintenance Manager, you'll be responsible for the day-to-day management and development of the maintenance department, ensuring the effective delivery of planned and reactive maintenance across a large manufacturing facility.

You'll play a key role in improving plant reliability, reducing downtime and developing a proactive maintenance culture, whilst working closely with the wider management team to support production and operational objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage and develop a maintenance department of engineers, technicians and team leaders.
• Oversee preventative and reactive maintenance activities across a large and varied range of manufacturing equipment.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase equipment reliability, reduce downtime and improve maintenance efficiency.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies, identifying opportunities to improve performance and reduce operational costs.
• Manage maintenance KPIs, engineering budgets and departmental performance, ensuring resources are used effectively.
• Identify recurring equipment failures, implement root cause analysis and develop long‑term corrective actions.
• Support machinery upgrades, capital investment projects and the replacement of ageing equipment.
• Work closely with production and senior management to ensure maintenance activities support manufacturing requirements.
• Develop the engineering team's technical capabilities through training, coaching, performance reviews and succession planning.
• Promote a strong health and safety culture, ensuring all maintenance activities comply with relevant standards and procedures.

The experience you'll bring to the team

• Proven experience in a Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager or senior maintenance leadership position within manufacturing or heavy industry.
• A strong technical engineering background, ideally apprentice-trained or qualified to HNC, HND or degree level in an electrical, mechanical or related engineering discipline.
• Experience managing large, multidisciplinary maintenance teams, including supervisors or team leaders.
• Strong understanding of preventative and reactive maintenance, plant reliability and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing engineering budgets, contractors, maintenance performance and improvement projects.
• A good understanding of industrial manufacturing machinery, automated equipment and electrical and mechanical systems.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to develop engineers and drive improvements across the department.

And this is what you'll get in return

• £65,000+ basic salary
• Annual performance‑related bonus of approximately 5%.
• Private healthcare.
• Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions up to 10%.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Additional Christmas shutdown (not taken fron a/l).
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Life assurance x6 salary
• Annual salary reviews.
• Funded training and professional development.
• Subsidised canteen and free on‑site parking.

You’ll be joining an established global manufacturing business offering excellent financial stability, continued investment and the opportunity to lead a high performing engineering function.

Are you up to the challenge?