Noble Foods Limited
Maintenance Manager

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Noble Foods Home of the Happy Egg Co.
Noble Foods is a family-owned company which began in 1920 and includes successful milling, poultry, agriculture, and consumer foods businesses. Within this, Noble Foods owns several successful brands, including the UK’s biggest free-range egg brand the Happy Egg Co., Big & Fresh and Purely Organic.
In a recent survey by Best Companies we were rated as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food and Drink industry.
Shift Pattern: 40 hours, 5/7 days - with the ability to flex shifts to support operational requirements
Location: Leicester - Ratby Lane
We are looking for an experienced and proactive Maintenance Manager to lead our engineering team at our Leicester Added Value site, reporting directly to the Engineering Manager.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you will be responsible for maintaining plant, equipment, buildings, and site services to ensure maximum operational efficiency and uptime.
You'll play a key role in driving preventative maintenance, managing engineering resources, supporting continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring high standards of health & safety, food safety, and compliance across the site.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, motivate, and develop a team of engineers. across days and nights
- Manage planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programs and engineering schedules.
- Ensure prompt response to equipment breakdowns and minimize production downtime.
- Support the delivery of the site's engineering strategy and continuous improvement activities.
- Oversee contractor management and compliance.
- Lead the installation, testing, and commissioning of new equipment.
- Monitor engineering KPIs and drive performance improvements.
- Maintain high standards of health & safety, hygiene, and audit readiness.
- Conduct regular performance reviews and development conversations with team members.
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About You
- HNC/HND (or equivalent) in Engineering.
- IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent qualification.
- Experience leading engineering teams within a manufacturing environment, ideally food manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge of CMMS systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Commercial awareness with experience managing resources and budgets.
What We're Looking For
You will be a hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You'll be passionate about developing people, improving plant reliability, and creating a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
If you're ready to lead a high-performing engineering team and make a real impact on site performance, we'd love to hear from you.


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What can we offer you?
- Overtime undertaken is payable at 1.25 of basic rate
- Free hot drinks on shift
- Service Awards
- Enhanced paternity and maternity
- Free life insurance
- Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme
- Access to Perkbox with a variety of discounts
- Discounted eggs and chicken
- A Celebration day after 1 year's service enjoy an extra day off to celebrate a life event, such as your birthday
- Access to DigiCare + - Annual Health Check, Digital GP Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Health Opinion and Mental Health Consultations.
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Free Eye Test every two years
- Discounted mobile phone contracts
- Share in our success with the People Partnership - after 6 months service you will be eligible for a yearly bonus
- Additional Allowances for First Aiders and Mental Health First Aiders
- Wellness program
- Employee Charity Matching Scheme
If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.
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