Maintenance Manager

Base Salary: 72873 per annum

Bonus: Up to 10% performance-related bonus

Car Allowance: 600 per month (7200 per annum)

Act as a Company SME for all vehicle maintenance operations.

Ensure that fleet asset availability is delivered to company KPIs ensuring that all assets are serviced and met regulatory and industry standards without fail.

Lead and support the team of fleet supervisors and technicians to deliver a safe and high performing operation on behalf of both internal and external customers.

Lead and coach staff to ensure a highly skilled flexible and well-motivated team through regular interaction and guidance.

Support other internal stakeholders in vehicle build recommendations operational use experience and a desire to continually improve our fleet proposition.

Lead work management processes participating where necessary and prioritization of all maintenance activities. Lead department of maintenance supervisors and technicians ensuring all planned predictive maintenance is complete as per schedule.

Deliver the Safety Critical Preventive maintenance program ensuring all breakdowns are recorded for trend analysis and potential investment.

Accountable for all facility maintenance execution and corrective activities to support North Air Operations inclusive of HSSE and budget.

Manages data for performance standards using CMMS system and associated reporting tools. Analyse and reports critical metric data for equipment performance to identify improvement opportunities and deploys resources accordingly.

Conduct a review of operating systems and processes and based on their expertise and knowledge make recommendations for continuous improvement and/or change.

Accountable for budget control for workshop locations purchase requirements and cost recovery process.

Lead the development implementation and continuous improvement of the plant preventive and predictive maintenance of equipment and plant infrastructure.

Coordinate with the customers to establish and maintain equipment and infrastructure standards and engineering principles.

Embed a culture of operating excellence safety leadership principles and quality assurance.

Provide oversight and ownership of on-site stores operation & material stock strategy inventory management and material receipts to ensure critical spare availability to support facility uptime and minimize downtime. Controls expenditures for parts supplies and services.

Act as point of contact and liaise with Capital Project teams engaged at sites.

Own and develop Site Asset Improvement Plan and produce director level business cases for investment.

Effectively manage field execution of works managing contractors control of works and alignment with Management of Change (MOC) policy.

Participate and where appropriate lead in-depth safety and operational investigations and integrate lessons learned

Regularly review the competency of the asset maintenance technicians as per the North Air training management system (INTELEX) ensuring maintenance technicians meet the minimum competency requirements for work assigned.

Control of Work Permit issuer coordinate onsite maintenance permits to ensure safe working practices.

Work closely with approved contractors to coordinate ongoing and future works.

Support and cover for managerial responsibilities across the wider maintenance team as appropriate and potentially deputise for the Engineering and Project Delivery Manager and Vehicle Maintenance Manager roles

Introduce new methods techniques and systems where necessary to further improve delivery standards and efficiency

Foster a strong one team ethos across the maintenance function and build robust development and succession planning across the team.

Accountable for manpower planning and management for own team to meet operational requirements

Ensure that all staff meet and maintain required key behaviours and standards and take appropriate actions when required

Minimum 5 years management experience in Maintenance managing a team including supervisors

Experience in aviation or oil and gas industry advantageous.

Familiarisation with DSEAR Regulations Hazardous Area Classification/Zoning would be advantageous

Experience with contractor management required.

Experience of working alongside major capital projects and ability to provide value and technical expertise during project progress and liaison meetings and commissioning activities.

Minimum 5 years related engineering experience required.

Experience with CMMS system (Infor/SAP/Maximo/Ultimo/Pirana)

Extensive knowledge of work permitting and risk assessment process for maintenance preparation / execution activities.

Experience with working in Confined Spaces advantageous

Strong analytical ability troubleshooting and decision-making skills

This position requires an airside pass so require a basic criminal records disclosure and have a 5-year employment record which meets with the relevant CAA/DfT Regulations

Strong interpersonal and people management skills

Strong leadership skills and an ability to motivate a team

Good understanding of budgets and cost control

Common sense and practical problem-solving approach

Ability to communicate and engage effectively will all stakeholders

Team player

Maintains a high level of professionalism in all interactions

Respects and values diversity equity and inclusion

Demonstrates integrity and honesty in all business dealings

Fosters a positive and supportive team culture

Minimum of NVQ Level 3 in Maintenance or Mechanical / Electrical Engineering discipline (or approved equivalent).