Maintenance Manager 

Up to £68,000

Monday-Friday

• 34 days holiday
• Bonus scheme
• Private medical
• Enhanced pension
• Life assurance
• Development plans

A leading FMCG manufacturer is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to join their senior engineering team. This is an excellent opportunity for a forward-thinking engineering leader with a strong background in reliability, continuous improvement, condition-based maintenance, and asset care within a fast-paced production environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in driving equipment reliability, reducing downtime, improving maintenance strategies, and leading a skilled engineering team across a highly automated manufacturing facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Maintenance Engineers, Supervisors and Reliability personnel.
• Drive improvements in plant reliability, OEE and asset performance.
• Implement and develop Condition Based Monitoring (CBM) programmes including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis and predictive maintenance techniques.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and predictive maintenance activities.
• Develop reliability-centred maintenance strategies and asset care plans.
• Utilise CMMS systems to monitor maintenance performance and optimise maintenance schedules.
• Analyse downtime trends and execute root cause analysis to eliminate recurring failures.
• Manage maintenance budgets, contractor performance and spare parts strategies.
• Support continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives across the site.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and engineering standards.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager, Reliability Manager, Engineering Team Leader or similar.
• Background within FMCG, Food Manufacturing, Beverage, Packaging, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods or High-Speed Manufacturing environments.
• Strong understanding of Condition Based Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance methodologies.
• Experience implementing reliability improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of TPM, RCA, FMEA, Asset Management and Continuous Improvement techniques.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Engineering qualification (HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent) preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus.
• Enhanced pension scheme.
• Private healthcare.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Career progression within a growing manufacturing organisation.
• Life assurance and additional benefits package.

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