Site Services Manager

JR United Kingdom; Derby; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading snack company as a Site Services Manager, where you'll lead a dedicated team at KP Snacks in Ashby de la Zouch. You'll enhance the site’s engineering services while ensuring compliance and a zero-loss mindset. This role offers an exciting opportunity to foster growth within a supportive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

Comprehensive healthcare support

KP Pension Plan with contribution matching

Electric vehicle scheme

Online benefits platform

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing, food production or FMCG environment.
• Strong knowledge of compliance, risk assessments, PUWER, LOLER.
• Ability to lead and coach a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a site services team.
• Collaborate with engineering and external contractors.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and environmental regulations.

Skills

Technical knowledge

Collaborative leadership

Hands-on experience

Education

Recognised mechanical or electrical engineering qualification

Tools

Planned maintenance systems

Job description

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Ashby de la Zouch (Home of Hula Hoops, Space Raiders, Nik Naks and more)

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Join our snack-loving team! We're looking for a Site Services Manager to join our team at KP Snacks. Fancy being part of a group where your ideas matter and your growth is celebrated? Keep reading – this might just be your next adventure!

As Site Services Manager at our Ashby site, you’ll play a vital leadership role in maintaining and improving the site’s essential engineering services, ensuring equipment and infrastructure are safe, reliable, and compliant. You’ll manage a dedicated team of Site Services Team Members, overseeing planned and reactive maintenance activities, contractor coordination, and continuous improvement initiatives.

With a clear focus on food safety, health & safety, and sustainability, you’ll lead engineering projects, support site audits, and contribute to a culture of zero loss. You’ll be a key part of the site’s Progressive Maintenance team, working cross-functionally with engineering and operational colleagues to optimise performance across various packing lines, process lines and a diverse portfolio of SKUs.

This is an exciting opportunity for an inclusive and forward-thinking leader with strong technical understanding, a coaching mindset, and the drive to influence meaningful change in a fast-paced, 24/7 environment.

What’s in it for you?

We believe in giving back and making sure you're happy and thriving. Here's a taste of what we offer:

Annual bonus scheme, with an excellent track record of over achievement.

Comprehensive Healthcare Support – Access to a Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, including a Digital GP service, Best Doctors (Second Medical Opinion Service), and specialist Cancer Care for peace of mind when you need it most.

KP Pension Plan - contribution matching up to 7% of your salary

Electric vehicle scheme.

KP4ME - online benefits, discounts, prizes, competitions and information platform with access to mental, physical and financial wellbeing information and tools

What will you be doing?

Leading, coaching and developing a site services team, building technical capability and strong team culture

Driving a zero-loss mindset by delivering improvements through MP&S and Breakdown Elimination (BDE) tools

Collaborating with Engineering, Production and external contractors to coordinate planned maintenance, technical audits and project delivery

Ensuring engineering compliance with food safety, health & safety, and environmental regulations, contributing to key audit outcomes

Leading strategic reviews of service contracts and maintenance planning – with continuous learning in energy management and regulatory standards

Who are we?

Glad you asked! We're KP Snacks, proud to be part of the Intersnack family. Picture this: over 15,000 of us, spread across more than 30 countries, all working together to create the snacks you love. From Hula Hoops to McCoy's, we're the team behind your favourite munchies.

Here in the UK, we're about 2,400 strong, spread across seven factories and our Slough HQ. But don't let our size fool you – we're as close-knit as they come. We believe in speaking our minds, celebrating our differences, and pushing boundaries together.

Diversity isn't just a buzzword for us. We're on a mission to create a workplace where everyone belongs. So, even if you don't tick every box, we want to hear from you! Your unique perspective could be just what we need. Also, if there's anything we can do to make this process easier for you, just give us a shout.

We’d love to hear from you if you can demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

Recognised mechanical or electrical engineering qualification (City & Guilds or above), with strong technical knowledge

A collaborative leadership style with a passion for developing others and working cross-functionally

Hands-on experience in a manufacturing, food production or FMCG environment, ideally in a site services or facilities maintenance capacity

Confidence with compliance, risk assessments and tools such as PUWER, LOLER and planned maintenance systems

A mindset aligned with our KP values – driven to deliver, committed to continuous improvement, and focused on making a positive impact together