Maintenance Manager – Energy Gen & Reliability Lead

Altera Recruitment Group Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Bonus Scheme

Life Assurance

Job summary

Altera Recruitment Group in Birmingham is seeking a Maintenance Manager for a specialist energy generation facility. You will lead a multidisciplinary maintenance team, own the maintenance programme, coordinate outages, and drive reliability improvements to ensure safety and compliance.

The role demands strong mechanical and electrical knowledge, hands-on leadership, and the ability to manage contractors within a complex plant environment.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification or proven technical experience.
• Supervisory experience in an industrial process environment.
• Strong mechanical/electrical maintenance knowledge; fault finding and RCA.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary maintenance team across mechanical, electrical and multi-skilled disciplines.
• Own maintenance programme and CMMS; manage backlog and planning.
• Coordinate breakdown response; investigate failures; drive root cause and reliability improvements.
• Plan and deliver outages; manage scope, resources, contractors, spares, schedules.
• Ensure safety, statutory inspections and compliance (PSSR, LOLER, COSHH).

Skills

Maintenance management

CMMS usage

Leadership

Outage management

Root cause analysis

Education

Engineering qualification

Apprenticeship

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Altera Recruitment Group in Birmingham is seeking a Maintenance Manager for a specialist energy generation facility. You will lead a multidisciplinary maintenance team, own the maintenance programme, coordinate outages, and drive reliability improvements to ensure safety and compliance.

The role demands strong mechanical and electrical knowledge, hands-on leadership, and the ability to manage contractors within a complex plant environment.