Maintenance Manager - Sidcup

Coca-cola European Partners; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the beverage industry is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its Sidcup operations. The role involves leading maintenance programs, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering and experience in FMCG or manufacturing. This position offers competitive salary, bonus, and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Bonus

Laptop

Pension Plan

Health Care

Qualifications

• Proven 3-5 years experience as a Maintenance Manager or Engineering Manager in an FMCG or manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site maintenance program to ensure all site assets meet requirements.
• Manage, mentor and develop the maintenance team, including technicians.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Education

Degree or HND in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Maintenance Manager, Sidcup

Contract - Permanent role

Competitive Salary + Bonus + Laptop + Pension Plan + Health Care

What you become part of:

Sidcup Operations plays a pivotal role within the CCEP network, producing around 50% of the GB SKU portfolio. The site offers a one stop shop to the GB Market with a range of packages that are single sourced from Sidcup, such as the wide portfolio range of small cans. Across their 7 manufacturing lines the site can produce 480,000 cans per hour, 96,000 PET bottles per hour and 48,000 Glass bottles. There are currently around 300 employees across Manufacturing, QESH and Engineering, experience here can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Sidcup and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.

What to expect:

The main purpose of the Maintenance Manager is to lead the site maintenance program to ensure all site assets which will include manufacturing and processing equipment meet specific site/legislative requirements.

Focused on technical expertise supporting quick technical resolution to the site to ensure customer service, safety or quality is not compromised.

Further development and execution of the Maintenance Plan for complex beverage manufacturing lines to ensure all asset care schedules are achieved and assets are available for use to deliver accurate reporting and drive efficiency improvements.

You will collaborate with site leaders and technical staff to assess the effectiveness of the maintenance plan and identify any essential technical training requirements to drive performance on site.

Drive Performance Efficiency and Effectiveness by:

• Identifying opportunities for improving line utilisation and machine reliability through the maintenance plan or Operational Excellence projects and providing advice and guidance to site, sharing and replicating best practices within the teams at site.
• Engaging with Site Senior Engineering Manager to support in delivering technical projects that will include budgetary/CAPEX experience.
• Plan and prepare asset care interventions in a “best in class way” focusing on the quality and speed of execution both during the work and also as the line recovers from maintenance
• Apprentice Program – actively involved in the recruitment and growth of our apprentice program

Team leadership:

• Manage, mentor and develop maintenance team, including technicians
• Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement within the team

Budget and compliance:

• Manage M&R budget, controlling costs while maintaining high mechanical efficiency and standards
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP and internal safety, food safety and quality standards
• Liaise with external contractors and OEMs, ensuring value for money and quality service.

Skills & Essentials:

The role requires the successful candidate to be able demonstrate driving improvements in asset care systems and improved mechanically efficiencies, alongside budget management with the ability to understand and demonstrate where to invest money to make a difference.

It is important that you do not accept the status quo and have a proven track record in driving key KBI’s with strong people management and communication skills, perform under high levels of pressure and demonstrate the ability to maintain and make sound, timely decisions, without losing sight of the bigger picture, and/or long term objectives.

Qualifications and experience:

Essential:

Degree or HND in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering

Proven 3-5 years experience as a Maintenance Manager or Engineering Manager in an FMCG or manufacturing environment

Preferrable but not essential:

Knwoledge of SAP

NEBOSH, IOSH

Lean Manufacturing/ Six Sigma

Experience with TPM

The closing date for applications is 26/05/25. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure you are considered for this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.