Role: Maintenance Manager
Salary: £56, – £60, + Yearly Bonus
Location: York – Thursday to Sunday On-Site - (Please only apply if you live within 1 hour of York).
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Maintenance Manager to join our team. Based at our Head Office in York, you’ll be part of an established and welcoming team, playing a key role in ensuring our facilities and assets effectively support our manufacturing operations.
This newly created role will support the management of site facilities and physical assets, helping to ensure compliance, operational efficiency, and strong asset performance. With responsibilities split between Facilities Management and Asset Management, it contributes to both daily operations and strategic planning aligned with the company’s objectives.
Working alongside our maintenance team and a wide range of contractors, you’ll deliver effective asset and facilities management across the site, with a strong focus on compliance. To succeed, you’ll need strong leadership skills and a solid background in asset and facilities management, ideally within manufacturing or a similar industrial environment.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Support site maintenance and facilities services, ensuring safety, cost, programme, and quality targets are met
2. Manage day-to-day operations including maintenance, repairs, and site upgrades
3. Establish a consistent weekend site management presence
4. Manage contractors and service providers, ensuring, safety, quality, and compliance
5. Coordinate planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs
6. Support delivery of capital and revenue projects to maintain, modernise and improve infrastructure
7. Maintain compliance with statutory, safety, environmental, and building regulations
8. Manage asset records, inspections, audits, and remedial actions
9. Communicate effectively with stakeholders, sharing KPIs and addressing concerns
Essential Criteria for Maintenance Manager
10. Degree or HNC in mechanical, electrical, or other relevant engineering discipline
11. Proven experience in engineering, asset management, or maintenance operations
12. Hands-on experience implementing, configuring, or optimising CMMS platforms
13. Demonstrated success in leading asset care strategies, including preventive and predictive maintenance
14. Familiarity with condition-based monitoring systems and data-driven maintenance decision-making
15. Familiarity with PLC-controlled equipment and automation systems
16. Strong leadership and team management skills, including performance development
17. Previous experience managing multidisciplinary maintenance teams
18. IOSH/NEBOSH or equivalent health and safety qualification, applied in engineering or maintenance contexts
19. Experience managing compliance records, audits, and regulatory reporting
20. Contractor and vendor management experience, including performance oversight and service-level agreements
21. Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities in technical environments
22. Understanding of industrial or production-related mechanical/electrical systems and their lifecycle maintenance requirements
23. Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives
24. Proven ability to manage maintenance budgets and deliver cost-effective asset care solutions
Additional Development & Scope
Prior experience in soft and hard Facilities Management (FM) is advantageous but not essential. The successful candidate will receive structured training in FM disciplines and complete CDM (Construction Design and Management) training as part of their professional development. These competencies will be applied to the broader management of the site, contributing to comprehensive operational governance and ensuring alignment with safety, compliance, and service delivery standards.
Benefits & Opportunities:
25. 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
26. Option to buy 5 additional days of leave
27. Yearly bonus
28. Contributory pension scheme
29. Health & wellbeing support services
30. Annual paid volunteering day
31. Career progression opportunities
Why Portakabin?
Portakabin employs more than 2, people across ten European countries with our head office and primary manufacturing facility located in York UK.
Portakabin innovates, develops and delivers exceptional modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.
Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on