Maintenance Manager

People Group Limited

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare

Job summary

People Group Limited is seeking a Maintenance Manager for East London energy centres, leading shift and day maintenance teams across multiple sites. You will drive safe, reliable operation, manage budgets and oversee upgrades as part of expanding district energy networks.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong asset management and a robust health and safety focus, with the flexibility to travel between locations and occasional remote work.

Qualifications

Proven experience in an operational or engineering management role.
Experience within energy, utilities, or industrial environments.
NEBOSH (or equivalent) desirable; strong safety discipline.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day operational oversight of all energy centres and district network infrastructure.
Coordinate activities across shift teams and day maintenance functions; ensure effective handovers and communication.
Monitor operational performance and respond to plant issues, incidents or constraints.
Ensure delivery of planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive and corrective works.
Manage prioritisation and scheduling with maintenance coordinators to minimise downtime.
Lead safety, environmental compliance, RAMS and permits to work; drive a safety-first culture.
Take ownership of site budgets and cost control; identify cost-saving opportunities.
Support delivery of new projects, upgrades and network expansion.
Lead, motivate and develop teams across multiple sites; drive upskilling.
Oversee subcontractor activities and ensure safe, compliant performance.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Asset management

Health & safety

Education

Engineering qualification (HNC/HND/Degree)

NEBOSH desirable

Job description

Role: Maintenance Manager - (Heat Networks/Utilities)

Location: East London (Stratford) - Working Hours: 08:00 - 17:00 (Monday to Friday)

Salary: Competitive + Pension/Healthcare

The Client:

My client is a prominent and forward-thinking energy infrastructure provider in the United Kingdom, specializing in the design, delivery, and long-term operation of large-scale decentralized low-carbon utility networks.

The company focuses heavily on urban district heating, cooling, and power solutions, managing critical assets that supply sustainable energy to thousands of residential and commercial properties. Renowned for its engineering excellence and commitment to the green transition, the business integrates cutting-edge technologies like industrial heat pumps and waste-heat recovery systems to drive urban centres toward a zero-carbon future.

The Role:

The Maintenance Manager will be accountable for the safe, efficient, and commercially effective operation of multiple district energy centres and associated network infrastructure across 3 energy centres in East London.

The role is responsible for leading both the shift engineering teams and day-based maintenance teams, ensuring consistent high performance, reliability, and compliance across all sites.

The post holder will drive a strong health, safety and compliance culture, ensuring all statutory, environmental and permit requirements are met.

In addition to operational delivery, the role plays a key part in, supporting future network expansion and development projects, facilitating new customer connections, delivering budgetary (P&L) performance, building a highly capable, motivated, and upskilled team

This is a site-based leadership role with flexibility to work across locations and occasionally remotely.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Delivery & Site Management

Provide day-to-day operational oversight of all energy centres and district network infrastructure.
Coordinate activities across shift teams and day maintenance functions. Ensure effective handovers, communication and operational control across all sites.
Monitor operational performance and respond to plant issues, incidents or constraints.

Maintenance Coordination & Asset Performance

Ensure delivery of planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive and corrective works.
Work closely with Maintenance Manager / Coordinator to ensure work is correctly prioritised and scheduled Resources are effectively deployed Downtime is minimised
Monitor asset reliability and implement actions to improve performance.

Health, Safety, Environmental & Compliance

Lead and promote a strong safety-first culture across all teams.
Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation Environmental permits Company and contractual obligations
Ensure RAMS, permits to work and safe systems of work are adhered to.
Lead incident response, investigations and corrective actions.

Commercial & Financial Performance (P&L)

Take ownership of site operational budgets and cost control.
Identify cost-saving opportunities without impacting performance or safety.

Projects, Customer Connections & Growth

Support delivery of new projects, upgrades and network expansion.
Coordinate operational input into new customer connections

Team Leadership & Development

Lead, motivate and manage operational teams across multiple sites.
Ensure teams are competent and engaged and delivering to expected standards
Identify training needs and drive upskilling of engineers.
Promote accountability and ownership at all levels.

Stakeholder & Customer Management

Act as a key contact for operational stakeholders.
Communicate effectively with Internal teams and Customers, clients, Contractors and suppliers
Support resolution of operational issues, service impacts or complaints.

Contractor & Supply Chain Management