Engineering & Maintenance Manager

H9 Technical Recruitment are hiring for an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to work at our clients EfW plant in Croydon to be responsible for managing and coordinating the maintenance function, including a team of multi skilled technicians, ensuring maximum plant availability with minimal downtime.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Managing and directing a team of mechanical, electrical and C&I technicians to ensure minimum plant downtime and maximum availability
• Planning and executing plant shutdowns/outages
• Managing the departments maintenance budget
• Oversee the management of the maintenance schedule
• Develop and maintain records of plant maintenance including work orders, PPMs and planned and unplanned outages and inspections
• Overseeing on site contractors
• Deputising for the Plant Manager when required

Education and Experience:

• HNC in a relevant engineering discipline, ideally mechanical
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in maintenance/engineering in a relevant heavy process industry, ideally power generation but industries such as chemical production, aggregate or similar
• Practical understanding of boilers, steam generation, pressure parts and associated equipment
• Experience with managing a team/department budget
• Experience in a management or supervisory level role
• IOSH or NEBOSH would be preferred but isn't essential