Papa Johns
Engineering Maintenance Manager

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Role Summary
At Papa Johns, we know great products start with great operations. We're looking for an experienced Engineering Maintenance Manager to lead our engineering team and ensure our production facility operates safely, efficiently and reliably.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll be responsible for maintaining critical production equipment, driving continuous improvement, developing engineering talent and ensuring our operation is always audit and customer ready.
If you're passionate about engineering excellence, thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and enjoy building high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading and developing a team of multi-skilled engineers
- Ensuring maximum availability and reliability of production equipment
- Creating and managing preventative maintenance programmes
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency and performance
- Managing engineering budgets, KPIs and capital projects
- Working closely with Production, Warehouse and Technical teams to minimise downtime
- Managing contractors and ensuring compliance with site standards and RAMS
- Maintaining high standards of Health & Safety, Food Safety and Quality
- Supporting a culture of accountability, ownership and problem-solving across the team
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What We're Looking For
Essential
- Significant engineering leadership experience within a manufacturing, food production or automated environment
- Strong electrical and mechanical engineering knowledge
- Experience working with PLC-controlled equipment
- Knowledge of preventative maintenance systems and reliability engineering
- Experience managing engineers, contractors and engineering projects
- Strong understanding of Health & Safety and Food Safety requirements
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced 24/7 operation


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Desirable
- Fresh food manufacturing experience
- Experience leading Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement projects
- NVQ Level 3, ONC/D, City & Guilds or equivalent engineering qualification
- 18th Edition qualification
- Experience managing CAPEX projects from business case to delivery
Everybody loves pizza, which means they also love the people who are behind the scenes working to deliver it. This is complex and challenging work – but let’s face it – it’s also pizza! If you want a fulfilling career with a company that’s always moving forward, we’re the right place.
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