Maintenance Manager

Lead Engineering Excellence During a Major Period of Investment

I'm currently recruiting for an experienced Maintenance Manager to join a leading food manufacturing business at an exciting stage of its growth.

This is an excellent opportunity to step into a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment where you'll play a key role in driving engineering performance. My client is making significant investment into both its engineering function and the wider group, creating genuine opportunities to influence change, improve reliability and develop your career.

As Maintenance Manager, you'll lead the site's maintenance team, ensuring maximum equipment reliability, driving continuous improvement initiatives and supporting operational performance across the factory.

Working closely with the wider leadership team, you'll be instrumental in delivering engineering excellence while helping shape the future of the maintenance function through ongoing investment in people, processes and technology.

• Lead, coach and develop the engineering and maintenance team.

• Drive preventative and predictive maintenance strategies.

• Improve plant reliability, efficiency and equipment performance.

• Manage engineering budgets, contractors and statutory compliance.

• Support capital investment projects and equipment upgrades.

• Promote a strong culture of health, safety and continuous improvement.

You'll have:

• Previous Maintenance Management experience within food manufacturing or a similar FMCG environment.

• Strong leadership and people management skills.

• A proven track record of improving reliability and engineering performance.

• Experience implementing maintenance strategies and driving continuous improvement.

• The ability to thrive in a demanding, fast-moving manufacturing environment.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business that is investing heavily in its future. The engineering function is undergoing significant development, backed by substantial investment across the wider group.

The environment is challenging, fast-paced and rewarding, offering the chance to lead meaningful change while working with a business committed to continuous improvement and long-term growth.

If you're looking for your next leadership challenge within food manufacturing, I'd be keen to speak with you in confidence.