Maintenance Manager

Job Title: Maintenance Manager
Salary : £60,000 + Bonus
Location: Hampshire
Shift: Monday - Friday

Job Summary
The Maintenance Manager ensures maximum plant uptime, equipment reliability, and food safety standards at our bakery site. Using data to drive decisions you will execute preventive maintenance and rapid breakdown repairs on high-speed baking and packaging lines to deliver Engineering KPIs.
You will lead a team of Shift Engineers to consistently achieve best-in-class standards in preventative maintenance, fault response and continuous improvement, ensuring that every intervention improves safety, quality and productivity.

Duties and Responsibilities
* Line efficiency targets are met.
* Reduce unplanned downtime and stop equipment repeat failures.
* Engineering time is utilised correctly to meet business requirements.
* Strong audit outcomes in food safety and engineering compliance
Maintenance
* Own uptime, availability and reliability of all bakery equipment, minimise unplanned equipment downtime - deliver against clear engineering KPIs.
* Maximise bakery production line availability by executing preventative maintenance schedules with precision and quality.
* Drive a culture whereby breakdowns are proactively prevented, not reactively fixed.
* Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and implement permanent engineering countermeasures
* Understand key performance metrics to identify trends and eliminate repeat failures and plan the right remedial action in conjunction with Reliability Engineers.
* Ensure the team delivers fast, structured and high-quality engineering solutions to breakdowns.
* Leadership
* Set expectations for breakdown response times, accurate fault finding and safe, quality and effective repair and hold the team accountable.
* Organise and coordinate shift engineers and contractors to maximise plant uptime.
* Lead and coach Shift Engineers to achieve consistent high performance.
* Set clear expectations, measurable objectives and accountability at every level with the team.
* You set the tone, so embed a culture of ownership, urgency and pride in engineering excellence.
* Identify capability gaps and actively develop the team's technical and problem-solving skills.
* Build collaborative partnerships with the Operations team so that we function as one team, building skills and capability.
* Make data driven decisions to balance engineering priorities with production demands.

Health, Safety, Food Safety and Environment
* Embed a safety-first culture by setting the standard, holding the team accountable, and ensuring full compliance with safety policies and regulations.
* Deliver regular safety training and toolbox talks, ensuring all staff are aware of hazards and best practices.
* Maintain compliance with external standards such as BRC, IFS, and Femas.
* Lead incident investigations to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
* Promote a workplace where safety is everyone's responsibility and celebrate safety achievements.
* Ensure all operations meet company quality standards, customer expectations, and food safety regulations including HACCP.
* Ensure environmentally responsible practices are followed throughout production processes.
* Support initiatives to reduce energy consumption, waste, and the site's environmental footprint.
Qualifications / Skills / Experience
* Degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification
* >5 years in FMCG environments in a leadership role
* Capable of building and leading a high-performing team.
* Experience with use of CMMS software to drive maintenance effectiveness

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