Maintenance Manager

Posted 06 May 2026
Salary Up to £60000 per annum
LocationNewry & Mourne, County Down
Job type Permanent
Discipline Engineering & Manufacturing
ReferenceWW12226_1778076320

Job description

Maintenance Manager
Newry
£60k
Option for a 4 Day week

Vickerstock are working in partnership with a successful & reputable FMCG client based in Newry to recruit a Maintenance Manager.

You will be responsible for overall responsibility for the leadership and development of a high-performance maintenance team, and the embedding of high standard maintenance processes and practices, taking ownership and accountability for performance agreed (KPI) Key Performance Indicators and leading continuous improvement in all aspects of plant maintenance.

As the Maintenance Manager your Core Role and Responsibilities will be;

  • Schedule corrective and preventative maintenance activities on manufacturing process equipment with input from appropriate Manufacturing personnel.
  • Perform corrective and preventative maintenance activities on manufacturing process equipment in accordance with applicable procedures, policies and Health and Safety guidelines.
  • Troubleshoot equipment as necessary, working with equipment owners, engineers and equipment vendors. Involved in developing solutions for equipment issues.
  • Ensure the maintenance and calibration schedule is level loaded throughout the year.
  • Develop Maintenance KPI's and maintain tracking tools to monitor department commitments and assignments related to compliance and quality systems report maintenance performance to management.

As a Maintenance Manager, ideally you will have

  • 5 years recent and relevant experience of leading and managing a maintenance department within a manufacturing environment - ideally FMCG.
  • A good working knowledge of SAP is required.
  • Must be capable of trouble shoot system issues at a high level.
  • Strong sense of Responsibility, Leader ship and team player
  • Ability to accurately summarise important technical aspects through report writing.

What we hope you will do next;

Contact Warren Watson to discuss this in absolute confidence or send an updated CV via the link on the page - 02890 313720

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As an experienced specialist senior engineering and manufacturing recruitment professional with 7 years' experience; I personally specialise within the recruitment of Maintenance Engineers & Managers at all levels across Ireland.

If you are interested in this vacancy, or work within Engineering / Manufacturing in Ireland, then please apply with your CV to me for consideration - (You can also find and connect with me on LinkedIn)