Up to £68000 per annum + Pension, LA, DIS, 34 days holiday Badminton, Somerset

Maintenance Manager

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.

If you are interested in this position please click ‘apply’.

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