Maintenance Manager
Location: Co. Down
Salary: £40,000–£60,000 DOE
Hours: Monday to Friday dayshift (occasional callouts when required)
Are you an experienced Maintenance Manager looking to join a well-established food manufacturing business that's investing in its people, processes and facilities?
We're recruiting on behalf of a leading food manufacturer for a hands-on Maintenance Manager to lead the engineering function across a busy production site. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineering leader who enjoys improving plant performance, developing teams and driving continuous improvement within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
The Role
You'll be responsible for leading and developing a team of six engineers and technicians, ensuring the site delivers maximum equipment reliability, minimal downtime and a proactive maintenance culture.
Working closely with Production, Quality and Operations, you'll play a key role in maintaining efficient production while identifying opportunities to improve performance, reduce costs and support long-term sustainability initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of six engineers and technicians through coaching, performance reviews, training and succession planning.
- Ensure high levels of equipment reliability and production uptime across the site.
- Monitor and improve engineering KPIs including downtime, MTTR and OEE.
- Develop and manage preventative and predictive maintenance programmes.
- Drive continuous improvement projects to increase efficiency, reduce energy consumption and improve plant performance.
- Lead root cause analysis investigations and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Ensure full compliance with electrical safety standards, food safety regulations and company procedures.
- Manage critical spare parts inventory to minimise downtime.
- Negotiate pricing and manage procurement of spare parts and engineering equipment.
- Monitor and report on utility costs including electricity, gas and diesel, identifying opportunities for cost savings.
- Support the company's sustainability programme as an active project team member.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional departments to achieve business objectives.
About You
- Previous experience in a Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager or Senior Maintenance Supervisor position within manufacturing.
- Strong leadership experience with the ability to motivate and develop engineering teams.
- Excellent knowledge of planned and preventative maintenance systems.
- Experience working with engineering KPIs including OEE, MTTR and downtime reduction.
- Strong fault-finding and root cause analysis experience.
- Knowledge of food manufacturing would be advantageous but not essential.
- Commercial awareness with experience managing maintenance budgets, spare parts and supplier relationships.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
What's on Offer
- £40,000–£60,000 salary depending on experience.
- Monday to Friday working pattern.
- Opportunity to join a successful and growing manufacturer.
- Long-term career progression.
- The chance to make a real impact across engineering performance and continuous improvement.
To find out more, tap apply below or call Stephen Roy @ Talent Curve Recruitment for a confidential conversation.