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Engineering Maintenance Manager (Internally known as Maintenance Team Manager) 📍 Location: South Ockendon, RM15 (Onsite) 🕒 Type: Full time, Permanent (Monday to Friday days) Are you an experienced engineering leader with a passion for safety, reliability, and continuous improvement? Do you enjoy developing high-performing maintenance teams and driving plant performance in a fast-paced, automated manufacturing environment? If so, we’d love to hear from you! CHEP is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the engineering function at our South Ockendon Service Centre. This is a key leadership role where you’ll ensure plant equipment and services are maintained safely, efficiently, and in line with operational and compliance standards. You’ll play a critical role in embedding and maturing the site’s Engineering TPM Maintenance Strategy, driving a proactive, reliability-focused culture across the plant. Working in a highly automated environment, you’ll support PLC-driven systems, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and use data and CMMS insights to improve asset performance and uptime. 🎯 What You’ll Be Responsible For • Leading and developing a team of eight Maintenance Technicians, ensuring high levels of capability, engagement, and accountability, • Embedding and continuously improving the Engineering TPM Maintenance Strategy, driving a shift from reactive to proactive maintenance, • Managing breakdowns and planned maintenance activities, deploying internal and external resources effectively, • Developing and delivering a robust Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) strategy, ensuring compliance and closing maintenance gaps, • Driving equipment reliability through optimisation, standard procedures, and performance monitoring, • Managing engineering data systems and ensuring strong CMMS compliance and data integrity, • Supporting engineering and capex projects, including specification, installation, and commissioning of new automated equipment, • Owning maintenance budgets and controlling maintenance material spend, • Managing contractors on site in line with legal, safety, and company requirements, • Conducting risk assessments and ensuring full compliance with Health, Safety, and Environmental standards, • Identifying and delivering continuous improvement and business improvement opportunities ✅ What We’re Looking For • Proven experience leading maintenance or engineering teams within a manufacturing or industrial environment, • Strong technical background with experience in mechanical and/or electrical disciplines, • Experience working in automated plants, ideally with exposure to PLCcontrolled systems, • Track record of embedding TPM or reliabilitybased maintenance strategies, • Experience using CMMS systems, with implementation or optimisation experience highly advantageous, • Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation and best practice, • Experience managing maintenance budgets and P&L responsibilities, • Confident people leader with strong coaching, communication, and stakeholder management skills, • Resilient, proactive, and comfortable leading change in a fast-paced environment 🎓Qualifications Essential: • Completed Level 3 recognised engineering apprenticeship (mechanical and/or electrical), • NEBOSH, • 18th Edition, • PLC experience 💼What’s in It for You? • Certified Top 17 Global Employer, • Annual bonus up to 10% based on company and individual performance, • Private healthcare (single cover), • Flexible working, • 25 days holiday + statutory holidays, with the option to buy/sell 5 additional days, • 7.5% company pension contribution, • Life Assurance, • Employee Assistance Programme

About Us We provide all aspects of CCTV solutions, from stand-alone set-ups to fully integrated CCTV management systems, connecting various sub-systems across multiple locations. We can supply and install all formats of CCTV, from internal fixed focus static cameras to fully functional PTZ cameras. We also build and adapt our own fully functional roadside public space camera solutions. Working with Videre (part of Taylor Woodrow) means choosing an integrator / service provider who can cover every aspect of the solution. Our service includes all civils works, unmetered power services, private fixed fibre, wireless, 4G or third-party transmission. We specialise in delivering state of the art Integrated Management Systems (IMS) and Video Management Systems (VMS) incorporating the latest analytic technology. Our aim is to provide top-tier security and surveillance solutions, ensuring safety and peace of mind for our customers in the public and private sector. Job Role We are currently recruiting for a CCTV Engineer to join our team in Erith, Kent. Reporting to the Operations Manager, the CCTV Engineer will be responsible for providing installation, maintenance and fault finding skills across our portfolio of local authority CCTV contracts. Duties • Install cameras, servers, NVRs, and cabling, often working alongside security or AV teams., • Carry out security risk assessments before advising on new equipment, • Conduct planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance on our CCTV networks, • Configure IP systems, networking, and software settings., • Carrying out site surveys to ensure optimal camera placement and system design for our clients, • Maintain accurate records for installations and service visits. Person Specification • Previous experience in the installation and maintenance of CCTV systems, • Experience in the configuration and set up of IP Networks, • Computer literate in operation plus maintenance & build, • ECS would be ideal but CCS would be sufficient, • IPAF 1b for operating van mount MEWP's, • PASMA (Scaffold Towers), Steps & Ladders training (Working at Height), • Plant Competency Card, • Full UK driving licence

