Maintenance Manager

Salary/Rate:£60,000 to £65,000 plus car, plus bonus, plus benefits
Job type:Perm
Town/City:Birmingham
Country:United Kingdom
Job ref:CC-MaintMgrBham
Post Date:20. 07. 2026
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About the Role

Maintenance Manager

Location: Birmingham

Career Level: Senior Management

Salary: £60,000 to £65,000 plus bonus, plus Car Scheme, plus health insurance

 

The Opportunity

Are you a high-impact leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy and action? Cruise Control Recruitment has been engaged to find a Maintenance Manager to spearhead maintenance operations at a premier manufacturing facility in Birmingham.

 

How You’ll Make an Impact

Are you the type of Maintenance Manager who loves working in a fast-paced manufacturing facility manufacturing high value products and who enjoys the full accountability for all Planned, Reactive and Project Maintenance related activity for the site?

I am currently working with a global manufacturing company who are looking for a Maintenance Manager to lead a large multi-skilled team of engineers and who is motivational and driven to help them achieve total success

Reporting to the Engineering Manager they are looking for an experienced person with experience from industrial or heavy engineering industries to take on the Maintenance Manager role, someone who has a hands on approach to management, who has strong technical abilities, backed up by robust leadership skills who can lead and develop a team of engineers with a varying level of experience

 

What you will be doing:

Responsibility for managing the maintenance team including supervisors over a 24hr operation with a team of 6 direct and 30 indirect engineers.

Oversee the planning and completion all maintenance activities across the site.

Develop a culture of proactive maintenance rather than reactive maintenance Implement, monitor, deliver and record performance indicators across the department.

Work to develop the CMMS system to enable planning and monitoring of the works are logged, completed and recorded accurately Lead on planned shutdowns to ensure all planned works are completed.

Promote a Health and Safety Culture.

Working with the Maintenance Planner dealing with all labour allocation across shifts ensuring the manufacturing plant has as much operational availability as possible.

 

Skills Experience

Be qualified in Electrical/Mechanical discipline to a good level (HNC or equivalent).

A proven track record in maintenance leadership in a fast paced industrial or Heavy industry manufacturing environment.

Be an Engineer in every sense of the word, being able to utilise experience gained and to be a problem solver and mentor.

Be an approachable leader who can deliver performance from a large engineering team.

Be a champion for continuous improvement with process and equipment.

Excellent communication skills.

Health and Safety Qualifications (Ideal)

 

Ready to lead the future of manufacturing?

 

TO APPLY

Cruise Control Recruitment is managing this search with the highest level of confidentiality and professional care.

 

Demand for this role will undoubtedly be high, and interviews will be arranged very soon. If you would like to be considered, please apply today.

 

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