Group Asset Care Manager (Liverpool)

PRINCES

Liverpool

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Cash car allowance

25 days annual leave + birthday off

Pension 14.5%

Flexible holidays

Family policies

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Critical illness cover

Learning & development

Job summary

Princes Group PLC in Liverpool is seeking a Group Asset Care Engineering Manager to shape maintenance strategy across multiple sites. You will lead governance, drive reliability, and advance predictive maintenance initiatives, reporting to Head of Engineering.

The role demands Chartered Engineer status, strong leadership, and a track record in FMCG asset performance, with focus on compliance, lifecycle value, and digital tools adoption.

Qualifications

Qualification in a relevant or related engineering discipline.
Significant experience in asset management, reliability engineering, or maintenance leadership.
Demonstrated engineering leadership within food manufacturing or FMCG, with a proven track record of improving asset performance across multi-site industrial environments.
Strong understanding of statutory compliance, mechanical integrity, and safety standards.
Experience implementing predictive maintenance technologies and digital tools.
Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Financial acumen with experience in budget management and ownership.
Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
Demonstrated ability to leverage CMMS/EAM tools and analytics platforms to improve asset performance and maintenance efficiency.
Background in manufacturing, processing, utilities, or heavy industry.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement and govern group-wide asset-care standards, processes, and KPIs.
Establish a unified engineering governance framework to ensure consistency across all sites.
Lead the transition from reactive to proactive and predictive maintenance strategies.
Develop, implement and oversee a new era of reliability engineering, condition-based monitoring, and failure-prevention programmes.
Analyse asset performance data to identify systemic issues and improvement opportunities.
Ensure robust root-cause analysis and continuous improvement practices are utilised across the operational landscape.
Strengthen statutory compliance and mechanical integrity assurance across all sites.
Ensure all maintenance activities meet regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements.
Provide clear accountability and oversight for engineering compliance.
Drive standardisation of maintenance practices, tools, and systems.
Optimise maintenance cost through lifecycle planning, spares optimisation, and measured reduction in reactive work.
Integrate asset-condition data into strategic CAPEX planning to optimise replacement timing and lifecycle value.
Lead the adoption of predictive analytics, IoT technologies, and digital asset-care tools.
Drive a cultural shift toward data-led decisions and innovative maintenance methodologies that elevate reliability and efficiency.
Build engineering capability across sites through coaching, training, and knowledge sharing.
Provide expert technical support to site engineering teams.
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Group-wide asset-care framework and KPIs implemented.
Reduction in unplanned downtime and reactive maintenance.
Improved statutory compliance and mechanical integrity assurance.
Predictive maintenance technologies deployed and embedded.
Enhanced engineering capability and cross-site knowledge sharing.
Improved alignment between asset condition and CAPEX planning.

Skills

Asset management

Reliability engineering

Maintenance leadership

Predictive maintenance

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Safety standards

CMMS/EAM tools

Education

Engineering degree

CEng status

Tools

CMMS/EAM tools

Job description

Job Details: Group Asset Care Manager (Liverpool)

Full details of the job.

Vacancy Name

Group Asset Care Manager (Liverpool)

Employment Type

Permanent

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Liverpool

Business Area

Operations

Workplace Type

Hybrid

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

Group Asset Care Engineering Manager

Reports to: Head of Engineering. Location: Liverpool (with regular travel across all operational locations).

Role Purpose

Princes Group PLC is a leading force in the food and drink manufacturing industry, renowned for its rich heritage and unwavering commitment to quality, innovation, and sustainability. As Group Asset Care Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our operations and delivering exceptional value to millions of customers. This strategic role drives engineering excellence across multiple manufacturing sites, advancing innovation, reliability, and sustainable practices. It oversees asset ‑ care governance to ensure maintenance strategies are consistent, compliant, and aligned with future operational needs. By strengthening asset reliability, reducing operational risk, and optimising lifecycle performance, this leader will shape a unified approach to maintenance excellence, driving continuous improvement in maintenance practices supporting safe, efficient, and sustainable environment across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Governance

Develop, implement, and govern group ‑ wide asset ‑ care standards, processes, and KPIs.
Establish a unified engineering governance framework to ensure consistency across all sites.
Lead the transition from reactive to proactive and predictive maintenance strategies.

Reliability & Asset Performance

Develop, implement and oversee a new era of reliability engineering, condition-based monitoring, and failure ‑ prevention programmes.
Analyse asset performance data to identify systemic issues and improvement opportunities.
Ensure robust root ‑ cause analysis and continuous improvement practices are utilised across the operational landscape.

Compliance & Integrity

Strengthen statutory compliance and mechanical integrity assurance across all sites.
Ensure all maintenance activities meet regulatory, safety, and environmental requirements.
Provide clear accountability and oversight for engineering compliance.

Maintenance Optimisation

Drive standardisation of maintenance practices, tools, and systems.
Optimise maintenance cost through lifecycle planning, spares optimisation, and measured reduction in reactive work.
Integrate asset ‑ condition data into strategic CAPEX planning to optimise replacement timing and lifecycle value.

Digital Transformation

Lead the adoption of predictive analytics, IoT technologies, and digital asset ‑ care tools.
Drive a cultural shift toward data ‑ led decisions and innovative maintenance methodologies that elevate reliability and efficiency

Capability Development & Technical Leadership

Build engineering capability across sites through coaching, training, and knowledge sharing.
Provide expert technical support to site engineering teams.
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Key Deliverables

Group ‑ wide asset ‑ care framework and KPIs implemented.
Reduction in unplanned downtime and reactive maintenance.
Improved statutory compliance and mechanical integrity assurance.
Predictive maintenance technologies deployed and embedded.
Enhanced engineering capability and cross ‑ site knowledge sharing.
Improved alignment between asset condition and CAPEX planning.

Role Requirements

Qualification in a relevant or related engineering discipline.
Significant experience in asset management, reliability engineering, or maintenance leadership.
Demonstrated engineering leadership within food manufacturing or FMCG, with a proven track record of improving asset performance across multi ‑ site industrial environments.
Strong understanding of statutory compliance, mechanical integrity, and safety standards.
Experience implementing predictive maintenance technologies and digital tools.
Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder ‑ management skills.
Financial acumen with experience in budget management and ownership.
Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
Demonstrated ability to leverage CMMS/EAM tools and analytics platforms to improve asset performance and maintenance efficiency.
Background in manufacturing, processing, utilities, or heavy industry.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

Qualification in a relevant or related engineering discipline.

Significant experience in asset management, reliability engineering, or maintenance leadership.
Demonstrated engineering leadership within food manufacturing or FMCG, with a proven track record of improving asset performance across multi ‑ site industrial environments.
Strong understanding of statutory compliance, mechanical integrity, and safety standards.
Experience implementing predictive maintenance technologies and digital tools.
Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder ‑ management skills.
Financial acumen with experience in budget management and ownership.
Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
Demonstrated ability to leverage CMMS/EAM tools and analytics platforms to improve asset performance and maintenance efficiency.
Background in manufacturing, processing, utilities, or heavy industry.

Desirable

Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
Demonstrated ability to leverage CMMS/EAM tools and analytics platforms to improve asset performance and maintenance efficiency.
Background in manufacturing, processing, utilities, or heavy industry.

Expected Impact

Increased equipment uptime, throughput, and availability.
Reduced breakdowns, emergency interventions, and production losses.
Lower maintenance costs through standardisation and proactive strategies.
Stronger compliance posture and reduced risk of safety or environmental incidents.
Better ‑ informed capital planning and improved asset lifecycle value.

To maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.

Benefits