Maintenance Manager

Great manufacturing performance starts with reliable equipment and exceptional engineering leadership. We’re looking for a Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance delivery across a key area of our Bridgwater site, ensuring our assets perform safely, efficiently, and reliably every day.

Days, Monday - Friday

• Competitive salary
• 12.5% annual bonus opportunity
• Personal Bupa Healthcare
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays
• Purchase extra holiday scheme
• Enhanced pension
• Life assurance
• Access to employee benefits platform – Cheers which includes flexible benefits such as healthcare cover, healthcare cash plan, dental insurance, car scheme, activities pass, financial services, will writing services etc.
• Career development opportunities within a growing international manufacturing business

Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership, coordination, and delivery of maintenance activities across your assigned factory area.

This role is focused on ensuring maintenance is delivered through effective planning, disciplined execution, and a strong pipeline of proactive work. You’ll oversee planned maintenance, shutdown execution, reactive support activities, contractor management, and asset care programmes, ensuring engineering resources are deployed effectively to support operational performance.

You will play a key role in driving maintenance standards, improving equipment reliability, and creating a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement across the engineering function.

You will be an experienced maintenance leader with a strong track record of delivering engineering excellence within a manufacturing environment. We’re looking for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with exceptional leadership skills and can effectively balance operational priorities with long-term asset reliability objectives. You will be proactive, resilient, and highly organised, with the ability to influence stakeholders, lead teams through change, and continuously challenge standards to drive improvement.

• Lead the safe, timely, and effective delivery of planned maintenance activities across the assigned factory area
• Ensure maintenance work is executed to a high standard, delivering maximum value and asset reliability
• Monitor maintenance performance against agreed KPIs and identify opportunities for improvement
• Continuously review maintenance effectiveness and optimise planning, scope, and execution of future interventions

• Maintain a robust pipeline of planned maintenance activities ready for execution
• Ensure maintenance resources are effectively redeployed when operational access changes
• Manage condition monitoring programmes and ensure corrective actions are identified and completed
• Maintain appropriate levels of serviceable and rotational spare parts to support operational requirements

• Provide leadership and support during reactive maintenance events and operational breakdowns
• Review reactive maintenance trends and identify opportunities to eliminate recurring failures
• Support root cause analysis activities and implementation of long‑term corrective actions
• Drive improvements in equipment reliability and asset performance

• Lead site shutdown planning and execution activities across multiple functions
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure safe and effective shutdown delivery
• Work closely with Health & Safety teams to manage contractor compliance and site safety standards
• Conduct shutdown reviews and implement lessons learned to improve future performance

• Lead, coach, and develop Maintenance Team Leaders, Service Engineers, and wider engineering teams
• Create a high‑performing culture focused on accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement
• Manage performance through regular one‑to‑ones, objective setting, appraisals, and development plans
• Develop and maintain engineering skills matrices to…