Operations and Maintenance Manager

Preston, Lancashire
The Recruitment Co

The Recruitment Co are currently recruiting for an Operations and Maintenance Manager to work for an established, growing business in the Preston area.

Operations and Maintenance Manager salary: 60,000 (depending on experience)

Operations and Maintenance Manager hours: 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hours per week)

Operations and Maintenance Manager company benefits:

• Company contributory pension scheme
• Death in service cover
• Company sick pay scheme
• Additional annual leave for long service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing support for mental health
• All required PPE and other relevant equipment supplied

Operations and Maintenance Manager Roles and responsibilities:

• Management and coordination of all activities in accordance with the company’s health, safety, environmental & quality management systems, policies, and procedures.
• Manage and maintain safe and healthy working environments, by establishing and enforcing ambitious standards, related procedures, audit, and compliance programmes.
• Management & leadership of all activities and working groups engaged with the operations, in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
• Manage the effective planning, scheduling, and delivery of all operational activities.
• Manage the effective planning, scheduling, and delivery of all planned and reactive maintenance work programmes.
• Preparation and management of budgets, financial forecasting and control, expenditure analysis, identification of variances and initiation of corrective actions.
• Manage the recruitment, selection, training, coaching, appraisal, and counselling of employees.
• Manage effective communication of labour expectations, planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing of labour contributions to the operations.
• Manage and implement appropriate service and supply chain contracts for operational and maintenance requirements.
• Preparation and presentation of management reports.
• Contribute information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews by ensuring the accurate and regular recording, analysing, and reporting of operational and maintenance related performance (KPIs).
• Manage continuous analysis and improvement of organisational processes and workflows, employee and work location requirements, and equipment positioning and layout.
• Transform and maintain the maintenance function from a reactive breakdown operation to proactive preventative maintenance operation by implementing the TPM strategy.
• Manage and investigate cost saving opportunities through innovation, creative thinking, and continuous improvement programmes.
• Manage and control of business risk management programmes.
• Manage and control project programmes of work.
• Management and coordination of external audit processes and corrective follow up actions.

Required Skills / Qualifications:

• Very good experience within operational or maintenance management
• Very good experience in the waste sector or similar processing, manufacturing, industrial environments
• NEBOSH Health & Safety qualifications (General Certificate)
• Recognised Project Management qualification or equivalent experience (i.e. Prince2)
• GCSE Grade C or above in English and Maths
• Experience of effectively managing and leading operational and maintenance related activities, resources , and costs
• High levels of experience and knowledge of working within safe systems of work, health, safety and environmental management policies and procedures
• Budgeting and monetary management
• Contract management experience
• Inventory management experience
• Total productive maintenance (TPM)
• BSI ISO audit programmes (9001, 14001 & 45001)
• Report writing

If this sounds of interest, please do feel free to apply through the link below, or alternatively please do get in touch on (phone number removed), or drop me a message on LinkedIn – (url removed)/in/harry-greenhalgh/ and I will be happy to discuss further!
The Recruitment Co are an equal opportunities employer.
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The Recruitment Co. is an equal opportunities employer and we’re committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.