Maintenance & Engineering Manager
Salary and Package
£45,000 - £55,000 depending on experience
Private medical cover after qualifying period
Death in service cover
Company pension
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Location
Near Doncaster
Full-time, Permanent Position
A Maintenance & Engineering Manager is required for a busy industrial production site near Doncaster. This Maintenance & Engineering Manager position is a hands-on leadership role overseeing plant reliability, compliance, and improvement works. The Maintenance & Engineering Manager will take ownership of engineering operations and site infrastructure. As Maintenance & Engineering Manager you will balance practical maintenance with coordination duties. This Maintenance & Engineering Manager role suits someone who prefers being on site rather than behind a desk.
About the Company
An established UK precast manufacturing business operating a large, busy production facility with extensive heavy plant, lifting equipment, and industrial systems supporting daily operations.
Why Join Them
This is a stable, long-term position within a well-run site that maintains consistent workload and investment in equipment. The environment is practical and team-focused, with realistic expectations, supportive leadership, and genuine scope to influence site improvements and engineering standards.
About the Role
You will be responsible for engineering reliability, statutory compliance, maintenance delivery, and site improvement projects across the facility. Approximately 90% of your time will be spent on site carrying out or overseeing practical work, with the remainder covering planning, records, and coordination.
Key responsibilities include:
*
Ensuring compliance with UK regulations including PUWER, LOLER, Electricity at Work, and Pressure Systems rules
*
Managing inspection programmes such as EICR, PAT testing, lifting equipment certification, and fire systems
*
Maintaining compliance documentation and liaising with inspectors and insurers
*
Overseeing maintenance and performance of cranes, forklifts, telehandlers, excavators, and production machinery
*
Diagnosing faults and carrying out minor repairs
*
Coordinating specialist contractors when required
*
Managing service schedules and breakdown response
*
Completing small electrical and mechanical works
*
Carrying out structural repairs and general site maintenance
*
Supporting minor construction and groundwork projects
*
Installing racking, storage systems, and equipment
*
Leading building alterations, extensions, and layout changes
*
Sourcing materials and external services
*
Identifying efficiency and cost improvement opportunities
*
Supervising two maintenance operatives and setting daily priorities
*
Providing technical guidance and maintaining safe working practices
Summary
This is a practical engineering leadership role offering variety, responsibility, and long-term stability. It suits an experienced engineer from a heavy industrial or manufacturing background who enjoys solving problems, improving facilities, and being the person relied upon to keep a complex site running properly.
Contact Mark at Up Front Recruitment for more information