{"id":2418499,"url":"https://alion.io/job/bakelite-maintenance-manager","title":"Maintenance Manager","company":{"id":2008875,"name":"Bakelite","domain":"bakelite.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/bakelite-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Dayforce","truth_index":null},"role":"Field & Service","role_family":"Field & Service","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Barry, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":43000,"max_usd":81000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":73},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-09T05:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-13","last_verified_at":"2026-10-13T19:39:08Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"Maintenance Manager\nPosition Overview\nManage and lead the maintenance and support reliability, and project delivery function for an Upper Tier COMAH chemical manufacturing site. Ensure asset integrity, legal compliance, and safe, reliable plant performance while delivering OPEX projects and supporting CAPEX projects aligned to business strategy. Act as a key custodian of the sites Maintenance, MI program and contractor management, embedding robust engineering standards and disciplined execution across maintenance and projects.\nThe role requires strong leadership and people skills.\nJob Responsibilities\nMaintenance & Reliability Leadership\nOwn the site maintenance strategy (preventive, predictive, and corrective), aligned with COMAH safety requirements and plant criticality.\nMaintain mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control assets to achieve high availability and integrity-especially for high-hazard equipment (e.g., reactors, storage tanks, formaldehyde handling systems).\nImplement reliability-centred maintenance (RCM), failure mode & effects analysis (FMEA), and defect elimination to reduce unplanned downtime.\nEstablish and manage spares strategy and obsolescence plans for critical equipment.\nDrive improvement and compliance with Bakelite EU Maintenance & Reliability KPI’s for the site.\nChampion CMMS usage (work management, backlog control, planning & scheduling, KPI reporting).\nManagement of mechanical integrity programs (thickness surveys, NDT, inspections, calibration/testing of relief devices).\nSafety & COMAH Compliance\nEnsure maintenance and project work protects the Safety Report assumptions and Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs) integrity.\nInvolvement with PHA (HAZOP/LOPA).\nSupport Permit-to-Work systems (isolation, line-breaking, hot work, confined space, excavation) and control of ignition sources.\nCOMAH Duty Manager on call rotation\nProject Management (CAPEX/OPEX)\nAssist with delivering the site’s CAPEX portfolio from concept to handover: scope, feasibility, on site management and commissioning.\nInvolvement with Management of Change (MoC) for equipment, process, controls, and documentation changes and pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR).\nManage contractors/vendors: pre-qualification, competence assessment, RAMS review, site induction, supervision, and performance.\nManage contractors to construct and commission based on \"issued for construction\" designs in collaboration with the Project Manager\nWhere necessary and in accordance with agreed processes, ensure design alignment with corporate engineering standards, best available techniques, and lifecycle cost/maintainability.\nPeople, Culture & Stakeholder Management\nLead and develop multi-disciplinary maintenance team\nBuild strong interfaces with Operations, EHS, Quality, Supply Chain, and Corporate Engineering.\nPromote a positive culture and speak-up environment for safety; lead incident investigations.\nCommunicate plans, and risks clearly to leadership and regulators where appropriate.\nContinuous Improvement\nImplement continuous improvement in maintenance and shutdown execution.\nUtilise condition monitoring, vibration analysis, thermography, online diagnostics, and data analytics to improve reliability.\nOptimise energy usage and emissions performance (aligned to ISO 50001 where applicable).\n\nEducation & Experience\nEssential Qualifications\nDegree (BEng/BSc) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Control/Instrumentation Engineering (Preferred) or the equivalent relevant experience.\nDemonstrable experience (5+ years) in maintenance/reliability and project delivery within chemical or process industries.\nUpper Tier COMAH site experience with proven maintenance management leadership.\nStrong knowledge of UK regulatory frameworks:\nCOMAH, DSEAR/ATEX, PUWER, LOLER, PSSR, Confined Space, Functional Safety (IEC 61511), EAWR.\nProven competence in Permit-to-Work systems, mechanical/electrical isolation, and contractor control.\nProficiency with CMMS (e.g., SAP PM) and project management software (e.g., MS Project).\n\nDesirable Certifications / Training\nNEBOSH General Certificate \nFunctional Safety (IEC 61511) awareness.\nProject Management (e.g., Prince2)\nInspection Competency (e.g., API/ASME awareness), NDT appreciation, Pressure Systems responsible person training.\nISO Systems familiarity: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ideally ISO 50001 (energy).\nLEAN/Six Sigma Green Belt (or higher).\n\nExperience & Skills\nExperience of leading/supporting on CAPEX projects from design through to construction within operating plants.\nMaintenance scheduling & planning of preventive, reactive & shutdown activities, including material management.\nLeading reliability/continuous improvement through the use problem solving tools/methodologies (A3 Thinking, 3C’s, 5 Why, Fishbone, FMEA etc).\nContractor and vendor management; pre-qualification and performance management.\nMechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and control systems familiarity.\nExcellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.\n\nKey Behaviours\nSafety-first & process safety mindset; challenges unsafe conditions and decisions.\nOwnership & accountability for asset integrity and project outcomes.\nStructured & disciplined in planning, controls, and documentation.\nDepartmental collaboration; Operations, EHS, Engineering and Quality; fosters learning culture.\nContinuous improvement orientation and data-driven decision-making.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5429,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Manufacturing","Plastics & Polymers"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T04:23:55Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-13T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/bakelite-maintenance-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/bakelite-maintenance-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-13T22:05:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":33743,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2008875},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2008875"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbakelite-maintenance-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbakelite-maintenance-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbakelite-maintenance-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/bakelite-maintenance-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbakelite-maintenance-manager"}]}