Plant Maintenance & Reliability Lead

Adient; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient in Liverpool is seeking a maintenance leader to coordinate and drive maintenance activities across electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems. You will ensure safe, compliant and timely repair, installation, and breakdown response, while guiding a skilled team.

The role focuses on delivering a structured maintenance strategy, SSOW for planned work, and efficient shutdown planning, with emphasis on lean practices such as 5S and visual management, to support production targets.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for coordination of maintenance activities, specifically installing, repairing, breakdown response and maintaining machinery and equipment in a safe, timely and compliant manner.
• Overall responsibility for maintaining the facilities – plant security, plant safety, plant service agreements and general upkeep.
• Directs team in electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment, ensuring that they are suitably trained and competent.
• Understand Plant and Team KPIs – presents monthly performance as part of Operations Team.
• Works with and supports the ManEng and Launch team in plant and system changes.
• Ensures the delivery and continuous improvement of a Plant Maintenance Strategy and Plan in line with equipment and JIT plant best practices.
• Responsible for ensuring that all planned work has a Safe Standard of Work (SSOW).
• Owns, reviews and coordinates shutdown plans.
• Manages and maintains a spares strategy.
• Manage and plan resource to support the operation, ensuring that there is a balanced mix of skill and competence to support production.
• Coordinates the statutory maintenance routines ensuring compliance with legislative bodies.
• Work in a manner that promotes and supports Lean Manufacturing principles including 5S and Visual Management.
• Management of monthly budget spend and annual capital expenditure.

Job description

Adient in Liverpool is seeking a maintenance leader to coordinate and drive maintenance activities across electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems. You will ensure safe, compliant and timely repair, installation, and breakdown response, while guiding a skilled team.

The role focuses on delivering a structured maintenance strategy, SSOW for planned work, and efficient shutdown planning, with emphasis on lean practices such as 5S and visual management, to support production targets.