Maintenance Manager

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Neath; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Maintenance Manager for a leading manufacturing organization in Neath, UK. The successful candidate will lead a skilled team, ensure asset reliability, and drive compliance and performance. Offering a salary up to £65,000, this role presents an excellent opportunity for an ambitious engineering leader.

Benefits

Salary up to £65,000

Opportunity for impact and progression

Leadership of a skilled team

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading and developing multi-skilled engineering teams.
• Strong background in asset maintenance, predictive maintenance, and reliability programmes.
• Experience in managing contractors and service agreements.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operational reliability, safety compliance, and site efficiency.
• Lead and motivate the engineering team while managing projects.
• Deliver optimised maintenance strategies and maintain compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Asset Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance

Health & Safety Compliance

Team Development

Job description

Maintenance Manager
Upto £65,000

Days - Full Time

Yolk Recruitment is proud to be supporting a leading manufacturing organisation in their search for an Maintenance Manager to join their site leadership team.

As a key part of the operations structure, this role offers the opportunity to take full ownership of the site's Maintenance function - leading a skilled team, ensuring asset reliability, and driving compliance and performance across the board. With recent investment and a strong focus on continuous improvement, this is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious engineering leader to make their mark.

Position Overview

As the Maintenance Manager, you will be ensuring operational reliability, safety compliance, cost control, and site efficiency. You'll lead, motivate, and develop a multi-skilled engineering team while managing contractors and projects to deliver real improvements to site performance.

This is what you'll be doing

• Provide leadership, ensuring your team is fully skilled, engaged, and aligned across shifts.
• Manage and develop apprentices, creating succession plans and supporting training needs.
• Deliver optimised planned, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies.
• Maintain PPM compliance for all assets and drive root cause analysis on breakdowns.
• Ensure 100% compliance with safety, environmental, and engineering regulations.
• Foster a proactive culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

The experience you'll bring to the team

• Proven track record leading and developing multi-skilled engineering teams.
• Strong background in asset maintenance, predictive maintenance, and reliability programmes.
• Experience in managing contractors, SLAs, and service agreements.
• A people-focused leader who lives and breathes Health & Safety, compliance, and quality.

And this is what you'll get in return

• A salary of up to £65,000
• The chance to lead a skilled team in a forward-thinking, investment-backed business
• A role with real scope for impact and progression

Are you up to the challenge?

Are you what we're looking for? Please get in touch today with engineering specialist recruiter, Andy Jones.

Please apply with a CV - and feel free to include a cover letter outlining why you're the perfect fit. We also run a referral scheme, so if you know somebody who would be ideal, get in touch.