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Maintenance Manager
A chance to build on what's already working, and take maintenance to the next level.
I'm working with a well-established food manufacturer that's going through a period of major investment and looking to strengthen its engineering function.
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this is a maintenance-focused leadership role with a big emphasis on people, reliability, and continuous improvement.
You'll take ownership of the maintenance team, developing your engineers while continuing to improve planned maintenance, equipment reliability, and OEE. The foundations are there, this is about raising the bar even further.
What you'll be doing
- Leading, developing, and motivating the maintenance team
- Coaching engineers and creating clear development plans
- Building a strong culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Developing planned and preventative maintenance strategies
- Improving equipment reliability and OEE
- Using maintenance and downtime data to identify opportunities for improvement
- Reducing repeat failures and improving maintenance effectiveness
- Working closely with Production to improve equipment performance
- Supporting the site's significant investment programme
- Improving maintenance standards, systems, and processes
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What you'll bring
We're looking for someone who combines strong technical maintenance knowledge with genuine people leadership.
You'll need:
- Previous maintenance leadership/management experience
- Food manufacturing experience
- A strong understanding of planned and preventative maintenance
- Experience improving reliability, OEE, and equipment performance
- The ability to lead, coach, and develop an engineering team
- A proactive, improvement-focused mindset
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Why this role?
This is about opportunity, not firefighting.
The business is established, secure, and investing heavily — so you'll have the resources and backing to make meaningful improvements.
You'll have the chance to put your own stamp on the maintenance function, develop a team, and play a key role in improving reliability and performance across the site.
If you're a people-focused maintenance leader who enjoys making things better, developing engineers, and seeing the results of your work on the shop floor, this could be a very good next move.
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