Production Maintenance Manager

Production Maintenance Manager
Worcester

Highly competitive salary + excellent executive-level benefits

Yamazaki Mazak is a globally recognised leader in advanced machine tool manufacturing, with a long-standing reputation for engineering excellence, precision and innovation.

Based at their Worcester facility, this is a rare opportunity to step into a newly created leadership role with genuine influence over the future of maintenance and reliability strategy within a world-class manufacturing environment.

This is not a maintenance “support” role, it is a key operational leadership position within the senior production team, shaping how equipment performance, reliability and engineering standards evolve across the site.

The Role

As Production Maintenance Manager, you will take full ownership of the site maintenance function, leading a skilled engineering team and driving a step-change in equipment reliability, uptime and maintenance maturity.

You will be responsible for moving the operation from a predominantly reactive model to a fully planned, data-driven and preventative maintenance culture, aligned to best-in-class manufacturing standards.

Working closely with Production, Engineering and Senior Leadership, you will play a pivotal role in improving plant performance and enabling operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, develop and inspire the maintenance team to deliver high performance, accountability and continuous improvement
Design, implement and embed a robust preventative and predictive maintenance strategy across all production equipment
Drive measurable improvements in machine reliability, uptime and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
Own maintenance planning systems, ensuring disciplined execution and high-quality engineering standards
Use maintenance and reliability data to identify failure trends, root causes and long-term corrective actions
Manage maintenance budgets, spares strategy and external contractor performance
Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives with Production and Engineering to optimise plant performance
Establish and sustain a proactive, improvement-led maintenance culture across the site
Ensure full compliance with safety, quality and engineering standards at all times
About You

We are seeking an experienced engineering or maintenance leader who thrives in complex manufacturing environments and is motivated by driving real operational change.

You will bring:

Proven experience leading maintenance or engineering teams in a manufacturing or industrial environment
Strong background in implementing preventative and reliability-focused maintenance strategies
A track record of improving equipment performance, uptime and plant stability
Excellent understanding of maintenance KPIs, data analysis and performance improvement
Strong leadership capability with experience developing and engaging technical teams
Commercial awareness with the ability to manage budgets and engineering resources effectively
Confidence operating at senior level and influencing across production, engineering and operations
A practical, hands-on engineering mindset combined with strategic thinking

Experience with in precision engineering, machine tools, automotive, aerospace or other high-spec manufacturing environments would be highly advantageous.

The Opportunity

This is a high-impact leadership role within a globally respected engineering organisation, offering the opportunity to shape maintenance strategy at a site that values quality, precision and continuous improvement.

You can expect:

Competitive executive-level salary package
8% employer pension contribution
Private healthcare
Life assurance (death in service)
Full sick pay
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Subsidised restaurant
Free on-site parking
Long-term career progression within a global manufacturing group
Summary

This is an opportunity for a proven Maintenance  Manager to step into a strategically important role, where you will directly influence plant performance, engineering standards and long-term operational capability.

If you are driven by reliability excellence, structured improvement and leading high-performing engineering teams, we would welcome your application.

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