Shift Maintenance Manager in Stanford-le-Hope

We are looking for an experienced Shift Maintenance Manager to lead a team of maintenance engineers within a highly automated distribution and materials handling environment. You will be responsible for managing planned and reactive maintenance activities, ensuring maximum equipment availability, driving continuous improvement, and maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate, and manage a team of maintenance engineers across a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern.
• Plan, coordinate, and oversee preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance activities.
• Ensure maintenance schedules are executed effectively to maximise equipment reliability and minimise downtime.
• Diagnose and support the resolution of complex mechanical, electrical, electronic, PLC, and control system faults.
• Manage and optimise the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ensuring accurate maintenance records and reporting.
• Monitor equipment performance and implement continuous improvement initiatives to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Evaluate maintenance priorities, assess risks associated with overdue maintenance, and adjust maintenance plans accordingly.
• Manage maintenance budgets, control maintenance costs, and ensure efficient use of resources.
• Oversee spare parts inventory and ensure critical components are available for planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Ensure engineers have the appropriate tools, PPE, and resources to perform their duties safely.
• Produce regular maintenance performance reports and KPI analysis.
• Recruit, train, mentor, and develop maintenance personnel, conducting annual performance reviews and succession planning.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation, quality standards, and site procedures at all times.
• Build positive working relationships with operational teams and other stakeholders to support site performance.

Requirements

• Engineering qualification (ONC, HNC, NVQ, City & Guilds, or equivalent) in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Strong experience within automated materials handling, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, or FMCG environments.
• Proven experience leading or supervising engineering maintenance teams.
• Strong knowledge of conveyor systems, automated equipment, and PLC-controlled machinery.
• Experience managing preventative maintenance (PPM) programmes using a CMMS.
• Excellent mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, schematics, and technical documentation.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety legislation and safe systems of work.
• First Aid qualification is advantageous.
• Comfortable working at height where required.
• Strong IT skills with experience producing maintenance reports and analysing performance data.

Ideal Candidate

• An experienced engineering leader with excellent people management skills.
• Highly organised, capable of planning maintenance activities while responding effectively to operational priorities.
• Strong problem solver with a proactive approach to improving equipment reliability and site performance.
• Commercially aware with experience managing maintenance costs, resources, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• A confident communicator who can build strong relationships across engineering and operations teams.

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.