Engineering Manager

Engineering/Maintenance Manager Manager (Multi-Site)

Location: North West (Clitheroe & Speke)

Salary Negotiable DOE

Permanent

Lead maintenance strategy, asset reliability and CAPEX delivery across two high-performance manufacturing sites.

Overview

A leading, manufacturer seeks an Engineering Manager to own maintenance strategy and lead a multi-site team. You'll drive OEE, minimise downtime, and deliver machinery upgrades that improve safety, performance, and cost efficiency-operating credibly from shop floor to board level.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership: Lead and develop the Maintenance Team; allocate daily tasks; ensure tooling, spares and resources; manage training/competency with HR.
• H&S & Compliance: Ensure robust risk assessments/SOPs; act as the responsible person for contractor-controlled works; meet all H&S and relevant trade/legislative standards.
• Asset Care & Strategy: Own reliability of production assets and facilities (production & offices); maintain OEE above targets via PM and RCA; coordinate with Production to plan maintenance and optimise downtime.
• Spares & Procurement: Oversee spares (excluding main line consumables); operate within procurement policy; authorise purchases up to £2,000 and approve relevant invoices.
• Finance & CAPEX: Control maintenance/repairs/renewals budgets; develop budgets with the Operations Director and Finance Director; build and deliver CAPEX plans with Operations/Production.
• Quality & Assurance: Ensure site QC procedures; implement processes to meet legislative and trade assurance requirements.
• Strategic Impact: Contribute to business strategy; support senior leadership/Board; represent the company professionally.

What You'll Bring (Essential)

• Proven leadership of maintenance/engineering teams; develops talent and holds teams to account.
• Excellent planning/organisational skills across competing priorities and resources.
• Credible communicator at shop-floor and senior levels.
• Commercially astute with strong financial insight and performance focus.
• Robust H&S knowledge and best practice (risk assessments, safe systems of work).

Desirable: IOSH Managing Safely (or similar); process manufacturing & multi-site experience; OEE improvement via PM/RCA/RCM; CMMS and contractor management.

How to Apply: Send your CV to or apply below