Engineering Operations Manager
Salary/Rate:£65k - 70k per year
Working Options:On-site
Job type:Permanent
Town/City:Wembley
County:Greater London
Specialism:Metals & Engineering
Job ref:123056
Post Date:September 28, 2026
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Engineering Operations Manager
Heavy plant & plant hire sector
Wembley, London
£65,000 - £70,000 (flexible depending on experience)
Monday – Friday, Days
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Engineering Operations Manager to join a large and established UK plant and machinery operation based in Wembley.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for the delivery of engineering, servicing and maintenance activity across the southern region, ensuring machinery remains safe, reliable, compliant and operational. The wider business operates a substantial national fleet of approximately 8,000 plant assets, supported by a network of depots, workshops and engineering teams across the UK.
This is a senior operational leadership position rather than a hands-on engineering role. The Engineering Operations Manager will oversee regional engineering activity, coordinate workshop and mobile engineers, manage planned and reactive maintenance, support breakdown response and ensure engineering resources are deployed effectively across the region.
The Candidate;
- Previous experience as an Engineering Manager, Service Manager, Maintenance Manager or similar.
- Plant machinery, construction equipment, heavy engineering or a closely related environment experience is highly desirable
- Strong technical knowledge of plant machinery or heavy equipment.
- Previous experience as an engineer or technician would be highly advantageous.
- Experience managing engineering teams, workshops or field service operations.
- Good knowledge of preventative and scheduled maintenance.
- Experience coordinating engineering resources across multiple sites or locations.
- Strong understanding of breakdown management and technical diagnostics.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Experience managing parts, maintenance costs and engineering expenditure.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to remain calm and make effective decisions in a fast-paced operational environment.
- A proactive and commercially aware approach to engineering operations.
- Flexibility to support the operation outside of standard hours when required.
Duties and Responsibilities;
- Leading the day-to-day engineering and maintenance operation across the region.
- Managing and developing a team of approximately seven direct reports.
- Coordinating workshop and mobile engineering resources across multiple depot locations.
- Managing scheduled servicing and preventative maintenance programmes.
- Ensuring machinery returning from hire is inspected, serviced and maintained effectively.
- Allocating engineers to planned servicing, repairs and breakdown activity.
- Coordinating reactive breakdown response and minimising machinery downtime.
- Monitoring machine reliability and identifying recurring faults or maintenance issues.
- Supporting technical diagnostics and fault-finding where required.
- Ensuring all maintenance and repairs are completed to the required manufacturer and safety standards.
- Managing warranty repairs and liaising with manufacturers, suppliers and internal teams.
- Overseeing parts usage, purchasing and engineering-related expenditure.
- Maintaining accurate service, repair and maintenance records.
- Monitoring engineering performance and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and fleet availability.
- Working closely with depot, operations and transport teams to ensure machinery is available when required.
- Supporting the continued development of engineering processes and maintenance standards.
- Providing leadership and support during operational emergencies as part of an on-call structure
If you have Plant & Engineering Management experience and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please apply via the link.
At Aspion, our core values have been built around the importance of transparency, innovation, passion and collaboration. As such, we are committed to open communication and the protection of your privacy. We have updated our policies in line with new General Data Protection Regulation laws to make it easier for you to understand how we collect, store and handle your data – These can be viewed on our website.
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