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Maintenance Manager – Manufacturing. Do you thrive in fast-paced, safety-critical environments where reliability, people leadership, and continuous improvement really matter? Are you motivated by building high-performing teams while keeping complex sites running safely, efficiently, and compliantly? As Maintenance Manager, you’ll lead all maintenance activities across our Darwen manufacturing sites, covering mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, utilities, and facilities. You’ll work closely with Production, Engineering, HSE, Finance, and external contractors to ensure equipment reliability, safe operations, and continuous improvement. You’ll know you’re succeeding when downtime is reduced, safety standards are uncompromising, your team is engaged and developing, and engineering performance consistently supports production and business goals.
Job Responsibility:
Leading and developing all site maintenance activities, including preventive and predictive maintenance strategies
Managing asset reliability, minimising unplanned downtime, and leading root cause analysis on failures
Owning the maintenance budget, spares strategy, contractor costs, and CAPEX delivery
Supporting new equipment installation, commissioning, and factory upgrades
Leading, coaching, and developing a multi-disciplinary maintenance team and external partners
Ensuring full compliance with UK health, safety, and environmental legislation (including PUWER, LOLER, COSHH, DSEAR, ATEX)
Driving engineering KPIs aligned to business strategy and embedding 6S as part of the engineering culture
Acting as a visible leader within site safety culture and audit readiness
Requirements:
Proven experience in an engineering or maintenance management role within (ideally) manufacturing
Engineering degree/Engineering Apprenticeship with equivalent practical experience
Strong leadership, influencing, and delegation skills
NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent H&S qualification) preffered though not essential
Experience managing budgets, costs, and engineering performance
Strong planning, analytical, communication, and presentation skills