Strategic Leadership

• Advise leadership on equipment sizing, efficiency targets, and lifecycle cost considerations.
• Report to senior management on engineering performance, initiatives, and roadblocks.
• Support wider business objectives, such as sustainability goals, compliance risks, and profitability targets.
• Collaborate with other departments, including Production, Quality, and Technical (process engineers/homeowners).
• Popularly engage with the business, ensuring managers and operators understand engineering’s role in seamless operations.

Compliance & Safety

• Ensure strict adherence to all relevant legislation (product safety, PPP guidelines, manual handling and so on).
• Drive DSEAR, COSHH and LOLER compliance on a day-to-day basis.
• Accountability for risk assessment, health statements, and conformity with industry standards (e.g. BS EN ISO 13316).
• Monitor and report on audit findings (QA, Health & Safety) and effect corrective actions identified.
• Attend to incidents, investigations, and compliance briefings from senior management.

Process & System Governance

• Administer the site’s CMMS with best practice Data Policy documenting and reporting warranties and service histories.
• Define and maintain KPIs for engineering department performance, aligning these with business objectives.
• Advise on operational orders (quarries by scoring, RMS repairs, etc.).
• Conduct compliance checks on suppliers and contract technicians as appropriate.
• Foster strong relationships with external stakeholders, warranting a productive interface with suppliers.

Required Experience & Skills

Essential

• Proven experience as a Maintenance Manager, ideally within a manufacturing environment (retail, food, engineering, or similar).
• Deep knowledge of engineering principles, from preventive maintenance schedules to predictive diagnostics, and their financial case.
• CGMP & Good Engineering Practice familiarity (if operating in a food environment).
• Tangible experience with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), including data extraction, reporting, and maintenance planning modules.
• Technical proficiency to enable productive discussions with operations/process (flaw detection, analysis, etc.).
• Operational, strategic, and financial acumen to balance COE, efficiency and CFY objectives.
• Strong leadership skills, with hands-on experience managing a diverse team.
• Strategic-minded with a focus on continuous improvement ( Lean, Six Sigma) and culture-building.
• Excellent collaboration ability, working smoothly with Production, Quality, Health & Safety, and Sustainability teams.
• Adaptability to work in a fast-valued environment, balancing technical, operational, and financial needs.

Nice-to-Have

• Practical experience with Production Management Systems (ERP) or MRP/MRPII.
• Familiarity with QIQ systems, error-proofing and autonomous supply chain (ASM) tools.
• Configuration and management experience of a CMMS that integrates with an ERP system.
• Experience implementing predictive maintenance strategies using IoT sensors or condition monitoring tools.
• Proven track record of cost-saving, identifying opportunities for savings beyond just ‘typical ROI/ROCE work’.
• Passion for sustainability, energy efficiency, and resource optimisation.

What You’ll Receive

In return for your expertise, you’ll enjoy:

• £60,000–£65,000 base salary (depending on experience), with a strong annual bonus and salary review.
• Chance to grow in a performance-cultivated environment.
• Good work-life balance with a Monday–Friday structured work week (flexible hours within site constraints).
• Health & Wellbeing support, including life assurance and a pension scheme.
• An organisation that embodies equality and diversity, with a zero-waste-to-energy mentality.

This is a challenging and affordable opportunity for someone who wants to shape and deliver a high-performing engineering function in a dynamic, regulated environment. If you’re passionate about engineering excellence, leadership and driving continuous improvements—we’d love to hear from you.