Maintenance Team Manager

Overview

Role: Maintenance Team Manager (Mechanical). Location: Birmingham. Salary: £Competitive + Company Bonus & Benefits inc free Healthcare, On-site gym, subsidised lunch, EAP schemes, financial assistance, etc. Hours: 8 am-4:30 pm Monday-Friday.

Our client is a well-established manufacturer with a strong focus on continuous improvement, reliability, and health/safety. They foster a culture that values the development of staff and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of engineers, fostering high performance and personal development
• Develop and implement consistent and effective maintenance programs to maximise production uptime
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and lead weekly team meetings
• Plan, monitor, and evaluate shutdown, project, and normal maintenance plans
• Identify and communicate maintenance resource requirements (spares, people, special tools)
• Track team KPIs, contribute to shutdown improvement cycles, and ensure high engineer utilisation
• Develop and document preventive maintenance programs using reliability-based techniques
• Manage CMMS and systems, including audits, reporting, and continuous improvement
• Manage budgets, raise purchase order requisitions, and identify continuous contract and fixed spend

Requirements

• HNC/HND engineering qualification
• Mechanical engineering
• Strong manufacturing background
• Leading a team of engineers

KH Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.