Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Role Purpose

The Maintenance Manager leads the Maintenance Department, providing strategic direction to improve reliability, performance, and operational excellence. The role is responsible for developing a high-performing maintenance team, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring alignment with site objectives and engineering best practice.

Working closely with the Plant Manager and regional Operations & Engineering teams, the Maintenance Manager will deliver sustainable reliability improvements, optimise maintenance strategies, manage departmental budgets, and contribute to achieving site KPIs.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Maintenance Department in line with site objectives.

• Lead, coach and develop Maintenance Supervisors and Technicians to achieve high performance.

• Promote a strong health, safety and compliance culture across all maintenance activities.

• Drive continuous improvement through reliability initiatives, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and best practice maintenance techniques.

• Improve equipment reliability by developing TPM, PM and predictive maintenance strategies.

• Maximise the effectiveness of the CMMS to improve planning, reduce reactive maintenance and enhance asset performance.

• Identify and deliver cost-saving, efficiency and reliability improvement opportunities.

• Develop maintenance budgets, CAPEX proposals and long-term asset improvement plans.

• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering and other business functions to implement new standards and technologies.

• Ensure maintenance teams are appropriately trained, competent and engaged.

• Monitor departmental KPIs and provide regular performance updates to the Plant Manager.

• Represent the site at engineering and continuous improvement forums when required.

• Support business needs through flexibility in working hours and additional responsibilities where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification or equivalent relevant industry experience.

Experience & Knowledge

• Minimum five years' experience in a senior maintenance leadership role, including managing managers.

• Proven success leading maintenance teams within a manufacturing environment.

• Strong knowledge of TPM, PPM, CBM, RCM and reliability-centred maintenance principles.

• Experience driving continuous improvement and implementing preventative maintenance strategies.

• Strong understanding of CMMS systems; SAP experience preferred.

• Experience managing maintenance stores, inventory and asset management.

• Demonstrated ability to solve complex engineering and maintenance challenges.

Skills & Competencies

• Inspirational leader with excellent people management and coaching skills.

• Strong strategic thinking with a focus on reliability, performance and continuous improvement.

• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.

• Decisive, accountable and able to build trust across all levels of the organisation.

• Highly organised with strong planning, problem-solving and prioritisation skills.

• Adaptable, resilient and comfortable operating in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Commercially aware with a focus on efficiency, cost control and operational excellence.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office; SAP knowledge desirable.