Site Engineering & Maintenance Leader

Discover Recruitment; Workington; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Discover Recruitment is partnering with an established manufacturing business in West Cumbria to appoint a Site Engineering Manager. You will lead the engineering and maintenance function to drive reliability and improvements across plant, machinery and infrastructure.

You will manage a multidisciplinary team, budgets and contractors, delivering capital projects while upholding health and safety and engineering standards, collaborating closely with production.

Qualifications

• Proven engineering or maintenance management experience within manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Strong electrical engineering knowledge preferred, although mechanical or multidisciplinary backgrounds will be considered.
• Experience managing engineering teams, maintenance strategies and plant reliability.
• Understanding of industrial machinery, electrical systems, automation and mechanical maintenance.
• Experience delivering engineering improvements and managing budgets.
• HND or equivalent experience in a relevant engineering discipline.
• A proactive leadership style with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and manage a multidisciplinary engineering and maintenance team.
• Oversee planned and reactive maintenance, improving equipment reliability and minimising production downtime.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through root cause analysis, maintenance planning and asset performance monitoring.
• Lead engineering projects, equipment upgrades and capital investment programmes.
• Provide technical leadership across electrical, mechanical, controls and automation systems.
• Manage engineering budgets, contractors, maintenance expenditure and spare-parts resources.
• Maintain high standards of health, safety and engineering compliance.
• Work closely with production and operations teams to improve site performance.

Skills

Engineering management

Electrical engineering

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

HND or equivalent

Job description

Discover Recruitment is partnering with an established manufacturing business in West Cumbria to appoint a Site Engineering Manager. You will lead the engineering and maintenance function to drive reliability and improvements across plant, machinery and infrastructure.

You will manage a multidisciplinary team, budgets and contractors, delivering capital projects while upholding health and safety and engineering standards, collaborating closely with production.