Maintenance Manager

This role sits within a long-term, stable infrastructure partnership that delivers high-quality facilities and maintenance services across critical Defence sites in the South of England. The organisation supports one of the largest infrastructure contracts in the UK, ensuring that operational readiness, safety, and service delivery are maintained at the highest standards. With a strong emphasis on values, collaboration, and continuous improvement, the business provides an environment where leaders can thrive, develop, and make a lasting impact.

The Role

As Maintenance Manager, you'll take ownership of a large and skilled in-house maintenance team delivering hard FM services across a defined garrison, based in Tidworth. Reporting to the Estates General Manager, your focus will be on leading the delivery of reactive maintenance to ensure estate compliance, asset performance, and a safe working environment. You will work closely with site stakeholders, including military clients, to coordinate resources, drive service delivery, and uphold operational standards.

This is a development-focused leadership role, offering the opportunity to shape team culture and raise technical performance. You'll be responsible for coaching supervisors, managing resources across multiple workstreams, ensuring compliance with QHSE and CDM regulations, and driving continuous improvement in service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide visible leadership on health and safety, champion a culture of behavioural safety and high standards across the maintenance workforce.
• Promote safe working practices, lead safety discussions, and ensure full compliance with CDM Regulations, asbestos management, and all QHSE policies in partnership with Garrison HSE teams.
• Lead the delivery of reactive maintenance across the estate, ensuring work is carried out efficiently, cost-effectively, and with minimal disruption.
• Work closely with stakeholders, you'll oversee planning, resourcing, and performance to meet service level targets, while maintaining accurate asset data and driving continuous improvement across systems and processes.
• Lead and support a team of maintenance supervisors, overseeing workforce planning and the effective delivery of the maintenance programme. With a focus on developing a high-performing team, you'll identify training needs, foster collaboration across teams, and contribute to a positive, results-driven culture while supporting the Estates General Manager as required.

Candidate Profile:

You're a technically strong leader with a background in mechanical or electrical maintenance and a passion for coaching others. You bring both strategic thinking and operational control, balancing multiple priorities and leading by example. You will need to be proactive, versatile, and skilled at prioritising tasks and managing time, with a solid understanding of commercial acumen. Experience in large-scale, regulated environments (e.g. Defence, NHS, PFI, or Facilities Management) would be highly beneficial.

What You'll Bring

• Industry-recognised qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• Experience managing maintenance within FM/hard services
• Proven people leadership and coaching ability
• Excellent problem-solving, organisational, and communication skills
• Familiarity with safe systems of work and risk management

In return, we offer the following benefits

• Competitive base salary up to £60,000
• Smart Pension up to 8%
• Life Assurance
• 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy and sell up to 10 additional days

Apply now to join a high-impact team and lead from the front in a role that combines technical expertise with real leadership responsibility.

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