Maintenance Engineering Manager

North Lancashire | £60,000 - £70,000 DOE | Bonus | Excellent Benefits | Monday - Friday

A well-established manufacturing business is looking to appoint an experienced Engineering Manager to take ownership of its on-site engineering and maintenance function.

This is a key leadership role with a strong focus on maintenance, reliability, plant performance and continuous improvement, alongside developing the engineering team and supporting the wider operational strategy.

You'll be joining a stable, forward-thinking organisation where you'll have the autonomy to make an impact, improve maintenance performance and help shape the long-term engineering strategy of the site.

The Role

As Engineering Manager, you'll take full ownership of the engineering department, with a major focus on delivering a strong and proactive maintenance strategy across the site.

You'll be responsible for ensuring plant and equipment are maintained to a high standard, reducing breakdowns and unplanned downtime while driving a more preventative and reliability-focused approach.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across the site

• Driving improvements in machine uptime, reliability and overall plant performance

• Managing maintenance schedules and activity through CMMS systems such as SIRE

• Reducing breakdowns through root cause analysis and continuous improvement

• Leading health, safety and environmental standards across engineering

• Implementing LEAN and continuous improvement initiatives

• Leading CAPEX projects with a budget of circa £1.5m

• Managing contractors, suppliers and engineering spend

• Developing and supporting the engineering team

• Working closely with the wider site leadership team to deliver operational objectives

The Candidate

We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager who combines strong technical knowledge with a hands-on, people-focused leadership style.

Ideally, you will have:

• Previous Engineering Management experience within manufacturing or an industrial environment

• Strong experience managing maintenance functions across planned and reactive maintenance

• A proven track record of improving PPM performance, reliability and reducing downtime

• Experience within a process-led manufacturing environment

• Strong knowledge of LEAN manufacturing and/or Six Sigma

• Experience using CMMS systems

• Strong knowledge of health & safety, compliance and engineering standards

• Experience managing budgets and CAPEX projects

• An engineering qualification, ideally HND level or above

• An electrical bias would be advantageous

• IOSH qualification

You'll be a hands-on leader who leads with honesty, builds strong relationships and works collaboratively across the business to deliver results.

Benefits

• Salary up to £70,000

• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 10%

• Private healthcare including family cover

• Free company products

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Employee discounts portal

• Ongoing training and development

• Stable, long-term opportunity within an established business

• Genuine opportunity to influence engineering strategy, maintenance, safety, culture and team performance

Interested?

Click Apply or get in touch directly:

Zoe Murray
Principal Recruiter
zoem@kpir.co.uk
07860 145624

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