Maintenance Manager: Lead Reliability & CI (Days)

Pioneer Selection Ltd; Wesham; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% pension

Onsite parking

Staff canteen

Job summary

Pioneer Selection Ltd is recruiting for a Maintenance Manager role in Preston, Lancashire. The role leads the Maintenance Engineering function, overseeing equipment availability, reliability, and continuous improvement while ensuring safe, efficient maintenance delivery to high standards.

The ideal candidate will have strong man-management experience in engineering/maintenance and a solid grasp of preventive maintenance within a fast-paced FMCG manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Proven man-management / leadership experience within engineering/maintenance.
• Strong understanding of engineering maintenance, breakdown management and preventive maintenance best practice.
• Electrical understanding to support a mechanically biased team.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Leading day-to-day maintenance operations (reactive + planned) to minimise downtime.
• Driving PPM completion, technician performance, and plant availability KPIs.
• Coaching and developing engineers and team leaders to improve capability and standards.
• Supporting and developing apprentices (up to four) with a strong mentoring approach.
• Working cross-functionally with Operations, CI and H&S to deliver site objectives.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory/legal requirements and maintaining audit-ready documentation.
• Supporting improvement plans focused on waste reduction, efficiency, and performance.

Skills

People management

Engineering maintenance

Preventive maintenance

Electrical understanding

Manufacturing environment

Job description

Pioneer Selection Ltd is recruiting for a Maintenance Manager role in Preston, Lancashire. The role leads the Maintenance Engineering function, overseeing equipment availability, reliability, and continuous improvement while ensuring safe, efficient maintenance delivery to high standards.

The ideal candidate will have strong man-management experience in engineering/maintenance and a solid grasp of preventive maintenance within a fast-paced FMCG manufacturing environment.