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Maintenance Manager
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Astute’s Power team is partnered with a global engineering company to recruit a Maintenance Manager for their Energy from Waste Power Station in Atherstone, Warwickshire.
The vital Maintenance Manager role comes with a salary between £60,000 – £65,000 + Bonus + Benefits.
If you’re an Engineering/Maintenance Manager, or an experienced Maintenance Engineer seeking progression, and are looking to work for an organisation that puts integrity and people at the forefront of everything it does, then submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties of the Maintenance Manager role
Reporting to the Plant Manager you will be responsible for:
- Leading, training, and developing a team of multi-skilled technicians responsible for maintaining all plant equipment to the highest of standards to ensure maximum availability.
- Liaising with the Operations Manager for the purpose of plant improvement / modification / upgrade work.
- Planning and managing plant outages.
- Managing the maintenance department’s budget.
- Developing the sites out of hours maintenance cover arrangements.
- Contract Management for key subcontractors on site.
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Professional Qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- Ideally having a HNC minimum qualification in an engineering discipline such as Mechanical, Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation, etc.
- Ideally a formal health and safety qualification such as IOSH or NEBOSH.
Personal Skills, Prior Experience And Knowledge
The Maintenance Manager role would suit someone who has:
- Supervisory or management experience in a Maintenance/Engineering role on a power station or similar heavy process environment such as Power Generation (EfW, Biomass, CCGT, Coal, etc), Paper Mills, Refineries, Petrochemical, etc.
- Strong knowledge of pressure systems safety regulations (PSSR) would be ideal.
- Thorough understanding of using Computerised Maintenance Management Systems.
- Experience working with rotating plant and steam boilers.
- Knowledge of environmental permits, H&S issues and safe working environments.
- Experience of managing budgets.
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Salary and benefits of the Maintenance Manager role
- A starting basic salary of up to £65,000
- Bonus
- Other benefits
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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