Maintenance Manager

An opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Manager to join our client, a well-established Chemical Manufacturer based in Manchester. This is an excellent opportunity to take on a pivotal role within a dynamic manufacturing environment, where you will be responsible for driving maintenance across a busy site. The role plays a key part in ensuring equipment reliability, safety, and day-to-day performance.

Job details:

• Champion health, safety, and environmental standards across the maintenance team, promoting continuous improvement and best practice initiatives.
• Implement skills development programmes tailored to team requirements.
• Oversee predictive and preventive maintenance strategies, ensuring cost-effective delivery without compromising safety or quality standards.
• Enhance plant reliability through analysis of maintenance data and application of improvement methodologies and inspection techniques.
• Maintain accurate equipment records, maintenance histories, and documentation within relevant systems.
• Monitor and analyse departmental KPIs to identify performance improvement opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with management systems, change control processes, procurement procedures, and technical standards.
• Supervise maintenance projects and contractor activities, ensuring safe, efficient delivery to schedule.
• Drive total productive maintenance initiatives within the department.
• Identify and implement technical improvements including energy-saving projects, parts strategies, and vendor/contractor optimisation.
• Ensure all maintenance information is accurately and promptly updated and maintained in SAP.

Qualifications / Experience:

• Apprentice trained with a recognised engineering qualification in Mechanical Engineering (HNC/HND - essential).
• Minimum of 5 years experience working within Chemical, Petrochemical or Oil + Gas (Essential).
• Strong working knowledge of SAP (Essential).
• The ability to coach and encourage your team, set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance the team s performance.

What s on offer:

• Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 (DOE)
• Shift: Monday to Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm
• Annual leave: 26 days + stats (rising to 30 days after 5 years employment)
• Life insurance - 4 x Salary
• Pension scheme - 6% EE & 12% ER
• Company events
• Flexi-time
• Gym membership
• Health & well-being program
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral program
• Sick pay
• Work from home
• Bonus scheme

Please note: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Our client does not offer sponsorship.