Engineering Manager in Leicester, Leicestershire

Engineering Maintenance Manager

Midlands, UK

Opportunity to join a well regarded global engineering services provider, with autonomy to optimise maintenance operations across a key regional Midlands portfolio. This Engineering Manager role will oversee both planned and reactive engineering maintenance activities while driving performance, safety, and customer satisfaction. You will be a key staff member and point of accountability for engineering service delivery across the Midlands region.

About the Role:  
As Engineering Maintenance Manager, you will lead a maintenance team delivering mechanical, electrical and HVAC services across various facilities. You will deliver the maintenance strategy, ensuring reliability, compliance and cost efficiency. Your work will directly influence asset performance, service quality and long-term client satisfaction and retention.

Key Responsibilities:  
* As Engineering Manager you will lead and manage a planned and reactive engineering maintenance team across the Midlands region, ensuring consistent, high-quality resource and service delivery.  
* Implement maintenance plans for mechanical, electrical and HVAC systems to maximise uptime and asset life.  
* Oversee maintenance budgeting, cost control and resource allocation, ensuring work is delivered within agreed financial parameters.  
* Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, driving a strong safety culture across all maintenance activities.  
* Manage vendor and contractor relationships, including selection, performance monitoring and coordination of outsourced services.  
* Review and approve technical documentation, maintenance records and reports, ensuring accuracy and alignment with contractual and regulatory requirements.  
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams (projects, facilities, operations, account management) to coordinate maintenance activities and minimise operational disruption.  
* Mentor, coach and develop maintenance engineers and technicians, setting clear performance expectations and supporting skills development.  
* Act as a key contact for customer management, handling service-related queries, attending review meetings and supporting account retention and growth.

Key Requirements:  
* Proven experience in an engineering maintenance management within building services, facilities or industrial environments.  
* Strong background in engineering, including understanding of mechanical, electrical maintenance and HVAC systems, with the ability to oversee multi-disciplinary teams.  
* Demonstrable preventive maintenance planning and reactive maintenance coordination across multiple sites or a regional portfolio.  
* Solid track record in maintenance budgeting and cost control, including forecasting, variance analysis and optimisation of spend.  
* In-depth understanding of health, safety and environmental compliance relevant to engineering and facilities maintenance.  
* Experience managing vendors and contractors, including performance management and contract adherence.  
* Strong technical documentation and reporting skills, with the ability to interpret data and present clear, actionable insights to stakeholders.  
* Proven team leadership capability, with the ability to influence and collaborate across operations.  
* Confident customer skills, able to build relationships, manage expectations and delivery.

Desirable Skills:  
* Experience within a engineering services provider or large-scale facilities management organisation.  
* Background in facilities engineering, strong people leadership and customer skills and driving improvement initiatives.  
* Familiarity with CAFM/CMMS systems and data-driven maintenance optimisation.  
* Experience managing maintenance operations across a regional or portfolio in the Midlands or similar geography.  

Qualifications:  
* Technically qualified in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.  
* Recognised qualification in building services, HVAC or facilities engineering (preferred).  
* NEBOSH, IOSH or equivalent health and safety certification (preferred but strongly advantageous).  

If you are a results-driven maintenance leader ready to take a key role in a world leading business and ownership of a regional engineering team, we would like to hear from you.