Cold Storage Maintenance Manager

Lineage; Heywood; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extra annual leave

Free onsite car park

Social/team environment

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Lineage is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its Heywood facility to lead the engineering function, ensuring reliability, safety, and performance of critical site equipment. You will lead engineers and contractors, directing both planned preventative maintenance and reactive activities, while driving a proactive culture of continuous improvement.

You will work with Operations and Site Leadership to minimise downtime, optimise equipment performance and comply with health and safety and food

Qualifications

• Recognised electrical or mechanical engineering qualification.
• Experience managing maintenance in warehouse/logistics/manufacturing/cold storage environments.
• Proven leadership of engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and asset management.
• Excellent fault-finding and root cause analysis abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site maintenance team to high performance and safety.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance to maximise reliability and minimise downtime.
• Oversee reactive maintenance and root cause analysis of failures.
• Manage budgets, contractors, and supplier relationships.
• Maintain conveyors, refrigeration systems, cranes, and utilities.
• Drive continuous improvement and engineering projects across the site.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Maintain maintenance records, permits, risk assessments, and engineering docs.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

PPM experience

Leadership

Education

HNC / HND or Degree

NVQ Level 3

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Lineage is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its Heywood facility to lead the engineering function, ensuring reliability, safety, and performance of critical site equipment. You will lead engineers and contractors, directing both planned preventative maintenance and reactive activities, while driving a proactive culture of continuous improvement.

You will work with Operations and Site Leadership to minimise downtime, optimise equipment performance and comply with health and safety and food