Maintenance Lead, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic

Job Title: Maintenance Manager

Manchester, UK

Permanent, Full-time

Industrial Manufacturing and Process Engineering (Oil and Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Renewables, Chemicals, Utilities)

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

A well-established industrial site in Manchester is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead all site maintenance activities across a multi-discipline engineering environment. The role is responsible for planning, scheduling, and delivering predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance, as well as modification projects and facility maintenance.

This position ensures the safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution of maintenance activities while driving high levels of plant reliability. The role also provides leadership, structure, and technical direction to the maintenance function, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and safe working practices.

• Lead and promote a strong EHS culture, ensuring compliance with internal policies and driving continuous improvement initiatives
• Lead and develop the maintenance team to deliver effective maintenance planning and high-performance operations aligned with site objectives
• Identify skill gaps and implement competency development plans for maintenance personnel
• Plan, schedule, and execute predictive and preventive maintenance programmes, including mechanical integrity activities
• Improve plant reliability through analysis of corrective maintenance data and optimisation of preventive and predictive strategies
• Apply reliability and root cause analysis tools such as RCA, RCM, RBM, and FMEA, alongside inspection techniques including oil analysis and NDT
• Plan and execute facility-related maintenance activities as required
• Ensure maintenance records, equipment history, and fault reporting are accurately maintained in site systems
• Monitor and analyse maintenance KPIs to identify performance trends and improvement opportunities
• Ensure compliance with internal management systems, change management processes, procurement procedures, and technical standards
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, and other functions to support overall business objectives
• Manage contractors and external service providers to ensure work is completed safely, on time, and to specification
• Support procurement and technical stores activities with a focus on cost optimisation without compromising safety or quality
• Develop and manage a zero-based maintenance budget, including planning, tracking, and reporting
• Review equipment design and manage replacement or installation of new equipment linked to obsolescence
• Drive Total Productive Maintenance initiatives within the maintenance function
• Identify, prioritise, and implement improvement initiatives related to energy efficiency, spare parts strategy, vendor management, and contractor optimisation

• Proven maintenance experience within an industrial or process-driven environment
• Demonstrated leadership capability with experience managing maintenance teams
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Experience delivering preventive and predictive maintenance programmes
• Ability to work effectively in a safety-critical and regulated environment
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills