Mechanical Manager

Description

Are you an innovative, dedicated leader with a passion for driving maintenance excellence and continuous improvement? Breedon Group is looking for a Mechanical Manager to lead the way at our flagship Hope Cement Works.

In this exciting new role, you’ll play a key part in optimising maintenance operations, ensuring equipment reliability, and fostering a proactive, safety-first culture. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll turn challenges into opportunities and drive continuous improvement across all aspects of mechanical maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion maintenance procedures, methods, and best practices
• Plan and schedule maintenance operations to optimise resources and minimise downtime
• Lead the management of major shutdowns in collaboration with key stakeholders
• Oversee and develop preventive maintenance and inspection & Condition based programs
• Drive root cause analysis and implement reliability improvement actions
• Manage maintenance backlog and ensure clarity in technical documentation
• Contribute to budget planning, performance monitoring, and investment strategies
• Monitor and manage plant risk ensuring contingency plans are in place
• Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing mechanical maintenance team
• Ensure Engineering Quality standards are met and comply with industry ‘best practice’
• Champion the use and development of the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

At Breedon Group, we are proud of our values and are known for our commitment to making a material difference to the lives of our colleagues, customers, and communities. Our mission is to build meaningful relationships and foster constructive collaboration as we strive to become the leading vertically-integrated international construction materials group. Joining Breedon Group means being part of a business focused on innovating projects to support the future of the company.

We believe in keeping things simple, making things happen, showing we care, and constantly striving to improve. These values guide our actions and define who we are as a company.

This is an opportunity for you to be part of our plans to innovate and drive the future of the business. People choose to stay with our company because of the positive working environment we provide. Our reputation as an employer of choice is built on our commitment to sustainability and balancing economic, social, and environmental impacts for the benefit of all stakeholders. At Breedon Group, we are proud of our values and dedicated to making a positive impact on all aspects of our business and somewhere our people are proud to work.

Job Benefits

Breedon is a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain and Ireland.