Maintenance Manager in Chesterfield

We are currently seeking a dynamic Maintenance Manager to lead the Maintenance Department at the Unilin Chesterfield site. This role is accountable for setting the strategic direction, driving reliability improvements, and ensuring alignment with group-wide standards. The successful candidate will empower supervisors and technicians to deliver operational excellence, while focusing on long-term strategy, innovation, and performance against both site and group KPIs.

Knowledge & Experience

• Engineering qualification with relevant industry experience.
• 5+ years of senior people management experience, including managing managers.
• Proven track record in leading maintenance organizations and delivering operational KPIs.
• Expertise in maintenance techniques: TPM, PPM, CBM, and RCM.
• Strong ability to identify systemic process improvements and implement preventive strategies.
• Proficiency in CMMS systems; SAP experience highly advantageous.
• Experience in stores management and stock control oversight.
• Track record of tackling and resolving complex maintenance challenges.

Core Competencies

• Shows drive and initiative.
• Is committed to excellence and pursues high standards.
• Strong leadership, people management and motivational skills.
• Is a natural and charismatic leader with empathy to motivate teams and promote teamwork.
• Inspires people to excel and foster a sense of ownership and personal commitment.
• Communicates in an open, direct and transparent manner.
• Is flexible, adapts easily to a changing environment, deals with ambiguity.
• Builds confidence among internal and external stakeholders, ensuring consistency between agreements and actions.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Strong organisational, problem solving, and time management skills.
• Personal commitment, motivation, high energy, and resilience.
• Capable of motivating and setting targets for site department & teams.
• Proficient in Microsoft and SAP Software Systems.
• Excellent communication & organisational skills at all levels.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility, trust and be decisive.
• Excellent customer service focus & perspective.

Principal Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the Maintenance Department, ensuring alignment with site and group objectives.
• Lead and develop maintenance supervisor and technicians, ensuring they deliver day‑to‑day operational excellence.
• Champion health, safety, and compliance across all maintenance activities.
• Reinforce values and maintenance strategy through consistent communication and leadership presence.
• Drive continuous improvement culture across the plant, auditing and challenging to sustain high standards.
• Identify and deliver cost savings, efficiency gains, and reliability improvements at a departmental and site‑wide level.
• Ensure all Maintenance personnel are trained, developed, and empowered to achieve optimum performance.
• Collaborate closely with Plant Manager and Operations & Engineering Manager IRL/UK to implement strategy, standards, and new techniques.
• Mentor managers in RCA methodologies to ensure systemic resolution of downtime issues.
• Oversee effective use of SAP CMMS, ensuring proactive maintenance planning and reduction of reactive work.
• Continuously evolve TPMs and PMs to strengthen reliability and prevent future downtime.
• Anticipate and propose future site CAPEX projects to safeguard KPI performance.
• Travel when required to represent Chesterfield site at quarterly Unilin Engineering/CI group meetings, sharing best practices and innovations.
• Provide regular progress reports to the Plant Manager.
• Flexibility in working hours may be required to meet strategic demands of the site.

Equal Opportunity

UNILIN Insulation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Terms & Conditions

An attractive remuneration package will be on offer to the selected candidate. Candidates should note that any offer of employment will be made subject to satisfactory reference checks as well as any other background checks or assessments considered appropriate to the process.