Maintenance Manager – Lead Reliability & Safety in Food

Vibrant Foods Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days’ annual leave

Pension contributions matched up to 5%

Private healthcare eligibility

Volunteering days

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Vibrant Foods is seeking a Maintenance Manager in Birmingham to lead the site maintenance team and ensure equipment, utilities, and facilities operate safely and reliably. The role combines planned maintenance, responsive support and continuous improvement to maximise uptime and protect product quality.

The Head of Engineering reports to this role, and applicants should have Level 3 or equivalent in engineering, strong leadership, and CMMS proficiency.

Qualifications

• Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Experience in senior engineering or management within food manufacturing.
• Strong leadership and people-management capabilities.
• Experience in preventive maintenance, reliability, breakdown reduction and root-cause analysis.
• Knowledge of GMP, hygiene and quality standards with audit-ready records.

Responsibilities

• Lead and organise the maintenance team, setting priorities and resources.
• Ensure maintenance complies with safety, GMP, and environmental requirements.
• Promote safety through risk assessments, audits, safe systems of work and timely corrective action.
• Develop preventive and predictive maintenance to improve asset life, reliability and availability.
• Analyse breakdowns and drive root-cause and continuous-improvement activity.
• Coordinate planned and reactive work with Production and Technical teams, communicating equipment status.
• Control the maintenance budget, contractors, suppliers and critical spares without compromising standards.
• Maintain audit-ready CMMS records, work orders, inspections, permits and equipment histories.
• Report safety, reliability, downtime, completion and cost measures, owning audit actions and escalated risks.

Skills

Leadership

Resource planning

Performance management

Root-cause analysis

Preventive maintenance

Education

Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification

Tools

CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)

Job description

Vibrant Foods is seeking a Maintenance Manager in Birmingham to lead the site maintenance team and ensure equipment, utilities, and facilities operate safely and reliably. The role combines planned maintenance, responsive support and continuous improvement to maximise uptime and protect product quality.

The Head of Engineering reports to this role, and applicants should have Level 3 or equivalent in engineering, strong leadership, and CMMS proficiency.