Site Services Manager

Pilgrim'S Europe; South Witham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pilgrim's Europe is seeking a Site Services Manager to lead the energy strategy and oversee a comprehensive maintenance programme across site utilities. You will drive energy efficiency, manage budgets, and lead a team of engineers and operators to ensure reliability of assets including boilers, water treatment, HVAC, and site infrastructure.

You will implement GMP-aligned practices, supervise contractors, and maintain compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations.

Qualifications

• Provide effective and supportive people management and supervision with excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrate operational experience in cost management and control.
• Identify and drive operational efficiency.
• Strong organisation and project management abilities.
• Build long-lasting relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of standards and procedures, guiding engineering activities and safe practices.
• Monitor site utility usage and analyse energy data to control costs.
• Communicate priorities daily and resolve issues to prevent downtime.
• Lead engineers and operators, develop succession plans, and manage budgets.
• Develop plans meeting environmental and quality targets and support risk management.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and relevant legislation across site.
• Optimize productive capability of plant and manage utilities.
• Lead energy performance projects and energy assessments for existing and new projects.
• Embed energy and sustainability practices across the workplace.
• Maintain a robust CMMS-driven maintenance programme.

Skills

People management

Communication

Cost management

Organisational skills

Project management

Continuous improvement

Lean management

MS Office

Education

BOAS Qualification

Management Mechanical & Electrical

MCERTS

Legionella

Electrical Duty Holder

PSSR

DSEAR

IOSH

Ammonia

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Purpose

Leading the Site Services team, setting the site energy strategy to ensure that there is an effective maintenance plan in place to ensure the reliability of all assets. Key areas of focus would be Effluent, Water treatment, boilers, hot water systems, HVAC, site wide environment controls, Air compressors, refrigeration and general building fabric repairs across site. Take the lead in progressive engineering and environmental projects connected to areas of expertise and remit. To be responsible for the overall management and organisation of the company’s site utilities, the role will play an integral part to the operational infrastructure. To focus on improving the energy efficiency, consumption and be a key player in the Energy and Sustainability here at Pilgrim’s UK, as the economic utilities continues to rise; the importance of the role is pivotal to this area for site. General building maintenance of the site main structures and roofing a complete maintenance programme documented on the site CMMS system. 100% compliance for all statutory inspections – Lola, PSSR etc

Key Responsibilities\Measures of Success

• Take ownership, ensuring standards and procedures are in place, up to date and adhered to, guiding related engineering activities including safe working practices, GMP standards, management of contractors and planned maintenance work.
• Key user of carbon desktop tool to report site utility usage and monitor to highlight and control anomalies and best practice.
• Communicate effectively with all teams to ensure daily and weekly priorities are clear and that issues resolved, preventing downtime, loss, and cost, ensuring that any unsolved problems are communicated or escalated.
• Lead the team of engineers and operators, ensuring they are delivering services to the required standards. Put in place development and succession plans that support progression and tackle underperformance promptly. Develop, implement, and manage all relevant budgets.
• Be proactive in developing plans that meet and succeed environmental and quality targets. Provide general support to the wider team to include projects, strategic planning, and risk management.
• Ensure buildings meet health and safety requirements and that facilities comply with all relevant legislation. Ensure compliance with legislation in respect of consent limits, Safety, Quality and Environment. Actively promote Health and Safety in the workplace.
• With the site management team, ensure that the productive capability of the plant is optimised and improved for the needs of the business, this includes the provision and use of utilities (Steam, water, electricity, compressed air, effluent treatment, and site chillers).
• Analysing energy data, conducting energy audits, and identifying targets to achieve and reduce costs at site
• Liaising with suppliers / contractors to minimise all costs and capture any potential savings across the site
• Manage energy performance projects.
• Complete energy assessments of existing utilities and new projects
• Lead projects on embedding energy and sustainability within workplace practises.
• Ensure a robust maintenance programme controlled by the site CMMS is in place for the general maintenance of all site main structures and facilities

Skills & Knowledge

• Provide effective and supportive people management and supervision and have excellent communication skills
• Have and be able to demonstrate operational experience exercising cost management and control
• Identify and drive operational efficiency
• Possess good organisation and project management skills
• Be a strong communicator and be able to build long lasting relationships with all stakeholders
• Be used to working independently whilst also being an extremely effective team player
• Have a good understanding of industrial boiler operations, along with knowledge of effluent plant operations and refrigeration systems.
• Have proven experience of Continuous Improvement or Lean Management
• Be proficient in MS Office

Qualifications (Accredited)

• BOAS Qualification.
• Management Mechanical and electrical
• MCERTS
• Legionella
• Electrical Duty Holder
• PSSR
• DSEAR
• IOSH
• Ammonia