ID 2025-5829

Category

Maintenance

Position Type

Regular Permanent Full-time employment

Location : Location

IT-Casalpusterlengo

Location : City

Casalpusterlengo

Location : Country

IT

Overview

Maintenance Manager – Casalpusterlengo, Italy

At Morgan Advanced Materials, we make specialist materials that help industries operate in some of the toughest environments. Our Casalpusterlengo site focuses on refractory bricks and castables, supporting customers who rely on high-performing products and reliable manufacturing.

This role sits at the heart of the operation. You'll lead the maintenance function, keep critical equipment running at its best, and help shape the future of a highly automated manufacturing site. It's a hands-on leadership role where you'll have the scope to improve systems, develop people, and make a visible impact on plant performance.

The Role

As Maintenance Manager, you'll take ownership of maintenance across production equipment, utilities, and site facilities. You'll lead a team of maintenance professionals, coordinate external contractors, and ensure the plant operates safely, efficiently, and with minimal downtime.

You'll balance day-to-day operational demands with longer-term improvement projects, helping the site increase reliability, reduce costs, and support future growth.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

- Lead all maintenance activities across production equipment, utilities, and plant facilities
- Run preventive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance programmes
- Manage and develop a team of mechanical and electrical maintenance technicians
- Coordinate external contractors and ensure work is completed safely and effectively
- Monitor equipment performance and investigate recurring reliability issues
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve uptime, efficiency, and operational performance




- Manage spare parts availability and oversee warehouse inventory
- Control the maintenance budget and identify opportunities to optimise costs
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and company standards
- Prepare maintenance reports and performance metrics
- Support the selection, specification, and commissioning of new equipment
- Contribute to training programmes that promote best maintenance practices and effective machine operation

Qualifications

About You

You’ll suit this role if you bring:

- Experience in a Maintenance Manager or similar leadership role within an industrial manufacturing environment
- Strong technical knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems
- Proven experience leading and developing maintenance teams
- Strong organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- The ability to make sound decisions under pressure and deal with unexpected equipment failures (and live to tell the tale)
- Good understanding of occupational health and safety requirements
- Comfortable using maintenance systems, reports, and digital tools
- Experience working with contractors, suppliers, and spare parts management
- A Bachelor’s / Masters’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering is preferred, particularly with proven experience in electrical systems. Candidates with a Technical’ diploma may also be considered if they possess relevant industry and electrical experience.

Nice to Have

- Good English skills
- Experience working with highly automated production equipment





What You’ll Get

A chance to own the maintenance function at a modern, well‑equipped site with plenty of room for technical and organisational improvements. You’ll work with an experienced Technical Manager and a committed local team, with the stability and benefits that come with being part of a global industrial organisation.

Ready to Apply?

If this sounds like you, apply now.
Don’t have an up‑to‑date CV? No problem — apply with what you have or reach out to our Talent team on LinkedIn.

Morgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries. Our model to serve our customers where they need us has led to a diversified product range using our unparalleled expertise in ceramic and carbon materials, which we exploit to solve difficult problems for our customers across a diverse range of markets.

We are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life. We deliver on that purpose through the products that we make, and the way that we make them.

The Thermal Ceramics division designs, manufactures and installs a broad range of thermal insulation products that significantly reduce energy consumption and emissions in a variety of high temperature processing applications. Our product offering is extensive and covers application needs from Industrial to Commercial markets.

Key Figures: Revenue £1,100.7m (2024), ~8,000 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.

Morgan Advanced Materials is an EEO/AA/M/W/D/V Employer Ind-1

📌 Maintenance Manager (Italia)
🏢 Morgan Advanced Materials
📍 Italia