Maintenance Leader

Location: Bolton

Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 16:00, 40 hours per week, breaks included.

About Mativ

As a leading global specialty materials company, Mativ believes in the potential of what we can do, together, to improve life for people everywhere, every day.

We help customers solve complex problems and bring bold ideas to life with scientific and engineering know-how, creative and collaborative solutions, and manufacturing excellence, all on a global scale and across broad capabilities.

We share your aspirations to make air safer, water cleaner and the earth greener with stronger and safer products and solutions. We’re uniquely positioned to meet your rapidly evolving needs with manufacturing capabilities across four continents.

Overview

The Maintenance Leader will report to the Operations Leader and will have three direct reports – Shift Engineers.

The Maintenance Leader is responsible for ensuring that Safety, Quality, Environment, Cost, Delivery and People expectations are met whilst continually striving for Operational Excellence in a manufacturing environment consisting of mixing, coating, embossing, logging, slitting and packaging.

You will collaborate with other functions such as EHS, Quality, R&D, Finance, Supply Chain and HR.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe work environment and culture for Mativ employees, visitors and contractors whilst enforcing policies and procedures.


• Ensure that processes and equipment comply with legal standards.


• Support internal and external audit requirements, fulfilling all obligations under current operating systems and accreditation criteria.


• Set, deliver and improve financial and non-financial budgets and forecasts for the department.


• Provide the necessary leadership and resources to ensure that all products and services supplied by the site are at the highest possible levels, are consistent with company targets, and meet customer specifications on time and in full, achieving site service requirements (OTIF).


• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess and improve department performance.


• Lead root cause analysis and deliver permanent fixes.


• Identify opportunities for optimisation, automation and efficiency improvements.


• Support engineering upgrades and small- to mid-scale site projects.


• Lead, coach and develop your team to ensure effective delivery of performance metrics.


• Champion a culture of Continuous Improvement.


• Drive cultural transformation, ensuring that your team understands Mativ Values and applies them effectively to achieve results.


• Work closely with Maintenance Leaders at other Mativ sites.


• Work closely with Human Resources to support training, career development, succession planning and employee relations.


• Deputise for the Operations Leader when required.

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated commitment to safety and compliance.


• Demonstrated manufacturing and leadership experience.


• Demonstrated Lean Manufacturing experience.


• Time-served engineer with a strong electrical or mechanical bias.


• Minimum HNC in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.


• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.


• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills.


• Proficient in manufacturing software, ERP/MRP systems (SAP) and data analysis tools.


• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a diverse team whilst working in a hands-on environment.


• Professional and presentable, with the ability to represent the company effectively with suppliers and customers.

Benefits

• Holiday entitlement, with the option to purchase additional holidays.


• Pension scheme.


• Life Assurance.


• Group Income Protection.


• Mativ Extras – Retailer Discount Site.


• Lifeworks Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).


• Cycle to Work Scheme.


• Electric Car Scheme.