O&M Maintenance Manager

Description

• Oversee maintenance budgets, control expenditure, and drive cost-reduction initiatives to improve commercial performance.
• Collaborative role working closely with Operations, HSE, and Purchasing to support production schedules and plant availability.
• Maintain plant availability in accordance with contractual obligations, leading outage planning and execution.
• Direct leadership of maintenance teams, with accountability for performance, capability development, and resource planning.
• Ensure full compliance with UK HSE legislation, environmental permits, and plant operating requirements, including audits and inspections.
• Lead root cause investigations, promote robust HSE surveillance, and ensure timely reporting and escalation of incidents or non-compliance.
• Overall responsibility for the plant maintenance function, ensuring continuous facility operation in line with safety, environmental, and contractual requirements.
• Manage and supervise maintenance engineers, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure safe, effective execution of planned and unplanned maintenance.
• Champion of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) culture across all maintenance activities.
• Technical authority for maintenance strategy, reliability improvement, and lifecycle asset management.

Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership of multi-disciplinary maintenance teams in a safety-critical environment.
• Experience developing and implementing maintenance management systems (CMMS, preventive and predictive maintenance).
• Evidence of continuous professional development aligned to maintenance leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Track record of working within regulated sites requiring environmental and operational permits.
• Results-driven with strong commercial awareness and the ability to identify efficiency improvements.
• Strong technical grounding in mechanical and electrical systems within industrial environments.
• Proven background in maintaining complex equipment, systems, and material handling operations.
• Solid experience in plant maintenance within EfW, power generation, or similar process industries.
• Strategic and analytical thinker, able to align maintenance objectives with long-term business goals.
• Excellent communication skills, adaptable under pressure, and confident using Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong HSE leadership mindset, actively promoting a safe, compliant, and environmentally responsible workplace.
• Proven people-development capability, building skills, performance, and engagement within teams.
• Recognised HSE-accredited training or certifications.
• Formal training in maintenance systems, reliability, or asset management considered advantageous.

Benefits

• Life insurance 4x Salary
• Career path options
• Annual salary review and bonus award
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Pension scheme up to 10% employer contribution
• Disability insurance

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance