Maintenance Manager (250K)

Role Overview

The Maintenance Manager leads the work that keeps a manufacturing plant’s equipment safe, dependable and ready for production. This role combines hands-on reliability problem-solving with maintenance planning, engineering project delivery and team development, helping the plant control downtime and costs while meeting operational, food safety and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish preventive and predictive maintenance plans, track equipment performance and use failure analysis to address recurring breakdowns and production losses.
• Guide the maintenance team in troubleshooting, repairs, equipment modifications and upgrade decisions; maintain reliable service records to support planning and performance reviews.
• Work with plant leaders and other departments to identify major repairs and capital projects, then manage scope, schedules, budgets, quality and installation requirements.
• Review engineering drawings for installation, fabrication and modification work, and ensure critical spare parts are available when needed.
• Schedule required inspections for plant machinery, boilers, lifting equipment, fire safety systems and utilities; coordinate audits and close resulting actions.
• Ensure maintenance work follows applicable food safety and GMP practices, supporting FSMS requirements such as ISO 22000 where relevant and resolving maintenance-related food safety or biosecurity concerns.
• Promote safe work by identifying hazards, investigating incidents and near misses, and ensuring corrective actions and environmental controls are applied to maintenance and project activities.
• Improve maintenance standards and daily work management, monitor performance for opportunities to reduce waste and downtime, and coach the team through reviews, feedback and training.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or a related engineering discipline.
• Relevant experience in plant maintenance, engineering operations or equipment reliability within a manufacturing environment; the source does not specify a minimum number of years.
• Practical experience with preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Experience planning engineering projects and managing maintenance budgets or capital expenditure.
• Knowledge of statutory inspection obligations, workplace safety and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ability to lead technical employees, support skills development and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with Food Safety Management Systems, GMP and ISO 22000 requirements is an advantage.