Engineering Maintenance Manager

Overview

In this role you will drive performance, reliability, and innovation across production operations at a busy site. You will own asset strategies, use data-driven insights to optimise equipment and processes, and shape investment decisions to enhance long-term resilience. You will lead cross-functional collaboration to ensure safe, sustainable, and efficient operations. This is a high-impact position at a leading convenience foods manufacturer, offering opportunities to influence major asset decisions and working alongside a large, diverse team.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company share save scheme
• Pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Holidays
• Exclusive employee discount platform? (Greencore Qualifications)

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement asset management strategies aligned to business objectives
• Analyse asset condition, age, performance, failures, and compliance data to inform decision-making
• Identify and deliver appropriate asset interventions, including maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, or operational changes
• Prioritise asset investment using whole life cost, cost-benefit, and multi-criteria analysis
• Build robust business cases to support capital investment and asset planning decisions
• Investigate asset failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Maintain maintenance cost plans, forecasts, and value engineering improvements
• Develop contingency plans to mitigate asset or service failures
• Support supplier selection, set performance objectives, and monitor delivery
• Carry out technical performance reviews and ensure engineering documentation remains current
• Manage the effectiveness and availability of maintenance tools and equipment
• Contribute to internal and external audits and deputise for the Engineering Manager when required

Key requirements

• Strong technical knowledge across mechanical and electrical systems, including PLCs, sensors, hydraulics, and pneumatics
• Proven ability to drive asset reliability and performance within a manufacturing or FMCG environment
• Confident in using maintenance and asset management systems to control risk, cost, and performance
• Skilled in analysing data and translating insight into practical, value-adding actions
• Natural problem-solver with a continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to coach and support teams in reliability and condition-based maintenance approaches
• Strong planning and organisational skills to manage priorities effectively
• Clear and confident communicator, able to influence and collaborate across functions
• Engineering qualifications and commercial awareness would be advantageous

• Communication
• Coaching and mentoring
• Analytical mindset
• Mechanical and electrical systems
• PLCs
• Sensors

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