Maintenance Section Manager

Tarmac Trading Ltd; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction materials company in Bristol seeks a dynamic Maintenance Section Manager to lead maintenance operations, drive continuous improvement, and ensure health and safety compliance. The ideal candidate will have a background in engineering or maintenance within heavy manufacturing, with strong knowledge in mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems. This role offers competitive benefits and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Access to Tarmac Reward website

Employee Assistance helpline

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Maintenance or Engineering Supervisor/Manager in heavy manufacturing.
• Ability to hold team accountable for job completion and quality.
• Flexible approach to maximize productivity.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the maintenance team to ensure efficiency.
• Drive improvement in Overall Operations Effectiveness (OOE).
• Supervise maintenance activities and ensure compliance with health and safety.

Skills

Mechanical systems knowledge

Pneumatic systems knowledge

Hydraulic systems knowledge

Strong communication skills

Proven computer literacy

Continuous Improvement techniques

Lean methodology

FMEA methods

Education

HNC/HND or recognized apprenticeship

BEng degree

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Are you an experienced and dynamic Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager, Maintenance Supervisor or Engineering Supervisor looking for your forever role?

At Tarmac, who you are matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

We are currently recruiting for a Maintenance Section Manager to join and lead our friendly maintenance team at our Tarmac Stancombe Quarry and Asphalt Plant, which is located in Bristol. The site is easily accessible from Long Ashton, Nailsea, Portbury, Portishead, Wrington, Langford, Yatton, Bristol and the surrounding areas.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Main Responsibilities

As the Maintenance Section Manager you will be responsible for managing the section, taking ownership of performance and quality, achieving and maximising the efficiency of the process and delivering a preventative maintenance scheme for fixed and mobile plant. Managing a team and controlling health and safety requirements in respect of the full range of activities carried out. Responsible for instilling an inclusive culture where people are treated with dignity & respect.

You will be proactive and hands on in all maintenance activity including Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), defect and risk management, breakdowns, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and project engineering work.

As Maintenance Section Manager your responsibilities will include (not exhaustive):

• Monitoring and maximising productivity of processes, making cost effective use of resources, products and equipment. Identify ways to improve processes and quality
• Driving achievement of optimum Overall Operations Effectiveness (OOE) and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
• Communicating performance targets and KPI's to team through meetings, briefings and site objectives
• Supervision of maintenance activities
• Completing plant and vehicle maintenance checks and inspections as required
• Applying basic maintenance practices, (i.e. check levels, parts, wear, pressure & sensors, grease and lubricate equipment)
• Undertaking and reviewing maintenance inspections and report defects (Through the use of Tarmac’s AAA maintenance system)
• Monitoring and reporting key successes and deficiencies across site (performance, product, equipment, people) to management, undertaking root cause analysis and calling out problems as required
• Controlling production costs (including temp labour and overtime), reviewing these regularly with management
• Maintaining Health and Safety rules and regulations and ensuring all Safe Systems of Work are signed off and complied with leading towards a target of zero harm for personnel and contractors
• Leading, managing and developing a team, optimising engagement, and overall team performance
• Leading in resolving complex technical issues or failures as they arise
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective service contracts are in place and demonstrate best value
• Planning, processing and producing materials to meet specification, ensuring a high quality product is maintained

The Ideal Candidate

The successful applicant in the role of Maintenance Section Manager will be instrumental in the future development and support of the engineering culture to achieve the benefits available through continuous improvement strategy. You will have experience as an Engineering (Supervisor or Manager) / Maintenance (Supervisor or Manager) within a similar heavy manufacturing industry and line management experience will be essential.

Suitable candidates for the role of Maintenance Section Manager will also have:

• Mechanical, Pneumatic and Hydraulic systems knowledge
• Experience in crushing, screening and other heavy plant equipment
• HNC/HND and / or recognised apprenticeship or BEng advantageous
• Ability to challenge people, hold them accountable for job completion and quality of completion
• Proven computer literacy - familiarity with MS Word and Excel
• Strong communication skills to engage with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally
• Flexable approach to ensure productivity is maximised
• Positive, proactive can-do attitude in dealing with your team and other stakeholders
• Continuous Improvement techniques, Lean methodology, Six Sigma and FMEA and Root Cause Analysis investigative methods

Why Tarmac

In addition to this role we also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on... are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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