Maintenance Manager
Location: Leicester Salary: £60,000 – £67,000 Shift: Days
Are you an experienced Maintenance Manager or Engineering Team Leader looking for your next challenge?
A fantastic opportunity has become available for an experienced Maintenance Manager to join a highly automated, fast-paced manufacturing site in Leicester.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to lead from the front. You will manage and develop the engineering team while remaining hands-on technically, supporting with fault-finding, breakdowns and maintenance when required.
The site has a strong focus on engineering reliability, continuous improvement and maximising production uptime, making this an ideal role for someone who wants to make a genuine impact.
The Role
As Maintenance Manager, you will:
- Lead, manage and develop the engineering and maintenance team.
- Oversee planned preventative, reactive and breakdown maintenance.
- Remain hands-on and support engineers with electrical and mechanical fault-finding.
- Drive engineering standards, reliability and continuous improvement.
- Ensure production downtime is kept to a minimum.
- Manage engineering priorities and maintenance activities.
- Work closely with Production to improve site performance.
- Promote a strong health & safety culture across the engineering function.
Non-Negotiable Requirements
You MUST have:
- Previous leadership or management experience within an engineering/maintenance environment.
- A multi-skilled engineering background, with both electrical and mechanical experience.
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification as a minimum.
- A genuinely hands-on approach – this is not a purely office-based management position.
- Previous experience within an industrial manufacturing environment.
The Ideal Candidate
You may currently be working as a:
- Maintenance Manager
- Engineering Manager
- Engineering Supervisor
- Engineering Team Leader
- Senior Maintenance Engineer
Experience within FMCG, food manufacturing or high-volume manufacturing would be highly advantageous.
PLC fault-finding, PPM, continuous improvement and reliability experience would also be beneficial.
What’s in it for you?
- £60,000 – £67,000 salary
- Management-level position with genuine responsibility.
- Opportunity to lead and develop an engineering team.
- Hands-on role allowing you to maintain your technical skills.
- Excellent training and development opportunities.
- Established and successful manufacturing business.
- Opportunity to make a significant impact on engineering reliability and site performance.
- Strong company benefits package.
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