Job Description

As our new Mechanical Maintenance Manager, you’ll lead the delivery of mechanical engineering maintenance and project installations, ensuring our engineering teams and contractors are effectively deployed to deliver safe, efficient and reliable operations.

You’ll play a key role in coordinating maintenance activities and engineering projects, working closely with internal stakeholders, engineering teams and contractors to ensure plans are delivered efficiently and to a high standard. This is an opportunity to drive continuous improvement, maximise equipment reliability and make a real impact on the performance of our site.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the Mechanical Engineering team to deliver a safe, efficient and responsive maintenance service.
• Monitor plant reliability, identify issues and drive continuous improvement to minimise downtime and costs.
• Develop and manage inspection regimes to improve reliability and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Lead the training, development and performance of the Mechanical Engineering team.
• Manage mechanical engineering projects, installations and contractors, ensuring high engineering and safety standards.

What we’re looking for:

• A recognised Mechanical Engineering qualification, such as an apprenticeship, City & Guilds/NVQ or equivalent, ideally supported by an HNC.
• At least three years’ management experience in a similar engineering or maintenance role, ideally within a process plant environment.
• Strong technical and problem-solving skills, including interpreting mechanical drawings and managing plant reliability issues.
• Experience managing contractors, safe systems of work, engineering projects and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Proven leadership, communication and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads and balance maintenance needs with production demands.

Desirable experience:

• Experience working on a COMAH site, with knowledge of PSSR, LOLER, CMMS and CompEx regulations.

Why join us?

At Scott Bader, we’re proud to be an employee-owned business where our colleagues share in our success and help shape the future of the company. Alongside a competitive salary and bonus scheme, we offer a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development and work-life balance, including:

• Enhanced pension contributions up to 10%
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Profit share and bonus schemes
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with option to buy more
• Paid volunteering days and charity match funding
• Learning and development opportunities
• Electric vehicle and Cycle to Work schemes
• Subsidised canteen, free parking and onsite facilities at our Wollaston HQ

We also offer a collaborative and inclusive working environment where innovation, sustainability and community are at the heart of what we do.

About Scott Bader

Scott Bader is a global manufacturer of advanced composites, structural adhesives and functional polymers. Established in 1921, we combine over 100 years of expertise with a passion for innovation, quality and sustainability, supporting customers across a wide range of industries worldwide.

Today, more than 600 colleagues work across our global network of manufacturing sites, offices and technical centres, collaborating to deliver innovative solutions and outstanding customer support.

What makes Scott Bader different is our employee ownership model. Since 1951, our colleagues have shared in the responsibility and success of the business, helping shape a company that balances commercial success with a strong sense of purpose, community and long-term thinking.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Scott Bader, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected, valued and able to be themselves. We welcome different perspectives, experiences and ways of thinking, recognising that diversity drives innovation, collaboration and better outcomes for our colleagues, customers and communities.