Maintenance Manager - Energy Recovery Facility (Midlands) in Birmingham

SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY-FROM-WASTE! At Encyclis, it's our people and their passion that drive us forward. We're growing fast, thinking differently, and innovating at every step. We're focused on safe, efficient and sustainable recovery of energy from residual waste, using technical expertise and state-of-the-art equipment to optimise performance and safety. Our facilities help divert waste from landfill, support baseload electricity production and contribute to the circular economy. We're excited to welcome our next addition to join a culture built on teamwork, high standards, and the shared drive to keep improving every day!

The Opportunity: This is a high-impact leadership role at the heart of an Encyclis Energy Recovery Facility, sitting within the site leadership team. Reporting to the Plant Manager, you'll lead the maintenance function, coordinating day-to-day activities of multi-discipline teams and contractors, embedding best practice, and ensuring assets are maintained safely, reliably and cost-effectively. You'll be accountable for driving operational excellence, meeting and exceeding OEE and KPI targets, while collaborating closely with the Regional Engineering Team and peers across other Encyclis sites to share learning and strengthen our culture of excellence.

Core Responsibilities Of The Role:

• Access the full Job Description here Encyclis Maintenance Manager JD (All Encyclis sites)

What You'll Bring:

• Technical degree/diploma/certificate (UK or equivalent)—ideally Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering—or equivalent technical experience.
• Broad plant maintenance background with significant hands-on and/or supervisory experience across electrical and/or mechanical maintenance (c.10 years' experience).
• Strong industrial safety capability Safety Rules and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW).
• Proven track record of recruiting, developing and training multi-disciplinary operations/maintenance teams.
• Budget management experience with performance management and cost control.
• Experience developing and coordinating operating/emergency/safety procedures to ensure regulatory and operational compliance.
• Ability to produce performance, compliance and operational reports; high proficiency with Microsoft Office and reporting tools.
• Strong knowledge of relevant technical standards for regulated industrial environments.
• Experience managing regulatory relationships, including the Environment Agency and HSE.

• Cross-disciplinary supervisory background spanning multiple craft areas and operational support functions.
• Multi-site experience or exposure to similarly complex, regulated operations.
• Proven planning and execution of outages/shutdowns, major overhauls or significant maintenance campaigns.

We want you to feel supported, at work and beyond. Our benefits include:

• The opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility, alongside some of the industries best!
• Private Health Insurance (with the option to add dependants)
• Medical Cash Plan (for complimentary therapies)
• 25 days Annual Leave + bank holidays
• Competitive salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Salary sacrifice EV car scheme
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policy
• Life assurance

We encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early if we receive a high number of applications.