Maintenance Manager – Birmingham

Wagstaff Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leading salary

25 Days + Bank Holidays

Car Allowance

8% matched Pension

Private Medical

Private Dental

Bonus

Company sick pay

Job summary

Wagstaff Recruitment is seeking a Maintenance Manager in Birmingham to lead a large maintenance function within a heavy engineering manufacturing environment. You will oversee planning, scheduling, and delivery of maintenance activities while driving improvements in reliability and efficiency.

The role requires strong leadership, budget oversight, and a focus on HSE standards. You will manage unions and a sizeable team, with opportunities for career progression and a market-leading benefits

Qualifications

• Proven maintenance management experience in heavy engineering/manufacturing.
• Strong leadership and team development ability.
• Budget control and cost optimization experience.
• Solid knowledge of health & safety regulations and compliance.
• Experience delivering maintenance improvements and capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate all maintenance and engineering activities, ensuring plans are effectively delivered.
• Drive continuous improvement to develop a proactive maintenance function and improve plant performance.
• Lead maintenance teams, manage training, attendance, holiday planning and shift resourcing.
• Monitor maintenance performance, maintain CMMS/SAP records, and track KPIs.
• Ensure health and safety compliance and safe working practices across stores and operations.

Skills

Maintenance management

Leadership

Budget management

Health & safety

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

SAP

Job description

Maintenance Manager

Birmingham

Commutable from Birmingham City Centre, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Solihull, Stourbridge, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Cannock, Lichfield, Tamworth, Halesowen, Smethwick, Oldbury, Tipton, Bilston, Wednesbury, Aldridge, Burntwood, Rugeley, Coleshill, Shirley, Kingswinford, Kidderminster, Nuneaton, Hinckley, Coventry, Warwick.

Benefits:

• Market leading salary (discuss during application)
• 25 Days + Bank Holidays
• Car Allowance
• 8% matched Pension
• Private Medical
• Private Dental
• Bonus
• Company sick pay

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world leader in an Maintenance Manager. This position will provide you with excellent job security, a market leading salary alongside a fantastic benefits package including a car allowance, matched pension, medical and dental cover. This role is well suited to a candidate with a strong maintenance engineering management background, with experience of overseeing a maintenance function in a manufacturing setting.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate all maintenance and engineering activities, ensuring projects, shutdowns, and maintenance schedules are effectively planned, resourced, and delivered.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to develop a more proactive maintenance function, improving reliability, efficiency, and overall plant performance.
• Lead and support maintenance teams through effective management of training, employee relations, absence control, holiday planning, and shift resourcing.
• Monitor and improve maintenance performance by developing KPIs, maintaining preventative and corrective maintenance systems, and ensuring SAP records are accurate and up to date.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards through the management of stores, risk assessments, method statements, control documentation, and safe working practices.

Requirements

• Proven Maintenance Manager with experience in heavy engineering environments, with a strong track record of leading large maintenance functions.
• Experienced in managing and developing sizeable, unionised maintenance teams, including supervisors and skilled craft personnel, with the ability to build relationships, engage employees, handle challenging conversations, and drive training and development initiatives.
• Demonstrated success in delivering maintenance improvements, contributing to strategic maintenance planning, and implementing initiatives that maximise equipment reliability while minimising downtime.
• Strong understanding of statutory compliance requirements, including LOLER, L8 and other relevant engineering and health & safety legislation, with a recognised health and safety qualification being advantageous.
• Experienced in managing significant maintenance budgets (£4m-£8m), delivering large-scale capital projects, and ensuring HSE best practice is maintained within a heavy industrial manufacturing environment.

Job Tenure: Permanent
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands

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