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£45k-£60k
Typical base salary
12 wks
Replacement guarantee
Reliability focus
Ask how they've moved from firefighting to planned maintenance and cut downtime.
Technical breadth
They cover mechanical, electrical and often more. Match their depth to your kit.
Team leadership
They lead maintenance engineers. Look for someone who plans and develops a team.
How to run the hire
1. Define the plant
Be clear on the equipment, team and reliability challenges.
2. Score for reliability
Weight a shift to planned maintenance and reduced downtime.
3. Source and screen
Approach candidates with matching plant and technical experience.
4. Test with a scenario
Use a recurring breakdown to hear how they'd break the cycle.
5. Reference uptime
Confirm they improved reliability and led the team well.
Fees typically run 15-20% of first-year salary, capped and agreed upfront.
Nothing is due until your hire starts.
Usually 5-9 weeks.
The variable is how specialist your plant and equipment are.
A Maintenance Manager keeps plant and equipment reliable - planning preventative maintenance, responding to breakdowns and leading the maintenance team.
Their job is to maximise uptime and reduce the cost and disruption of failures.
The best managers shift a plant from reactive firefighting towards planned, preventative maintenance.
We look for evidence they've made that shift and cut downtime, not just kept things limping along.
Try: How did you cut downtime in a previous role?
Tell me about a recurring breakdown you solved for good.
How do you plan preventative maintenance? and How do you develop your engineers?
A range including food, packaging, automotive, chemicals and general manufacturing.
We match equipment and process experience to your plant.
Tell us about your role and a specialist engineering recruiter will call you. No fee until your hire starts.
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