Maintenance Superintendent

KinTec Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to oversee operations across various sectors including Oil & Gas and Renewable energy. The successful candidate will lead maintenance activities, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with standards, driving improvements in plant reliability and team performance. This role offers a competitive salary package with benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of Oil & Gas, Chemical, Petrochemical operations.
• Proven experience managing multi-disciplinary maintenance teams.
• In-depth understanding of mechanical plant and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of supervisors and technicians.
• Maintain comprehensive records of maintenance activities.
• Manage plant integrity and operational reliability.

Skills

Electrical knowledge

Instrumentation knowledge

Analytical skills

Continuous improvement

Education

Electrical or Instrumentation qualifications

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to oversee operations across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring plant reliability, statutory compliance, and cost-effective maintenance execution. This role covers Oil & Gas, Chemical, Petrochemical, and Renewable energy sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of supervisors and E&I technicians, fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
• Develop, manage, and monitor the annual maintenance budget to ensure efficient and cost-effective execution of all planned activities.
• Maintain comprehensive records of maintenance activities, equipment history, reports, and certificates in full compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Ensure completion of all maintenance schedules, statutory inspections, and preventive maintenance programmes on time.
• Manage plant integrity and operational reliability, coordinating resources to optimise uptime and minimise risks.
• Identify areas for improvement and implement development plans for maintenance teams.

Qualifications & Experience

• Electrical or Instrumentation qualifications.
• Extensive knowledge of Oil & Gas, Chemical, Petrochemical, Refinery, Manufacturing, or Renewable energy operations and safe working practices.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• In-depth understanding of mechanical plant, ancillary equipment, electrical, instrumentation, and control systems, including safe operation, start-up, shutdown, and maintenance.
• Proven experience managing multi-disciplinary maintenance teams in industrial environments.

Why Apply?

• Lead maintenance activities on high-value industrial assets across diverse sectors.
• Competitive salary package with benefits.
• Opportunity to influence operational reliability, compliance, and continuous improvement in a dynamic environment.