Maintenance Manager at Hexcel in Duxford

Job description

At Hexcel, world-class manufacturing depends on world-class equipment reliability. As our Maintenance Manager at Duxford, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of engineering excellence within a global leader in advanced composite materials. This is far more than a traditional maintenance leadership role. Here, you'll: Lead a highly skilled engineering function supporting cutting-edge manufacturing technology used in the aerospace industry. Own and influence long-term capital investment, reliability and maintenance strategies that directly impact operational performance and business success. Drive continuous improvement and team development within a collaborative site where your ideas, leadership and technical expertise will genuinely make a difference. If you're an engineering manager who enjoys developing people, improving equipment performance, and creating a culture of proactive reliability rather than reactive maintenance, this is an exciting opportunity to leave a lasting legacy. With our strong investment in research and development and our culture of continuous improvement, Hexcel is the industry leader in the manufacturing of advanced lightweight composite materials, including carbon fibre, woven reinforcements, resins, prepregs, honeycombs, engineered core and composite structures. We invite you to join the Hexcel team at our Duxford site and become part of the "Strength Within." About the Role As Maintenance Manager, you will lead all maintenance and engineering support activities across our Duxford manufacturing operation. Responsible for both internal engineering resources and external service providers, you will ensure safe, efficient and compliant maintenance practices while maximising equipment reliability, availability and performance. Working closely with Production, Quality, Operations and Site Leadership teams, you will develop and implement maintenance strategies that support operational excellence and long-term business objectives. This role will suit a hands-on engineering leader who combines strong technical knowledge with exceptional people leadership and a passion for continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Lead all site maintenance activities, ensuring equipment, facilities and engineering services operate safely, efficiently and in full compliance with company and statutory requirements. Manage, coach and develop the maintenance team, building capability, engagement and succession plans for future growth. Develop and continuously improve preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance programmes to maximise equipment uptime and reliability. Monitor maintenance KPIs, equipment performance and engineering metrics, driving sustainable improvements through data-led decision making. Lead Root Cause Analysis investigations into equipment failures and reliability issues, ensuring robust corrective and preventative actions are implemented. Manage engineering contractors and outsourced service providers, ensuring performance against agreed safety, quality and service standards. Identify equipment lifecycle and obsolescence risks, developing investment, replacement and asset reliability plans to support future operational requirements. Manage maintenance budgets, project expenditure and engineering resources to achieve operational and financial objectives. Ensure maintenance records, statutory inspections, calibration activities and asset information are accurately maintained within the CMMS and associated systems. Partner with cross-functional teams to support continuous improvement initiatives, capital projects, equipment installations, commissioning activities and manufacturing excellence programmes. What We're Looking For Significant experience leading maintenance, engineering or reliability functions within manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, FMCG, chemicals or other industrial environments. Recognised Engineering qualification through apprenticeship, HNC/HND, degree or equivalent in