Maintenence Manager

LUKWL Lineage UK Warehousing Limited; Heywood; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite car park

Healthcare & wellbeing support

Cycle-to-work scheme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Lineage Logistics in Heywood is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the site’s engineering function, ensuring safe, reliable operation of conveyors, refrigeration systems, cranes and utilities. You will manage a team of engineers and contractors, drive PPM programmes, reactive maintenance, and continuous improvement across the site.

Working closely with Operations and Site Leadership, you will balance safety, performance and cost, uphold health and safety standards, and deliver engineering

Qualifications

• Must have recognised Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualification.
• Experience leading maintenance operations in warehouses/logistics.
• Strong knowledge of PPM systems and asset management.
• Excellent fault-finding and root-cause analysis skills.
• Proven ability to manage budgets and contractors.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the site maintenance team to high performance and engagement.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance programmes to maximise reliability.
• Coordinate reactive maintenance and root-cause analyses of failures.
• Oversee maintenance budgets, contractors and supplier relationships.
• Maintain conveyors, refrigeration systems, cranes, mobile racking and utilities.
• Drive continuous improvement to improve equipment performance and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and engineering regulations.
• Lead engineering projects including installations and upgrades.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and provide reporting for decisions.
• Collaborate with Operations, Quality and Site Leadership to meet business needs.
• Maintain maintenance records, permits, risk assessments and docs.

Skills

Leadership

PPM knowledge

Fault finding

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Health & safety compliance

Planning & organising

Team development

Education

Electrical/Mechanical Engineering qualification (HNC/HND/Degree/NVQ3)

Tools

CMMS

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

Lineage is the global leader in temperature-controlled logistics, with a clear mission: to transform the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. Through cutting-edge technology, a vast logistics network, and a commitment to sustainability, we serve a broad customer base, from Fortune 500 corporations to local, family-owned businesses. We're looking for a Maintenance Manager to lead and develop our engineering function at our Heywood facility, ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of critical site equipment and infrastructure. At Lineage, we believe in empowering our people to make a difference. You'll have the opportunity to lead a skilled engineering team, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and play a key role in supporting the operational success of one of the world's leading cold storage and logistics businesses.

Shift Available: Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

About the Role

As a Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing all maintenance activities across the site, ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of equipment, facilities, and engineering systems. You'll lead a team of engineers and contractors, managing both planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance activities while driving a proactive maintenance culture focused on continuous improvement, compliance, and operational excellence. Working closely with Operations and Site Leadership teams, you'll ensure engineering activities support business objectives and minimise downtime across the facility.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading, coaching, and developing the site maintenance team to deliver high levels of performance, engagement, and technical capability.
• Managing planned preventative maintenance programmes to maximise equipment reliability and reduce operational downtime.
• Ensuring the effective delivery of reactive maintenance activities and supporting root cause analysis of equipment failures.
• Managing maintenance budgets, engineering contractors, and supplier relationships.
• Overseeing the maintenance of conveyors, refrigeration systems, cranes, mobile racking, plant utilities, and other site infrastructure.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment performance, efficiency, and reliability.
• Ensuring full compliance with health and safety, food safety, environmental, and engineering standards.
• Leading engineering projects, including equipment installations, upgrades, and site improvement activities.
• Monitoring maintenance KPIs and producing reports to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Working collaboratively with Operations, Quality, and Site Leadership teams to support customer and business requirements.
• Ensuring maintenance records, permits, risk assessments, and engineering documentation are accurately maintained.
• You'll spend some time working within our temperature-controlled environment at approximately -18°C, but we'll provide all the specialist PPE needed to keep you comfortable and safe.
• There will also be occasions where you'll be required to work at height or oversee work involving access equipment and specialist contractors.

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced engineering professional with strong leadership skills, a continuous improvement mindset, and a passion for building high-performing maintenance teams.

Essential

• A recognised Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualification (HNC, HND, Degree, NVQ Level 3, or equivalent).
• Previous experience managing maintenance operations within a warehouse, logistics, manufacturing, FMCG, food production, cold storage, or automated environment.
• Proven experience leading and developing engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) systems and asset management.
• Excellent fault-finding, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills.
• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation and engineering compliance requirements.
• Experience managing contractors, suppliers, and engineering budgets.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive and organised approach with the ability to prioritise workloads effectively.

Desirable (But Not Essential)

• Experience working within a temperature-controlled or cold storage environment.
• Knowledge of refrigeration systems and industrial cooling equipment.
• Experience with automated material handling equipment, conveyors, cranes, and mobile racking systems.
• IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH, or equivalent health and safety qualification.
• Experience leading engineering improvement or capital project activities.
• Familiarity with CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management Systems).
• Continuous improvement experience using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.

What's in it for me?

The opportunity to earn an additional day of annual leave each year, up to the maximum of one extra week for length of service.

Benefits

• Free onsite car park
• Social environment with a team who like to support each other to achieve goals, with recognition schemes and shared spaces to enjoy lunch and rest breaks together
• Support your emotional well-being with access to a 24/7 employee assistance phone line offering confidential free counselling and advice
• Preferential rates for loans and savings offered through exclusive access to a credit union
• Competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us
• Cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union.
• Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice.

Job Reference: INDUK

Why Lineage?

We are a global company with more than 22,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 400 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America. At Lineage Logistics, we have a shared purpose; we are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world. This means working at Lineage is not just a job - it's an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of our team, you will be a critical link in the food supply chain. Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organisation, from the warehouse floor to the office. Our team members are passionate about the impact they make every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from persons regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. At Lineage we also recognise that Ex-Military, veterans, and military families have great experience with transferable skills and core values that can add significant value to our organisation.