Maintenance Manager

Pioneer Selection; Weeton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Maintenance Manager at our Kirkham bakery leads the Maintenance Engineering team to maximise equipment availability and reliability. You will implement engineering best practices and a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring maintenance activities are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards while growing the team’s capability.

Key focus areas include engineering maintenance and breakdowns, training and coaching, and managing apprentices to build a strong pipeline of

Responsibilities

• Overseeing day-to-day maintenance operations, ensuring timely and effective response to equipment issues, and embedding robust preventative maintenance strategies.
• Supporting the professional development of the engineering team through hands-on coaching, skills development, and performance enhancement.
• Managing and nurturing apprentices as they progress through their training, creating a strong pipeline of future engineering talent.

Job description

Structure

Engineering Manager

Maintenance Manager

Reliability Engineer

Electrical and Automation Manager

4 Shift Engineers

16 maintenance Engineer

Apprentices

Company Overview

As part of FBC UK, you'll be joining one of the UK's leading biscuit manufacturers, producing some of the nation's favourite biscuits in a high-volume, high-quality manufacturing environment. The Blackpool facility operates around the clock, and maintaining optimum machine performance is critical to our success.

About the Role

As the Maintenance Manager for our Kirkham bakery, you will be responsible for leading and developing the Maintenance Engineering team. Your primary focus will be to drive high equipment availability and reliability through the implementation of engineering best practices and a culture of continuous improvement. You will ensure that maintenance activities are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards, while actively supporting the growth and capability of the team.

Key to your success in this role will be your leadership across three core areas:

1. Engineering Maintenance & Breakdowns - Overseeing daytoday maintenance operations, ensuring timely and effective response to equipment issues, and embedding robust preventative maintenance strategies.
2. Training & Coaching - Supporting the professional development of the engineering team through handson coaching, skills development, and performance enhancement.
3. Apprentices - Managing and nurturing apprentices as they progress through their training, creating a strong pipeline of future engineering talent.

Main Responsibilities

• Champion a strong safety culture, ensuring all Engineers work safely and consistently follow site safety processes and standards.
• Lead and empower the shift engineering team to enhance plant reliability through effective preventive and reactive maintenance, while operating within the agreed engineering budget.
• Develop and deliver improvement plans, in collaboration with the Site Engineering Manager, that support the site's financial objectives and drive performance across key KPIs including waste reduction, TOS, efficiency, and planned tonnage.
• Collaborate closely with key site functions - Operations, CI, and Health & Safety - to ensure alignment and successful delivery of site-wide objectives.
• Implement and embed Engineering Best Practice in line with the Maintenance Excellence Framework, ensuring consistent and sustainable standards.
• Maintain full compliance with all legislative, statutory, and regulatory requirements, ensuring documentation, processes, and audits remain up to date.
• Act as a role model for winning behaviours, contributing positively to the site culture and supporting an engaged, high-performing team environment.
• Drive team and individual performance to reduce equipment breakdowns and achieve maintenance KPIs such as plant availability, technician productivity, PPM completion, and training compliance.
• Work in partnership with the Electrical and Reliability engineering leads to ensure departmental KPIs are consistently achieved.
• Ensure direct reports actively participate in SIC, taking ownership of actions and delivering prioritised improvements that minimise downtime.
• Ensure Team Leaders attend all required meetings, contributing effectively and supporting cross-functional communication.
• Coach, motivate,