Maintenance Manager

Nestlé; Sudbury; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet care company in Sudbury is looking for a Maintenance Manager to oversee the engineering team at their factory. You'll manage maintenance activities to ensure production efficiency and lead continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering and significant experience in technical leadership, particularly in the food or consumer goods industry. This position offers a competitive salary, bonus potential, and attractive benefits.

Benefits

Bonus potential

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working days

Paid volunteering days

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a technical field, preferably in food manufacturing.
• Demonstrable experience leading technical teams or contractors.
• Fixed Assets Maintenance responsibilities including budget control.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the engineering team to ensure production availability.
• Manage maintenance activities to meet Production and Engineering demands.
• Focus on implementing Asset Maintenance and TPM to improve reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Continuous improvement

Technical expertise in engineering

Education

Degree level Engineering qualification

Job description

Business area: Nestlé Purina
Location: Sudbury Factory, Suffolk

Salary up to £55,000 depending on experience + potential bonus + generous pension scheme + 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement + 2 paid volunteering days + other fantastic benefits!

Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.

Position Summary

We have an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Manager (Packing) to join our team based at our Nestlé Purina Factory in Sudbury, Suffolk. This role is responsible to lead, guide and motivate the engineering team to ensure the plant is available to produce our fantastic products on time whilst meeting all quality and safety requirements.

At Nestlé PURINA Pet Care, we're passionately committed to helping pets enjoy happier, healthier, and longer lives because we're pet owners too. As a world leading company in pet care and nutrition, Nestlé PURINA has been helping pet’s live healthy, happy lives for over 85 years. We are proud to produce some of the UK’s best loved brands including BAKERS®, GO-CAT® and ONE® trusted and bought by millions of pet owners.

Your Impact

Reporting into the Factory Engineering Manager this role will manage and support the activities of the maintenance team to meet both Production and Engineering demands. The Maintenance Manager will focus on the implementation of Asset Maintenance and TPM- (PM pillar) to deliver Asset Intensity to drive improvement in estimated unplanned stops.

The main focus of the role will be:

• Completing the weekly maintenance plan for your area of the factory
• Liaising with operations to ensure they are supported by the engineering team
• Liaising with external contractors and suppliers- ensuring they have the right safety permits and making sure they are operating in a safe manner
• Focus on continuous improvement looking at asset reliability and break down root cause analysis
• Responsible for the training and upskilling of the maintenance team. Looking to coach and develop career and succession planning for engineering within the Factory.
• Oversee compliance to Nestle, GMI, UK standards, rules and regulations in your area of responsibility
• Co-ordination of engineering activities during maintenance days and shut down periods.
• Liaise with external suppliers and manage contractors. Provide technical support to the Maintenance Technicians, AWG Team Leaders, SPM's and Operations Managers.
• Be available to give technical advice and support out of hours where escalation protocols have been met.

Ingredients for Success

• Degree level Engineering qualification or equivalent e.g. Time served engineer with a formal engineering qualification or demonstrated equivalent experience
• Proven experience in a technical field, preferably food manufacturing or consumer goods industry (as Project Engineer or Project Manager, Industrial Services, M&I or E&A/MES Engineer, or equivalent positions).
• Continuous improvement knowledge and experience.
• Fixed Assets Maintenance responsibilities, including maintenance budget control (preferably including exposure to TPM/LEAN preventive maintenance planning and/or maintenance execution).
• Demonstrable experience in leadership & supervision (of technical teams, contractors or other 3rd parties).

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development, growth and career enhancement opportunities.

The closing date for this role is 30th January 2026. We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. When we embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. People of all gender identities, ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application process, please let us know. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity, our people make up a number of Colleague Networks who represent different experiences and communities who hold us accountable in creating a sense of belonging for all, and our values create the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution you bring. Find out more about our Colleague Networks here: Diversity, equity and inclusion | Nestlé (nestle.co.uk)

We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!