Maintenance Manager
Location: Bedfordshire
Salary: £65,000 + Bonus, Pension, Life Insurance
Hours: Monday to Friday | 8am-5pm | Days-Based Role

Synergi Recruitment is working with a successful manufacturing business based in Bedfordshire, who are looking for a Maintenance Manager to lead their site's engineering function.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong team leadership experience, electrical bias, and a background in high-volume manufacturing to step into a role where they can really make an impact.

Key Responsibilities:

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  Leading and developing a team of Engineers

  
  


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  Overseeing planned and reactive maintenance activities

  
  


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  Managing the engineering budget and delivering CAPEX projects

  
  


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  Driving continuous improvement and reducing downtime

  
  


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  Ensuring all maintenance activities comply with H&S standards

  
  


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  Supporting hands-on when needed, while delivering strategic goals

  
  


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  Collaborating with other departments to optimise engineering support
  
  
  

  
  

  What we're looking for:

  
  


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  Previous experience as a Maintenance or Engineering Manager in a manufacturing environment

  
  


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  Electrically biased with a solid understanding of PLCs (Siemens, Mitsubishi)

  
  


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  Experience delivering CAPEX projects and managing budgets

  
  


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  A strong leader with team development and stakeholder management skills

  
  


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  Exposure to lean manufacturing or continuous improvement

  
  


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  Comfortable in fast-paced, high-volume environments like FMCG or heavy industry
  
  
  

  
  

  What's on offer:

  
  


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  £65,000 annual salary

  
  


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  Company bonus scheme

  
  


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  Pension & life insurance

  
  


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  Days-based hours - no shifts

  
  


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  Supportive culture with room to influence change