Maintenance Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead both in-house and outsourced maintenance at Hexcel’s Duxford site, driving safety, reliability, and cost discipline. You will manage and develop the maintenance team while coordinating with external providers to meet service levels. Your focus will be on preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance to maximize uptime and equipment life. You will lead root cause analyses and lifecycle planning to mitigate obsolescence and support capital projects. This opportunity places you at the heart of manufacturing excellence within a global leader in composites.

Responsibilities

• Lead in-house and outsourced maintenance activities ensuring safety and compliance with policies and site standards
• Manage, develop, and coach the maintenance team including recruitment and performance management
• Oversee external contractors and service providers to meet standards and objectives
• Develop and improve maintenance strategies (preventive, predictive, corrective) to maximise reliability and uptime
• Monitor equipment performance, KPIs, and machine uptime to drive improvements
• Lead Root Cause Analysis investigations and implement corrective/preventive actions
• Identify obsolescence risks and develop replacement and maintenance plans
• Manage maintenance budgets and project expenditure with Finance for reporting
• Ensure accurate maintenance records within the CMMS and supporting systems
• Collaborate cross-functionally on continuous improvement, capital projects, installations, commissioning, calibration, and audits

Key requirements

• Recognised engineering qualification ( apprenticeship, HNC/HND, degree or equivalent )
• Significant maintenance management experience in manufacturing or regulated environments with shift-based teams
• People management and leadership experience
• Health, Safety and Environmental qualification (IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH or equivalent)
• Strong technical understanding of mechanical, electrical and facilities maintenance
• Experience managing contractors and SLAs
• Strong CMMS, maintenance planning, and PM programme knowledge
• Understanding of UK statutory manufacturing compliance
• Excellent communication, organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Desirable: Root Cause Analysis, Project Management, Lean/Continuous Improvement, reliability-centred maintenance

• leadership
• communication
• problem-solving
• mechanical systems
• electrical systems
• facilities maintenance

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