Engineering / Maintenance Manager
Location: South of Bucharest, Romania (Return to Romania Opportunity)

We are supporting a major €50M+ investment into a large-scale, highly automated production facility in southern Romania. The business is well established in the region and is now entering a significant expansion and commissioning phase.

We are seeking an Engineering / Maintenance Manager with strong industrial experience, ideally gained in the UK or Western Europe, who is considering returning to Romania for a senior, hands-on leadership role with genuine site ownership.

The Role

You will take full responsibility for engineering and maintenance performance across a complex automated production environment.

This is a site-based leadership position where reliability, uptime, and practical engineering decision-making directly impact operational success. You will be the key engineering authority on site during commissioning and through full operational ramp-up.

Why this role

This is a genuine site ownership position, not a support or coordination role.

You will be responsible for:

• Engineering performance across the full site
• Building and shaping the maintenance strategy
• Leading technical decisions in a live production environment
• Developing the engineering team on site

Package

• €3,000 - €3,500 NET per month
• Equivalent to approximately €52,000 - €68,000 gross annually

In Romania, this represents a senior-level engineering salary with strong disposable income and lifestyle flexibility.

For candidates currently in the UK, this is a return opportunity offering significantly increased responsibility and local purchasing power, particularly in housing, transport, and day-to-day living costs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead planned and reactive maintenance across the site
• Ownership of mechanical, electrical, and automation systems
• Work with PLC-controlled equipment and process systems
• Develop preventative and reliability-focused maintenance strategies
• Manage critical spares and asset uptime
• Support commissioning and operational ramp-up
• Build and lead a small engineering team

Candidate Profile

• Strong mechanical and electrical engineering background
• Proven experience in UK or Western European industrial environments
• Exposure to automated FMCG, food production, or manufacturing environments
• Confident working with PLC systems and process control
• Hands-on, practical, and comfortable making site-level decisions
• Romanian national, ideally considering a return home

Confidentiality

Full details will be shared with shortlisted candidates only.