Reliability & Maintenance Leader — Automation

Maintenance Manager (54334) Telford, England

Salary: GBP
50000 - GBP
70000 per annum + 33 Days AL, Health Scheme, Life Assurance

Exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Manager within a highly automated, high‑production environment, driving equipment reliability, continuous improvement, and process optimisation. The role focuses on maximising uptime, strengthening engineering infrastructure, providing strong leadership, and ensuring data‑led, financially effective decision‑making.

• Lead TPM across AM, PPM, and reactive maintenance to minimise downtime.
• Drive reliability through preventive, predictive, and data‑driven maintenance.
• Embed continuous improvement and eliminate repeat failures.
• Optimise engineering processes to support high‑volume automated production.
• Lead and develop the maintenance team with strong technical and behavioural guidance.
• Prioritise maintenance workload to meet fast‑paced production demands.
• Use performance data (OEE, downtime, MTTR) to drive targeted improvements.
• Deliver engineering projects including upgrades, installations, and RCA‑based solutions.
• Manage budgets and spares for financial control and critical‑part availability.
• Oversee contractors ensuring compliance, quality, and value.
• Ensure safety compliance (LOTO, PTW, PUWER, LOLER) and maintain RAMS.
• Maintain facilities & 5S with high housekeeping standards.
• Multi‑skilled engineering background — Mechanical/electrical apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds.
• Engineering qualifications — HNC/HND.
• Safety certification — IOSH Managing Safely.
• Lean/CI expertise — Lean, Six Sigma, or CI methodologies.
• Manufacturing leadership experience in high‑production environments.
• Analytical, data‑led problem solving with proven reliability and downtime improvements.
• Systems capability — SAP and Microsoft applications.
• Strong understanding of preventive/predictive maintenance.