Maintenance Manager

Job description

Orange Recruitment are now sourcing an experienced Engineering & Asset Care Manager to join a major pharmaceutical operation based in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.

This is a senior site-based role suited to someone with strong maintenance leadership experience within manufacturing, pharmaceutical, industrial or regulated environments. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring equipment reliability, operational continuity and continuous improvement across a busy production facility. The position offers long-term stability, strong career progression and the opportunity to lead a high-performing technical team within a well-established and growing operation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading all maintenance and asset care activities across the facility
• Developing and implementing proactive maintenance strategies to maximise equipment uptime and operational efficiency
• Managing preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance schedules across plant equipment and site systems
• Supporting equipment reliability and driving continuous improvement initiatives across operations
• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of maintenance technicians and engineering personnel
• Ensuring all maintenance activities are completed in line with safety standards, compliance requirements and company procedures
• Managing CMMS systems and maintenance planning activities
• Overseeing spare parts, tooling and contractor coordination to minimise downtime and operational disruption
• Supporting root cause analysis investigations and implementing corrective actions to improve reliability
• Managing maintenance budgets, supplier relationships and external service providers
• Maintaining accurate maintenance documentation and supporting audit/compliance requirements
• Providing operational performance reporting and updates to senior management teams

Ideal Background:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience within a maintenance leadership or engineering management role
• Previous experience within pharmaceutical, manufacturing, industrial, food production or regulated environments highly desirable
• Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Experience managing technical teams and coordinating maintenance projects
• Good knowledge of preventative maintenance systems and CMMS platforms
• Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills
• Engineering qualification or relevant technical background advantageous
• Experience driving equipment reliability and operational improvement initiatives
• Flexibility to support operational requirements and occasional on-call activity

What’s on Offer:

• Senior technical leadership position within a major manufacturing environment
• Strong long-term career progression opportunities
• Stable and growing sector
• Exposure to advanced equipment and site operations
• Supportive and collaborative engineering environment
• Competitive salary and benefits package