Maintenance Section Manager in Bristol

Energy Jobline CVL; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy solutions provider in Bristol is seeking a Maintenance Section Manager to lead the maintenance team. The ideal candidate will have experience in the heavy manufacturing industry, strong knowledge of mechanical systems, and proven team leadership abilities. This role emphasizes safety, efficiency, and continuous improvement within the manufacturing process, alongside several attractive employee benefits, including a bonus scheme and enhanced holiday entitlement.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Access to discount website

Employee Assistance helpline

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in crushing, screening, and other heavy plant equipment.
• Proactively manage a team and resolve technical issues.
• Flexibility to maximize productivity.

Responsibilities

• Managing the maintenance team and performance.
• Supervising maintenance activities and driving efficiency.
• Managing health and safety requirements across activities.

Skills

Mechanical systems knowledge

Pneumatic systems knowledge

Hydraulic systems knowledge

Strong communication skills

Proven computer literacy

Continuous Improvement techniques

Education

HNC/HND or recognized apprenticeship

BEng advantageous

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

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, located in Bristol. The site is easily accessible from Long Ashton, Nailsea, Portbury, Portishead, Wrington, Langford, Yatton, Bristol and the surrounding areas.

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.

• Monitoring and maximising productivity of processes, making cost effective use of resources, products and equipment.
• Identifying 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 (e.g., check levels, parts, wear, pressure & sensors, grease and lubricate equipment).
• Undertaking and reviewing maintenance inspections and reporting 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.
• 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.

• 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.
• Flexibile 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

• 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) (including REACH, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, voice and menopause).
• Training and development opportunities.

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.

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