Factory Maintenance & Projects Manager

Salary: £55,000 to £60,000 + benefits package (inc 25 days annual leave)

Based in Weston-Super-Mare, our client is a small but well-established, growing, market-leading specialist in the delivery of sustainable manufacturing services to many major OEMs. They are a forward-thinking and dynamic business, continuously investing in new technology, focused on improving efficiency and quality. It is an entrepreneurial business, promoting openness and free thinking and offering true autonomy within the role.

Following a move to a new factory and due to expansion and ambition for further growth, they now seek to appoint a new role of Maintenance & Projects Manager, responsible for all Manufacturing Facilities & Equipment. The emphasis will be on managing suppliers, ensuring as much maintenance and repair as possible is outsourced but should have sufficient technical/engineering understanding to manage a small in-house maintenance team and to diagnose technical problems.

You will be a skilled Maintenance/Engineering professional with a passion for optimising manufacturing efficiency through well-planned and controlled maintenance programmes. Ideally, you will also have some experience, or interest in, the sourcing and installation of new and improved manufacturing machinery and infrastructure projects (tooling, assembly lines etc).

The role involves autonomously managing all elements of Factory Services. You will manage, motivate, mentor, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in an SME environment to design, plan, and optimise manufacturing facilities, ensuring efficient workflow, safety, and compliance. You will oversee plant, equipment, and small projects from conception to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality/industry/safety standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing niche tooling specific to industry & product.
• Compiling RFQs and equipment specifications where necessary.
• Collaborating with external contractors, vendors, and relevant authorities, ensuring seamless coordination and execution of engineering and maintenance projects.
• Evaluating existing factory layouts and identifying areas for improvement, implementing both changes and TPM to enhance productivity and operational efficiency.

This is primarily a management function, but you should be willing and capable of being 'hands-on' when appropriate. You should be willing and able to work with a high degree of autonomy, taking ownership of your department. You will have a clear vision for best practice, a focus on making sustainable change in the pursuit of efficiency, quality, and safety.

The company has won a significant new contract and has others due to land in the near future, offering the right person a real opportunity to add value. This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious business, with great potential, in a high-profile role and will undoubtedly offer the successful applicant an ongoing opportunity for personal career development.

If you are interested in hearing more, please apply now online with your CV for immediate review.