Senior PLC & Electro-Mechanical Maintenance Manager

Mansell Recruitment Group; Sandy; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Mansell Recruitment Group is supporting a busy manufacturing site in recruiting an experienced Maintenance & Services Manager. The role combines hands-on electro-mechanical maintenance with proactive fault finding, planned maintenance and engineering improvements.

You will diagnose faults quickly, repair PLC-controlled systems (Siemens and Allen-Bradley) and optimise machinery reliability in a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on electro-mechanical maintenance in a high-volume plant.
• Strong ability to diagnose and repair electrical/mechanical faults.
• Experience with PLC-controlled machinery (Siemens/Allen-Bradley).
• Capable of improving machinery performance and reliability.
• Experience with planned preventative and reactive maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive and planned maintenance on production machinery.
• Diagnose and repair faults to minimise downtime.
• Fault-find on PLC-controlled systems including Siemens/Allen-Bradley.
• Maintain mechanical systems such as gearboxes, conveyors, pumps, hydraulics, pneumatics.
• Read electrical and mechanical schematics and maintenance manuals.
• Propose engineering modifications to improve efficiency.
• Coordinate with production teams to plan maintenance.
• Ensure maintenance is carried out safely and to procedures.

Skills

Electro-mechanical maintenance & fault

PLC fault finding

Siemens PLCs (Siemens)

Allen-Bradley PLCs

VSDs & motor control

Three-phase electrical systems

Mechanical power transmission

Pneumatic and hydraulic systems

Maintenance planning (PM & reactive)

Engineering improvements

Education

HNC/HND in Electrical/Mechanical or Electro-Mechanical Engineering

City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 apprenticeship

Equivalent engineering qualification

Tools

Siemens S7 PLCs

Allen-Bradley PLCs

CNV/drive software

Job description

Mansell Recruitment Group is supporting a busy manufacturing site in recruiting an experienced Maintenance & Services Manager. The role combines hands-on electro-mechanical maintenance with proactive fault finding, planned maintenance and engineering improvements.

You will diagnose faults quickly, repair PLC-controlled systems (Siemens and Allen-Bradley) and optimise machinery reliability in a high-volume environment.