Food Plant Engineering Manager | Reliability & Compliance

Osborne Recruitment; Donegal; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Osborne Recruitment is seeking a Site Engineering Manager to lead engineering and maintenance at a large food manufacturing site in Ireland. You will drive reliability, oversee capital upgrades, and manage a compact engineering team in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires trade-qualified or degree-qualified engineering, 5+ years in maintenance/engineering management, and strong leadership with contractor oversight. A hands-on leader with continuous improvement focus is essential.

Qualifications

• Trade-qualified and/or degree-qualified in Engineering.
• 5+ years' experience in a maintenance or engineering management role.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams in a high-volume production environment.
• Experience implementing preventative and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Experience supervising repairs, calibration activities, and contractor management.
• Knowledge of root cause analysis, deviations, and good documentation practices.
• Excellent leadership, communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using AutoCAD and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the maintenance and engineering team.
• Deliver KPIs across reliability, downtime, maintenance compliance, and cost control.
• Implement preventative and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance activities to support production requirements.
• Manage engineering budgets and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Oversee contractors and external service providers.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and engineering best practice.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety, quality, and food safety standards.
• Manage engineering stores and spare parts inventory.
• Lead CAPEX projects and site improvement programmes.
• Maintain responsibility for site utilities including refrigeration, compressed air, electricity, and water systems.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance management

Reliability improvement

Stakeholder management

Communication

Organisational skills

Hands-on leadership

Contractor management

Problem solving

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Education

Engineering degree or trade qualification

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

Osborne Recruitment is seeking a Site Engineering Manager to lead engineering and maintenance at a large food manufacturing site in Ireland. You will drive reliability, oversee capital upgrades, and manage a compact engineering team in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires trade-qualified or degree-qualified engineering, 5+ years in maintenance/engineering management, and strong leadership with contractor oversight. A hands-on leader with continuous improvement focus is essential.