Maintenance Manager

About Your New Employer

This is a permanent job based with a leading food manufacturing company in Galway. 

About Your New Job as a Maintenance Manager

As the Maintenance Manager, you will:

• Lead the engineering function, including engineers, technicians, and external contractors, fostering a culture of accountability and high performance.
• Oversee preventative and predictive maintenance schedules to minimize production downtime and enhance equipment reliability.
• Manage maintenance systems, including job lists, preventative maintenance plans, GMP concerns, and internal/external audit actions.
• Deliver plant improvement and capital projects aligned with business priorities and operational excellence.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, food hygiene, environmental, and customer audit requirements.
• Drive OEE improvement, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
• Collaborate closely with R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations to advance plant performance and support strategic goals.

What Skills You Need

• Relevant third-level qualification in Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong maintenance management/engineering experience.
• Proven experience managing people, contractors, maintenance systems, and engineering projects.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing engineering, plant maintenance, and equipment reliability.
• Understanding of preventative and predictive maintenance systems, GMP requirements, audit processes, and compliance standards.
• Awareness of health and safety, environmental, food hygiene, and audit requirements.
• Demonstrated ability in CapEx justification, ROI analysis, and budget control.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to drive accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement within the engineering function.

What's Next

Apply now by clicking the “Apply Now" button or contact us for more information. If this opportunity isn’t the perfect fit, please get in touch for details on similar roles—we have a variety of engineering and managerial positions available.