Maintenance Team Manager

Description

Maintenance Team Manager

Birmingham

The Role

The Maintenance Team Manager will lead a team of engineers in delivering high standards of maintenance performance, safety, and reliability. This role is ideal for an experienced people leader with strong technical knowledge in a manufacturing environment

Key Responsibilities

Lead, manage, and develop the maintenance team to meet operational and performance goals

Drive a culture of accountability, teamwork, and health & safety compliance

Plan and oversee preventive, reactive, and shutdown maintenance activities

Manage resource planning, including shift coverage, call–out rota, and annual leave

Ensure effective use of CMMS (SAP/PM), capturing and acting on maintenance data

Conduct Root Cause Analysis and implement corrective actions to improve equipment reliability

Support capital investment projects and lead maintenance–related continuous improvement initiatives

Control maintenance spend within budget and raise purchase requisitions as required

Maintain compliance with HS&E regulations including PSSR, PUWER, and LOLER

Create and implement training plans and skills development across the team

The Ideal Candidate

Demonstrated experience managing a maintenance or engineering team within a manufacturing environment

Strong understanding of maintenance planning, preventive strategies, and compliance standards

Proficient in the use of CMMS systems (ideally SAP/PM)

Skilled in performance management, coaching, and people development

Strong organisational and problem–solving abilities

A proactive mindset and commitment to continuous improvement

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a well–established company that combines the scale and stability of a global organisation with the agility and autonomy of a locally managed site and opportunities to progress within the company

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Ad ID: 5416970174