Pilgrim's Europe
Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Manager
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Maintenance Manager
Location: Kings Lynn
Hours: Monday-Friday
Lead Engineering Excellence. Drive Reliability. Deliver Continuous Improvement.
Pilgrim's Europe is looking for an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead our engineering function and play a key role in driving operational performance, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement across the site.
This is an excellent opportunity for a proven engineering leader who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and is passionate about developing teams, improving asset performance, and creating a proactive maintenance culture.
What You'll Be Doing
As Maintenance Manager, you will lead and develop the engineering team, ensuring the safe, efficient, and cost-effective operation of all site equipment and facilities. Working closely with the Site Engineering Manager, you will help drive the transition from reactive maintenance to a planned, improvement-focused culture.
Why Join Us?
At Pilgrim's Europe, you'll be part of a business committed to investing in its people, equipment, and future growth. You'll have the opportunity to make a real impact on site performance, develop high-performing teams, and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence.
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We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Career development and progression opportunities.
- Ongoing training and professional development.
- The opportunity to work within a collaborative and supportive leadership team.
- A role where your ideas and improvements can genuinely make a difference.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Leading, coaching, and developing a multi-skilled engineering team.
- Driving site performance through improved uptime, efficiency, and asset reliability.
- Managing engineering budgets, labor costs, and departmental KPIs.
- Ensuring effective preventative maintenance programs are delivered through SAP.
- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to reduce downtime and improve performance.
- Managing engineering projects, contractor control, and statutory compliance activities.
- Maintaining audit-ready standards across safety, hygiene, quality, and engineering compliance.
- Developing succession plans and ensuring team capability through training and mentoring.
- Collaborating closely with Production, Planning, and Technical teams to achieve site objectives.
- Ensuring maintenance records, SOPs, and risk assessments remain current and compliant.
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Essential
- HNC qualification (or equivalent) in Mechanical, Electrical, or a related Engineering discipline.
- Minimum 2 years' experience in a management or supervisory engineering role.
- Strong knowledge of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) systems.
- Understanding of engineering compliance, permits to work, safe systems of work, and HSE requirements.
- Experience managing maintenance budgets and engineering resources.
- Strong people management, coaching, and mentoring skills.
- Proven ability to drive continuous improvement and operational performance.
Desirable
- Experience working within a food manufacturing or FMCG environment.
- Knowledge of SAP maintenance management systems.
- Experience implementing asset care and reliability improvement programs.
- Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement experience.
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