Maintenance Manager - Food & FMCG, Lead Reliability & Team

ESB Recruitment Limited; Nuthall CP; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 7.5% matched

Established manufacturing operation

Job summary

Not disclosed is seeking a Maintenance Manager for a Nottingham-based FMCG operation. You will lead a multi-skilled maintenance team, drive PPM improvements, and collaborate with production and reliability teams to enhance plant performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, safety, and continuous improvement, with the opportunity to influence maintenance strategy and budget management. A strong engineering apprenticeship and CMMS experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading maintenance teams in manufacturing.
• Minimum 5 years' engineering experience in manufacturing.
• Experience managing or leading maintenance engineering teams for at least 3 years.
• Recognised electrical or mechanical engineering apprenticeship.
• Strong CMMS knowledge and root cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of electrical and mechanical maintenance engineers, including apprentices.
• Drive improvements in planned preventive maintenance (PPM) programmes to maximise equipment reliability and availability.
• Reduce downtime through effective fault analysis, root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Working closely with production, engineering and reliability teams to improve plant performance.
• Managing maintenance budgets, spare parts, external contractors and engineering resources.
• Utilising CMMS systems to monitor maintenance activities, work orders and performance.
• Identifying training needs and implementing development plans to enhance team capability.
• Championing health & safety, engineering standards and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Team leadership

PPM optimization

Root cause analysis

CMMS knowledge

Staff development

Health & safety

Budget management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Electrical or mechanical engineering apprenticeship

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Not disclosed is seeking a Maintenance Manager for a Nottingham-based FMCG operation. You will lead a multi-skilled maintenance team, drive PPM improvements, and collaborate with production and reliability teams to enhance plant performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, safety, and continuous improvement, with the opportunity to influence maintenance strategy and budget management. A strong engineering apprenticeship and CMMS experience are preferred.