Maintenance Co-ordinator in England

We are looking for a highly organised and proactive

Maintenance Co-ordinator to join our dedicated Maintenance team at Hillhouse.

This is a key role focused on the detailed planning, preparation and scheduling of preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance tasks across the site.

Working closely with Team Leaders, technicians, production teams, contractors and suppliers, you will help ensure maintenance activity is delivered safely, efficiently and with minimal impact on production.

You’ll play an important part in maximising plant operating efficiency by ensuring the right internal and external resources, materials and work packages are in place at the right time.

• What you’ll be doing
• Plan, prepare and schedule maintenance resources across the Hillhouse site, including routine preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance tasks.
• Work with production teams to agree suitable windows for maintenance activity, helping to minimise disruption and maximise asset availability.
• Co‑ordinate internal and external resources, including maintenance technicians, specialist contractors and suppliers.
• Support the safe and effective delivery of work during normal operations, campaign changes, plant shutdowns and other focused maintenance events.
• Prioritise tasks and resources, monitor performance and escalate issues where expectations cannot be met or conflicts cannot be resolved.
• Identify and manage risks to support safe and efficient maintenance delivery.
• Work with technicians and contractors to develop detailed work packages for both routine and outage‑based maintenance activity.
• Support preparation of materials and physical resources, including the use of kitting boxes where appropriate.
• Use Continuous Improvement techniques to improve work package content, planning accuracy and data quality within the CMMS.
• Help maintain strong communication and engagement with key stakeholders including customers, technicians, suppliers and contractors.
• Develop and maintain KPIs to demonstrate planning effectiveness, including asset availability, work backlog and resource utilisation.
• What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who brings strong planning capability, attention to detail and the confidence to co‑ordinate multiple priorities in a busy manufacturing environment.

You’ll ideally have

• Experience of working with planning software, preferably a Computerised Maintenance Management System/CMMS or similar.
• Previous experience in a maintenance, production, manufacturing, planning or scheduling role.
• Experience working within an upper or lower tier COMAH facility.
• Awareness of hazardous area environments.
• Good knowledge of project and risk management in a manufacturing or related environment.
• Awareness of regulatory requirements such as LOLER, PUWER, PSSR and EAWR.
• A strong understanding of Safety, Health and Environment requirements and safe systems of work.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance or Continuous Improvement processes.
• Experience developing, defining and tracking maintenance plans over longer‑term timeframes.

About you

You’ll be someone who enjoys bringing structure, clarity and momentum to complex work.

You will be comfortable working with a range of stakeholders and confident in holding people accountable to ensure work is delivered safely and effectively.

You will bring

• Strong attention to detail and a “right first time” approach.
• Excellent planning, prioritisation and organisational skills.
• The ability to manage changing priorities and respond effectively to sudden shifts in workload.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• A logical, problem‑solving mindset.
• Resilience and the ability to work well both independently and as part of a team.
• Good IT literacy.
• A collaborative approach, with the confidence to co‑ordinate and influence others.

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSEs at grades A–C in Maths and English, or equivalent.

Desirable

• HNC/HND in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Formal qualification in planning, planning software or project management.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution.

Why join us?

This is a great opportunity to play a key role in supporting safe, reliable and efficient maintenance delivery across our Hillhouse production facilities.

You’ll be joining a collaborative team where effective planning, communication and continuous improvement are central to how we work.

At Victrex, we work collaboratively and encourage office presence to support strong relationships, shared problem‑solving and effective delivery across our teams.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE.

At present, we are not accepting any candidates via a recruitment agency or third party.

Victrex values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

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