Manufacturing Projects & Maintenance Manager

Rockfield Specialist Recruitment; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic manufacturing company in Weston-super-Mare seeks a Manufacturing Projects & Maintenance Manager to oversee plant projects, optimize facilities, and lead cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and a commitment to sustainability. This role offers significant opportunities for career development in a high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing cross-functional teams in manufacturing.
• Strong engineering background with a focus on optimizing facilities.
• Ability to oversee projects while ensuring compliance with safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor teams to design and optimize facilities.
• Oversee projects from conception to completion.
• Evaluate facility layouts for productivity improvements.

Skills

Team management

Project management

Autonomy

Sustainability focus

Job description

Manufacturing Projects & Maintenance Manager

Manufacturing Projects & Maintenance Manager

Our client is a small but well-established, fast-growing, market-leading specialist in sustainable manufacturing services and partner to many major OEMs. They are a forward-thinking and dynamic business, continuously investing in new technology to improve efficiency and quality.

Following a move to a new factory and due to expansion and ambition for further growth, they now seek to appoint a new role of Manufacturing Projects & Maintenance Manager.

You will be a skilled engineer with a passion for optimizing manufacturing facilities and overseeing plant and infrastructure projects.

• Manage, motivate, mentor, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in an SME environment to design, plan, and optimize manufacturing facilities, ensuring efficient workflow, safety, and compliance.
• Oversee plant, equipment, and small construction projects from conception to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality/industry/safety standards.
• Develop niche tooling specific to the industry and product. Compile RFQs and equipment specifications where necessary.
• Collaborate with external contractors, vendors, and relevant authorities, ensuring seamless coordination and execution of engineering and maintenance projects.
• Evaluate existing facility layouts and identify areas for improvement, implementing changes and TPM to enhance productivity and operational efficiency.

Primarily a management function, but you should be willing and capable of being hands-on when appropriate. You should be willing and able to work with a high degree of autonomy, taking ownership of your department.

You will have a clear vision for best practice, a focus on making sustainable change in the pursuit of efficiency, quality, and safety. They have won a significant new contract and have others due to land in the near future, offering the right person a real opportunity to add value.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious business with great potential in a high-profile role and will undoubtedly offer the successful applicant ongoing opportunity for personal career development.