Maintenance Manager
10 days ago
Exeter
Shift: Monday to Friday, Days Salary: £65,000+ + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Location: Exeter Are you an experienced Maintenance Manager or Engineering Manager within a large production environment looking for an opportunity to lead a large engineering team within a successful business that is investing millions in its site and infrusture? Yolk Recruitment is working with a leading global manufacturer in Exeter that is looking to appoint a Maintenance Manager to take responsibility for a substantial maintenance operation, overseeing engineers, technicians and team leaders. This is an excellent opportunity to join a financially secure business that continues to invest in its people, manufacturing facilities and equipment. You'll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact on maintenance performance, equipment reliability and the development of a well-established engineering team. As Maintenance Manager, you'll be responsible for the day-to-day management and development of the maintenance department, ensuring the effective delivery of planned and reactive maintenance across a large manufacturing facility. You'll play a key role in improving plant reliability, reducing downtime and developing a proactive maintenance culture, whilst working closely with the wider management team to support production and operational objectives. • Lead, manage and develop a maintenance department of engineers, technicians and team leaders., • Oversee preventative and reactive maintenance activities across a large and varied range of manufacturing equipment., • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase equipment reliability, reduce downtime and improve maintenance efficiency., • Develop and implement maintenance strategies, identifying opportunities to improve performance and reduce operational costs., • Manage maintenance KPIs, engineering budgets and departmental performance, ensuring resources are used effectively., • Identify recurring equipment failures, implement root cause analysis and develop long-term corrective actions., • Support machinery upgrades, capital investment projects and the replacement of ageing equipment., • Work closely with production and senior management to ensure maintenance activities support manufacturing requirements., • Develop the engineering team's technical capabilities through training, coaching, performance reviews and succession planning., • Promote a strong health and safety culture, ensuring all maintenance activities comply with relevant standards and procedures., • Proven experience in a Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager or senior maintenance leadership position within manufacturing or heavy industry., • A strong technical engineering background, ideally apprentice-trained or qualified to HNC, HND or degree level in an electrical, mechanical or related engineering discipline., • Experience managing large, multidisciplinary maintenance teams, including supervisors or team leaders., • Strong understanding of preventative and reactive maintenance, plant reliability and continuous improvement., • Experience managing engineering budgets, contractors, maintenance performance and improvement projects., • A good understanding of industrial manufacturing machinery, automated equipment and electrical and mechanical systems., • Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to develop engineers and drive improvements across the department., • £65,000+ basic salary, • Annual performance-related bonus of approximately 5%., • Private healthcare., • Excellent pension scheme with employer contributions up to 10%., • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays., • Additional Christmas shutdown (not taken fron a/l)., • Enhanced company sick pay, • Life assurance x6 salary, • Annual salary reviews., • Funded training and professional development., • Subsidised canteen and free on-site parking. You’ll be joining an established global manufacturing business offering excellent financial stability, continued investment and the opportunity to lead a high performing engineering function. #J-18808-Ljbffr