Maintenance Manager

Handley James Consulting Ltd; Tunstall; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Handley James Consulting Ltd is recruiting a Maintenance Manager for a well established manufacturing business to drive reliability and proactivity in a growing operation.

The role requires a hands-on maintenance leader who can develop the team, implement structured planned maintenance and move the site from reactive to proactive management.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance in manufacturing plants.
• Background as time-served engineer with reactive and preventive maintenance.
• Experience with TPM and maintenance planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day maintenance function, prioritising work and supporting safe and effective maintenance activities.
• Implement and improve planned preventive maintenance programmes to reduce breakdowns and minimise downtime.
• Schedule maintenance activities and use maintenance management systems to improve planning and execution.
• Identify recurring equipment issues through root cause analysis and implement lasting improvements.
• Coordinate mandatory inspections, including PUWER, LOLER and electrical checks, and ensure required actions are completed.
• Develop, train and mentor the maintenance team, building accountability and a proactive approach to maintenance.
• Manage equipment upgrade projects, including robotics and machine relocation, while improving maintenance systems and processes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Change management

Maintenance planning

Education

HND/Engineering degree

18th Edition

Management qualification

Job description

We have been retained by one of our key clients to recruit a Maintenance Manager for a well established and growing manufacturing business. This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation where you can improve equipment reliability and develop a more proactive approach to maintenance.

This is a key appointment and an opportunity to shape the maintenance function. The business requires a visible, hands on maintenance leader who can develop the team, improve maintenance systems and move the operation from reactive towards structured planned maintenance.

Role Responsibilities

To lead and develop the maintenance function, ensuring plant, equipment and facilities operate safely, reliably and efficiently.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the day to day maintenance function, prioritising work and supporting safe and effective maintenance activities
• Implementing and improving planned preventive maintenance programmes to reduce breakdowns and minimise downtime
• Scheduling maintenance activities and using maintenance management systems to improve planning and execution
• Identifying recurring equipment issues through root cause analysis and implementing lasting improvements
• Coordinating mandatory inspections, including PUWER, LOLER and electrical checks, and ensuring required actions are completed
• Developing, training and mentoring the maintenance team, building accountability and a proactive approach to maintenance
• Managing equipment upgrade projects, including robotics and machine relocation, while improving maintenance systems and processes

You will currently be an experienced maintenance manager with a background as a time served engineer within a manufacturing environment. You will have experience of reactive and planned maintenance, improvement projects, maintenance scheduling and developing staff. You will be organised, practical and approachable, with strong communication skills and the ability to lead change. An electrical engineering background, experience within heavy engineering or a similar industrial environment, facilities maintenance and introducing total productive maintenance (TPM) would be advantageous. An HND or engineering degree, an 18th Edition qualification or a management qualification would also be desirable