Maintenance Manager

Wright Staff
Leicester
1 week ago
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Location Leicester
Salary £50000 - £60000 per annum
Hours of work -basic 37.5 hours
Monday - Thursday 07:30 - 16:15 - Friday 07:30 - 12:00
Benefits:
Competitive Salaried Package, Annual Pay for Performance Bonus, 187.5 hours holiday entitlement + 8 statuary bank holidays, Enrolment into the company's competitive pension scheme up to 10% employer contributions (if in pension scheme) 6x life insurance, excellent working conditions, free onsite car parking, 24-hour employee assistance program, weekly occupational health care support on site.

Job description

About The Job
As a Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for the smooth function of the entire site. Working directly with the Engineering Manager, you will elevate the way we maintain all elements of the site working to a standardised rota. Support various departments, ensuring all necessary spares and critical spares are readily available, eliminating any potential downtime or distractions to the manufacturing process.

You will have a mechanical or electrical bias with relevant certificates to facilitate fault finding to support your team.

What will you be doing?
As a Maintenance Manager the main duties will be

Key Duties and Responsibilities
Manage a team of experienced Maintenance Engineers to achieve the following requirements of maintenance requirements for the site.
Ensure all machines are serviced in line with the annual service calendar with all spares and critical items logged.
Maintain all OEM service contracts and renew when required.
Liaise effectively with external suppliers and contractors to ensure best service and pricing opportunities are maintained for all spares and repairs required.
Continuously improve TPM check points for all plant and machinery minimalizing breakdowns to improve machine capability.
Through your team, maintain breakdowns, preventative maintenance and H&S tickets via the company portal ensuring machine up time is maximised.
Maintain and report specified maintenance KPI's per month
Working closely with the engineering manager to deliver projects, such as new asset installs which may require off site visits for scope of work or training.
Manage all contractors to support the maintenance of the building and facilities.
Create an individual development plan for each team member supporting their progression and retention to the business monitored monthly in scheduled 1-2-1's.
Ensure 5s housekeeping is maintained to the highest standard and that all relevant company Health and Safety and Environmental requirements are fully adhered to.
Provide support and guidance to mechanical and electrical installations along with fault finding.
Generate details plans to support the on boarding or relocation of existing plant equipment communicating with production to support the company manufacturing requirements.
Be a proactive and flexible team member, training in other disciplines where required.

Qualifications
What do you need…

We trust our fellow colleagues to support and guide you along this journey.
However, you as an individual will need to embody our values where we seek to understand, feel empowered to look for solutions, think like an owner and excel in a diverse environment with positivity.

Connections- Interpersonal skills and how you build relationships are paramount.
Thinking- Ability to draw up on informed knowledge and develop the capabilities to problem solve.
Creativity- How you can adapt, create change to deliver solutions.
Drive- Your passion to be present and deliver results with pace and enthusiasm.
For this role we are looking for an individual who is passionate to learn contribute to the sites success.
Have the ability to update reports via Microsoft excel & Word for traceability and audit requirements.
Ideally you will have previously worked in a manufacturing industry, however there will be training provided to support the relevant duties.

Other Duties
The activities outlined represent an overview of the Maintenance Manager role and should not be seen as a prescriptive list of activities. A flexible and responsive approach are vital, together with the initiative to identifying and focusing on the needs of the business.

About Us
we a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries.

About The Team
Our products are used nose to tail on commercial and military defence aircraft, as well as on jet engines, automobiles, commercial transportation vehicles, wind turbines, solar power systems, and construction and industrial equipment.

Please apply with your CV in the first instance
Wright Staff are acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

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