Maintenance Manager

MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Job Title:

Maintenance Manager

Location:

Nottingham Salary:
Up to £65,000

Shift: Days

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Maintenance Manager to join a leading FMCG manufacturing business in Nottingham. This is an excellent opportunity for a strong engineering leader to take ownership of maintenance operations within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will lead a large team of engineers, including senior engineers and shift engineers, driving maintenance performance, equipment reliability and continuous improvement.

This is a hands-off management role, focused on developing your team, empowering Lead Engineers and delivering high engineering standards rather than being involved in day-to-day hands-on maintenance. You will be responsible for improving preventative maintenance strategies, reducing unplanned downtime, managing maintenance budgets, developing engineering talent and ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental standards.

• Proven management and leadership experience within an engineering or maintenance environment.
• A hands-off management approach, with the ability to delegate and develop a team through Lead Engineers.
• Previous experience within FMCG manufacturing.
• NVQ Level 3 engineering qualification or equivalent.

• Experience managing multidisciplinary electrical and mechanical maintenance teams.
• Strong knowledge of preventative maintenance, breakdown management and root cause analysis.
• Experience using CMMS systems and monitoring maintenance KPIs.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, spare parts and engineering resources.
• Strong communication, people management and continuous improvement skills.

• Experience managing a large engineering team across multiple shifts.
• Experience working with reliability teams to improve equipment performance.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience developing Lead Engineers, apprentices and engineering training plans.

• Working for an established FMCG manufacturing business.
• A salary of up to £65,000, working days.
• The opportunity to lead a sizeable engineering team and influence site performance.
• A strategic, hands-off management role with a focus on reliability and continuous improvement.
• Opportunities to develop the engineering function and drive long-term operational improvements.