Technical Manager – Food Manufacturing.Monday to Friday, 7:00am – 4:30pm (flexible start available).This is an opportunity to join a.Operating since 2011, the business supplies leading plant-based brands and has recently secured a major retail contract within the.Marks & Spencer Plant Kitchen ra

MC Technical Recruitment is currently looking to recruit a Plant Supervisor to work for a major Waste Management business with a site in Rainham, Essex. Reporting to the Site manager you will hour week team leading daily operations of road sweeping plant. As a Plant Supervisor, you will be responsi

Astute's Power Team are working with the owners of the UK's largest Energy from Waste Power Station. We require a degree qualified (ideally) Mechanical Engineer to join their Engineering Department to support the development of the strategic elements and resilience of the business. You will plan and develop major outage projects as well as provide technical support to the Maintenance Team when required to help maintain high plant availability. Ideally, you'll be degree qualified and familiar with LTSA agreements, Steam Boilers, PSSR legislation and have proven supervisory experience in managing a team. The plant is capable of processing 750,000 tonnes of waste per annum and through utilising the River Thames and its own barge fleet is able to remove 100,000 truck movements off of London's roads every year. With a sister plant under construction next door, this is an excellent opportunity to join one of the UK's busiest sectors and leading employers. If you're interested and have the right skillset then please apply. Responsibilities and duties of the Mechanical Engineer role: Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager, as a Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for: Providing engineering and technical support to the site maintenance technicians Assisting with the development of longer term maintenance strategies focusing on statutory regulations, plant improvement projects, outage planning, asset integrity, sustainability and obsolescence. Scheduling, planning and optimising all mechanical maintenance activities in a safe and efficient manner including shutdowns / outages. Management of inspections, condition monitoring and reliability works, performance testing and ensuring all documentation / reports are up to date, this includes a variety of approaches including International Standards for Asset Management, RCM and TPM. Assisting with the management of the maintenance budget, liaising with other discipline Engineers to ensure costs are controlled. Supervising and directing contractors and third party LTSA agreements. Working closely with the operations department to assess and review plant performance shortfalls and how these can be rectified. Assisting in the management and development of the sites Computerized Maintenance Management System. Ensuring that all activities are carried out in a safe manner and in line with company Health, Safety and Environmental policies. Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following: Degree in a relevant Mechanical Engineering qualification IOSH or NEBOSH Health & Safety certificate Personal skills The Mechanical Engineer role would suit someone who has: Ideally, solid knowledge of pressure systems safety regulations (PSSR), LOLER, PUWER, HAZOP, HAZID, CDM, rotating plant and boilers etc. Knowledge of mechanical process plant maintenance gained in a heavy process industry, ideally power generation. Other industries such as chemical, refining, steel will also be considered. Working experience of Condition Monitoring Systems including reports and data extraction. Conversant in the use of MS Office, MS Project and CAD packages. Technical report writing. Salary and benefits of the Mechanical Engineer role A competitive salary Site bonus Overtime A contributory pension Opportunity to work across two large Energy from Waste Power Stations INDPOW Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. TPBN1_UKTJ

Due to a significant uplift in work, a well-established and prestigious manufacturing organisation are looking for a ShiftMaintenance Technician (electrical or mechanical). The position is working in a unique, clean and fasted paced production environment with a range of complex, high speed machinery and auxiliary plant equipment. The role will involve: Carrying out reactive and planned maintenance on a wide range of equipment, including complex automated production machinery, control panels, and control systems Minimising downtime within a high-speed manufacturing environment Working with both modern and legacy machinery across a large factory site Supporting the Maintenance Manager with site projects and operational requirements Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives aimed at improving equipment performance and efficiency To be considered for this opportunity, candidates must hold a Level 3 NVQ/C&G qualification (or higher) in either mechanical or electrical engineering. Maintenance experience in a similar position within a manufacturing/production or distribution environment is also required. Successful candidates will undergo security vetting and will need a clean criminal record and have lived in the UK for at least the last 5 years. Shift pattern: Weekly rotating double day shift Monday to Friday Hours are 6am 2pm (early shift) and 2pm-10pm (late shift) Opportunity to pick up extra shifts/hours as overtime paid at x1.5 Benefits: 26 days holiday plus bank holidays Company pension scheme (up to 9% contribution) Life insurance (4x annual salary) Stable, well established, profitable company Training and qualifications plus opportunity for progression TPBN1_UKTJ