Are you an experienced Maintenance Leader with a passion for leadership, continuous improvement, and operational excellence? Do you thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where safety, reliability, and sustainability are top priorities? If so, our site in Prudhoe, Northumberland could be your next career move.
Our Prudhoe site features two paper machines, seven converting lines, a recycling plant, and an integrated distribution centre. To maintain high-speed, high-volume production, the reliability and performance of our infrastructure is critical — and that’s where you come in!
About The Role
As a Maintenance Leader at our Prudhoe site, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our manufacturing operations. You’ll lead both planned and reactive maintenance activities, championing a zero unplanned stops philosophy. Your responsibilities will include coaching the team in best practices, managing maintenance systems like SAP, and driving continuous improvement through breakdown elimination and cost reduction strategies. You’ll oversee maintenance KPIs, budgets, and long-term asset repair plans, all while fostering a safe, healthy, and sustainable work environment. This is a leadership role where your ability to inspire, plan, and execute will directly impact our performance and product quality.
We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk.
What You Will Do
1. Lead planned and reactive maintenance activities to minimise downtime.
2. Promote a safe, healthy, and sustainable work environment.
3. Coach the team in maintenance best practices and continuous improvement.
4. Manage maintenance systems (e.g. SAP) and drive cost-effective solutions.
5. Monitor KPIs and oversee long-term asset repair and sustainability plans.
6. Act as a visible leader, driving team performance and development.
Who You Are
7. A safety-first, hands-on leader with a drive for continuous improvement.
8. A clear communicator who motivates and develops teams.
9. A problem-solver with a proactive, can-do mindset.
What You’ll Bring
10. Proven experience in leading & motivating a team of maintenance engineers, ideally in a FMCG production environment.
11. A minimum of HNC or HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering orequivalent technical qualification.
12. Experience of creating & implementing maintenance procedures which focus on improving asset reliability through the full Asset Lifecycle Management.
13. A high level of self motivation, a strong communicator and familiar with computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS).
14. Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of maintenance strategies (PPM & TPM).
15. A hands on approach with high attention to detail, with a ‘can do’ attitude.
What we can offer you
At Essity we offer a competitive salary, bonus opportunity, pension (10% employer contribution), holidays at 27 days + BHs, private medical insurance, staff product, EAP support service, cycle to work scheme, workwear, and Essity Rewards (online and in-store shopping discounts).
At Essity, we embrace the individual and recognise the remarkable power that can be harnessed when different ideas, backgrounds, experiences and perspective come together. If you apply for a job at Essity, you can be sure that the only criteria we consider for selection is professional experience, qualifications, key job-related attributes and working values.
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