Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Salary: £50,000 – £67,000 (depending on experience)

Benefits

• Company pension scheme – employer will contribute 6%
• Bonus Scheme – up to 10%
• 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Life Assurance

Our client is a well‑established international manufacturing business with a long‑standing presence in South Wales. Operating within an advanced industrial manufacturing sector, they supply high‑quality products to a diverse global customer base and are committed to maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and operational excellence.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the maintenance team and support reliability and project delivery functions.
• Ensure asset integrity, legal compliance, and safe, reliable plant performance while delivering OPEX projects and supporting CAPEX projects aligned to business strategy.
• Own the site maintenance strategy (preventive, predictive, and corrective), aligned with safety requirements and plant criticality.
• Maintain mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control assets to achieve high availability and integrity – especially for high‑hazard equipment (e.g., reactors, storage tanks, formaldehyde handling systems).
• Implement reliability‑centred maintenance (RCM), failure mode & effects analysis (FMEA), and defect elimination to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Establish and manage spares strategy and obsolescence plans for critical equipment.
• Manage contractors/vendors: pre‑qualification, competence assessment, RAMS review, site induction, supervision, and performance.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager, or similar role.
• Experience leading/supporting CAPEX projects from design through to construction within operating plants.
• Experience scheduling & planning preventive, reactive, and shutdown activities, including material management.
• Contractor and vendor management; pre‑qualification and performance management.
• Familiarity with mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control systems.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

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