Maintenance Manager in Birmingham

Commutable from Birmingham City Centre, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Solihull, Stourbridge, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Cannock, Lichfield, Tamworth, Halesowen, Smethwick, Oldbury, Tipton, Bilston, Wednesbury, Aldridge, Burntwood, Rugeley, Coleshill, Shirley, Kingswinford, Kidderminster, Nuneaton, Hinckley, Coventry, Warwick.

Benefits:

• Market leading salary (discuss during application)
• 25 Days + Bank Holidays
• Car Allowance
• 8% matched Pension
• Private Medical
• Private Dental
• Bonus
• Company sick pay

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world leader in Maintenance Management. This position will provide you with excellent job security, a market leading salary alongside a fantastic benefits package including a car allowance, matched pension, medical and dental cover. This role is well suited to a candidate with a strong maintenance engineering management background, with experience of overseeing a maintenance function in a manufacturing setting. If this role could be of interest, apply today!

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate all maintenance and engineering activities, ensuring projects, shutdowns, and maintenance schedules are effectively planned, resourced, and delivered.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to develop a more proactive maintenance function, improving reliability, efficiency, and overall plant performance.
• Lead and support maintenance teams through effective management of training, employee relations, absence control, holiday planning, and shift resourcing.
• Monitor and improve maintenance performance by developing KPIs, maintaining preventative and corrective maintenance systems, and ensuring SAP records are accurate and up to date.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards through the management of stores, risk assessments, method statements, control documentation, and safe working practices.

Requirements:

• Proven Maintenance Manager with experience in heavy engineering environments, with a strong track record of leading large maintenance functions.
• Experienced in managing and developing sizeable, unionised maintenance teams, including supervisors and skilled craft personnel, with the ability to build relationships, engage employees, handle challenging conversations, and drive training and development initiatives.
• Demonstrated success in delivering maintenance improvements, contributing to strategic maintenance planning, and implementing initiatives that maximise equipment reliability while minimising downtime.
• Strong understanding of statutory compliance requirements, including LOLER, L8 and other relevant engineering and health & safety legislation, with a recognised health and safety qualification being advantageous.
• Experienced in managing significant maintenance budgets (£4m-£8m), delivering large-scale capital projects, and ensuring HSE best practice is maintained within a heavy industrial manufacturing environment.

Suitable candidates should apply immediately by calling Jack Lavis for this vacancy or by sending your CV directly to him.

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

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