Maintenance Manager

Our client is a leading manufacturer renowned for excellence at their fully automated site, delivering consistent and high-quality food for over 40 years.

Job Role & Key Responsibilities:

We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Manager to provide engineering leadership within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will be responsible for ensuring safe, compliant and efficient operations while driving maintenance performance, asset reliability, continuous improvement and engineering excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead engineering activities with a strong focus on health, safety, environmental and food safety compliance.
• Manage planned and reactive maintenance to maximise equipment reliability and operational performance.
• Ensure compliance with engineering legislation, statutory requirements and safe working practices.
• Lead, coach and develop the engineering team, supporting training, succession planning and performance management.
• Control maintenance budgets and deliver cost-effective engineering solutions.
• Oversee industrial services, utilities, automation and manufacturing systems to support production.
• Investigate engineering incidents, identify root causes and implement preventative actions.
• Work collaboratively with production and cross-functional teams to improve efficiency, quality and reliability.

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• A recognised engineering qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Automation, Industrial or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years' experience in an engineering leadership role within manufacturing, FMCG, food production or a similar environment.
• Strong knowledge of planned maintenance, asset reliability, maintenance budgeting and KPI management.
• Experience leading engineering teams, contractors and external service providers.
• Excellent knowledge of engineering compliance, health & safety legislation and statutory requirements.
• Strong leadership, communication and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience within food manufacturing or hygienic production environments.
• Knowledge of food safety standards and production processes.
• Experience with process optimisation, packing improvements and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Understanding of project engineering, plant design and CAPEX projects.
• Experience with automation and manufacturing execution systems.

Benefits Include:

• Competitive salary.
• Company pension.
• Performance-related bonus scheme.
• Welcome bonus following successful completion of probation.
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities.
• Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee discount.
• Health & wellbeing programme.
• Free on-site parking.
• Monday to Friday working pattern.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please get in touch with us or apply below.