Maintenance Manager

Greencore Group plc; East Hagbourne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in East Hagbourne is seeking a Maintenance Manager to report to the Engineering Controller. This role involves executing maintenance schedules, leading a diverse team, and ensuring high-quality service. The ideal candidate has strong engineering management experience in food production, project management expertise, and is OSHA certified. Benefits include a competitive salary, pensions, life insurance, and exclusive employee discounts.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Greencore qualifications and training programmes

Qualifications

• Experience operating at engineering management level in food manufacturing or FMCG.
• OSHA certified with a food hygiene accreditation.
• Experience in contributing to multi-functional operational management.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute the maintenance schedule to maximise asset availability.
• Provide leadership ensuring safety and development for all colleagues.
• Maintain and enhance planned preventive maintenance systems.

Skills

Engineering management

Project management

Team leadership

Maintenance management expertise

Education

Engineering HNC level or equivalent industrial experience

Tools

Microsoft maintenance management systems

Job description

As Maintenance Manager at Spalding, you will report directly to the Engineering Controller. Our team has a wide range of backgrounds and skills, and we are ideally looking for someone from a multiskilled background with an electrical bias. You will play a key role in ensuring that our maintenance engineering team delivers high quality, safe and reliable service.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing the maintenance schedule to maximise asset availability
• Providing leadership and direction to ensure that colleagues are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering their potential
• Maintaining the planned preventive maintenance systems to enable proactive maintenance whilst balancing risk
• Monitoring departmental key performance indicators, aligning activity to ensure targets are achieved
• Applying an appropriate asset management maintenance strategy to optimise asset performance through the life cycle
• Developing a culture of continuous improvement within the engineering department

Qualifications

• Experience of operating at engineering management level within a food manufacturing environment or FMCG
• Project management skills and an understanding of budgetary management
• Experience and understanding of Microsoft and computerised maintenance management systems
• OSHA certified with a food hygiene accreditation
• Experience of leading a diverse workforce
• Experience of contributing to a multi‑functional operational management team
• Experienced in report writing
• Ideally qualified to an Engineering HNC level or equivalent industrial experience
• Maintenance management expertise (FMGCA, RCM, Tribology, CBH)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and job‑related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore qualifications and training programmes
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Well‑being Centre platform