Maintenance & Compliance Manager

Location: North Walsham

Salary: £62,500 + Package

Days (37.5 hours)

This is not a maintenance manager role where you inherit a well-oiled machine.
This is a role where you build it, shape it, and own it.

Sitting on the Senior Leadership Team, you'll take full accountability for engineering standards, asset care, and compliance across a complex, high-volume manufacturing site — with the autonomy to raise the bar and leave a legacy.

Why this role stands out

* True ownership - you define the maintenance strategy, not just execute it

* SLT influence - a seat at the table with real decision-making authority

* Build & shape a function - develop structure, capability, and standards

* Balance of strategy + hands-on credibility - not a desk-only leadership role

* Long-term impact - asset reliability, compliance, and culture sit with you

What you'll be accountable for: Maintenance & Compliance Manager

You'll lead the entire engineering and asset care function, with responsibility for both people and performance.

* Own and deliver the site-wide Asset Care strategy

* Set and enforce engineering standards, compliance, and safe systems of work

* Lead HSE performance with a zero-accident mindset

* Drive a data-led maintenance culture through CMMS and KPI ownership

* Take full ownership of engineering compliance, audits, and statutory requirements

* Lead CAPEX, projects, and installation of new production capability

* Manage and develop a multi-layer engineering team, including:

* Shift Asset Care Technicians

* Compliance Team Leader

* Project Engineer

* Process Engineering capability

* Control maintenance budgets, spend, and long-term asset planning

* Partner closely with operations, planning, finance, and senior stakeholders

What we're looking for: Maintenance & Compliance Manager

This role needs more than a good maintenance manager — it needs a leader who can set direction and hold standards.

* Proven experience in a senior maintenance or engineering leadership role

* Strong background in manufacturing or industrial environments

* Deep understanding of engineering compliance, audits, and statutory requirements

* Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams through structure and change

* Solid technical foundation (mechanical, electrical, or both)

* Track record of delivering projects, CAPEX, and continuous improvement

* Able to operate confidently at senior leadership level

What's on offer

* £62,500 salary

* 33 days holiday

* 6% pension

* Private medical (including dental)

* Death in service (2x salary)

But more importantly:

A role with real ownership, visibility, and progression potential

The reality of the role

This is a site with opportunity — not perfection.

If you're motivated by:

Raising standards

Building teams

Creating structure where it's needed

Leaving a lasting impact

You'll thrive here.

If you're looking for:

A steady-state environment

Minimal challenge

Or a purely strategic role without hands-on leadership

This won't be the right fit.

If you're ready to step into a role where engineering, compliance, and performance sit firmly in your hands, apply now