Maintenance Manager - Energy Recovery Facility (Midlands)

Encyclis; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Health Insurance

Medical Cash Plan

25 days Annual Leave + bank holidays

Competitive pension scheme

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Job summary

Encyclis is hiring a Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance function at our Energy Recovery Facility. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, drive safe, reliable, and cost-effective asset care, and report to the Plant Manager within a growing energy-from-waste operation.

You will partner with regional teams to standardise best practices, improve OEE, and support continuous improvement across Encyclis sites.

Qualifications

• Broad plant maintenance background with hands-on and supervisory experience across electrical and/or mechanical maintenance.
• Experience developing operating, emergency, and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance function for the site, coordinating multi-discipline teams and contractors.
• Drive operational excellence to meet OEE and KPI targets.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Mechanical & electrical engineering

Safety compliance

Budget management

Outage planning

Reporting & analytics

Education

Technical degree/diploma (UK or equivalent)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY-FROM-WASTE!

At Encyclis, it’s our people and their passion that drive us forward. We’re growing fast, thinking differently, and innovating at every step.

We’re focused on safe, efficient and sustainable recovery of energy from residual waste, using technical expertise and state-of-the-art equipment to optimise performance and safety.

Our facilities help divert waste from landfill, support baseload electricity production and contribute to the circular economy.

We’re excited to welcome our next addition to join a culture built on teamwork, high standards, and the shared drive to keep improving every day!

The Opportunity

This is a high-impact leadership role at the heart of an Encyclis Energy Recovery Facility, sitting within the site leadership team.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you’ll lead the maintenance function, coordinating day-to-day activities of multi-discipline teams and contractors, embedding best practice, and ensuring assets are maintained safely, reliably and cost-effectively.

You’ll be accountable for driving operational excellence, meeting and exceeding OEE and KPI targets, while collaborating closely with the Regional Engineering Team and peers across other Encyclis sites to share learning and strengthen our culture of excellence.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities of the role

Access the full Job Description here: Encyclis Maintenance Manager JD (All Encyclis sites)

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

Essential Criteria (or demonstrable equivalent experience)

• Technical degree/diploma/certificate (UK or equivalent)—ideally Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering—or equivalent technical experience.
• Broad plant maintenance background with significant hands-on and/or supervisory experience across electrical and/or mechanical maintenance (c.10 years’ experience).
• Strong industrial safety capability: Safety Rules and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW).
• Proven track record of recruiting, developing and training multi-disciplinary operations/maintenance teams.
• Budget management experience with performance management and cost control.
• Experience developing and coordinating operating/emergency/safety procedures to ensure regulatory and operational compliance.
• Ability to produce performance, compliance and operational reports; high proficiency with Microsoft Office and reporting tools.
• Strong knowledge of relevant technical standards for regulated industrial environments.
• Experience managing regulatory relationships, including the Environment Agency and HSE.

Desirable / Advantageous Criteria

• Cross-disciplinary supervisory background spanning multiple craft areas and operational support functions.
• Multi-site experience or exposure to similarly complex, regulated operations.
• Proven planning and execution of outages/shutdowns, major overhauls or significant maintenance campaigns.

We want you to feel supported, at work and beyond. Our benefits include:

• The opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility, alongside some of the industries best!
• Private Health Insurance (with the option to add dependants)
• Medical Cash Plan (for complimentary therapies)
• 25 days Annual Leave + bank holidays
• Competitive salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Salary sacrifice EV car scheme
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policy
• Life assurance

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