Maintenance Manager - Manufacturing - £65k

Proactive Global

Maintenance Manager Leeds | Award-Winning Manufacturer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Maintenance Manager to join a passionate, award-winning manufacturer in Leeds. The business has a strong leadership team, clear structure, and a proven track record of investing in its people and technology.

This Maintenance Manager position offers genuine career development opportunities across multiple departments, making it ideal for someone looking to progress into broader operational or senior leadership roles.



Package & Benefits

  • Salary: £60000-£65000

  • Pension

  • Generous holidays
  • Monday to Friday days

  • Additional management training
  • Further progression to next level engineering management


About the Role

The successful Maintenance Manager will lead engineering maintenance activities across their site in Leeds, ensuring maximum plant reliability, reduced downtime, and continuous improvement in OEE performance. You will manage engineering teams within a manufacturing environment and drive best practice maintenance strategies.

Lead Engineers or Team Managers stepping up into their first Maintenance Manager role will also be considered.



Key Requirements

  • UK Experience working within manufacturing or automated engineering environments

  • UK Proven experience managing engineering teams

  • Electrical or Mechanical qualification or completed apprenticeship



Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver and manage the planned preventative maintenance programme

  • Implement and manage maintenance schedules to ensure optimal plant condition

  • Maintain and develop planned maintenance systems with budget accountability

  • Create flexible maintenance plans aligned to production demands

  • Allocate work to engineering specialists and manage performance feedback

  • Identify training needs and develop team capability plans

  • Manage spare parts stock levels to support operational continuity while controlling cost

  • Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation and training requirements

  • Support Continuous Improvement and Zero Loss initiatives

For more information on the Maintenance Manager Leeds role please contact Simon on (phone number removed) or submit your CV to (url removed) or simply click apply.

Maintenance Manager role is commutable from Leeds, Rothwell, Pontefract, Wakefield, Ossett, Dewsbury, Castleford, Heckmondwike, Barnsley, Normanton, Middleton Park, Great Preston, Swillington, Newsam Green, Morley, Lofthouse, Robin Hood, Methley, Woodlesford, Garforth and other parts of West Yorkshire

Proactive also offer a referral scheme for successful applicants - if you know anyone that could be suited to this position then please contact Proactive with their details and if they are placed by Proactive you will £250*. *T&Cs apply

Why work with Proactive?

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