Job Function:
We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, hands-on Maintenance Manager to join our team. This position will provide engineering technical leadership in the Factory, ensuring people health and safety, product safety and environment are never compromised, and that all engineering activities enhance business objectives, product quality and plant operational performance.
Who We Are
Fold Hill Pet is a Pet Food Manufacturing business whose founders have been farming the land near Boston in Lincolnshire for over 100 years. Based just 15 minutes from the centre of Boston, Fold Hill is one of the largest employers between Boston and Skegness. At Fold Hill Pet, we're more than just a company; we're a team driven by passion, expertise, and a dedication to sustainability. For generations, we've built a business that values quality and strong relationships. Now, with a significant investment in innovation and growth, we're looking for motivated individuals to join us on this exciting journey.
Your Role as a Maintenance Manager
As the Maintenance Manager, you will provide engineering leadership across the factory, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient operations. You will lead maintenance, industrial services, engineering capability and continuous improvement activity to support manufacturing performance, asset reliability, product quality and site standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead by example to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and environmental compliance are maintained at all times.
- Ensure timely investigation of incidents through to root cause, with actions completed and embedded to prevent recurrence.
- Maintain compliance with legal and engineering obligations, including PUWER, LOLER and electrical safety requirements.
- Build engineering capability by identifying competency gaps, supporting training plans and developing succession and career pathways within the engineering team.
- Manage planned maintenance activity to improve asset reliability, support OEE performance and balance planned versus reactive maintenance.
- Control maintenance expenditure by keeping costs within budget, reviewing spend and delivering cost-effective maintenance solutions.
- Ensure industrial services and utilities meet production needs, are optimised and comply with food safety requirements where utilities may come into contact with product.
- Ensure electrical services, automation and manufacturing execution systems are aligned with business requirements and site standards.
- Support smooth factory operations through effective employee relations, clear communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
What We’re Looking For:
- Passion: You are motivated to set ambitious objectives, leading by example and inspiring your team to deliver excellent standards across safety, quality, performance and compliance.
- Expertise: You bring strong technical engineering knowledge, sound judgement and the confidence to make effective decisions in challenging factory environments.
- Teamwork: You communicate openly, build trusted relationships and work collaboratively with engineering, production, quality, SHE, HR and external partners.
- Sustainability: You are committed to responsible engineering practices, efficient use of utilities and absolute intolerance for non-compliance in relation to people, product quality and environmental safety.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a technical engineering role, ideally within food manufacturing, FMCG or a similar industrial environment.
- Engineering qualification or diploma in a relevant discipline such as mechanical, electrical and automation, process, industrial engineering or similar.
- Experience supervising technical teams, contractors or third-party service providers.
- Strong understanding of planned maintenance, asset reliability, maintenance budget control and operational KPI management.
- Knowledge of health, safety and engineering compliance requirements, including safe systems of work and relevant statutory obligations.
- Experience contributing to engineering projects as part of a multidisciplinary team, including mechanical, electrical and automation elements.
- Understanding of electricity, automation and manufacturing execution systems.
- Ability to lead, coach and develop people through performance management, training, competency development and succession planning.
- Experience working with external technical suppliers, service providers, local authorities or utilities providers.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively across multi-functional teams.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Experience in food manufacturing, hygienic engineering, food safety standards or category-specific production technology.
- Experience in process, packing optimisation or continuous improvement activity.
- Knowledge of project engineering, plant design, construction and CAPEX cycles.
What We Offer:
- Family-First Culture: Join a close-knit team where your input and contribution truly matter.
- £10 Million Investment: Be part of an exciting period of growth and modernisation.
- Professional Development: Ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and career.
- Sustainability Focus: Work for a business that is committed to reducing its environmental impact and promoting eco-friendly practices.
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting time to be part of Fold Hill Pet. Our £10 million investment is paving the way for modernisation and development, creating new opportunities across the business. If you are looking for a role where you can make a real impact, in a company that truly cares about its people and the planet, this is the perfect opportunity.
Welcome Bonus: You will automatically receive £150 after successfully completing your probationary period, plus a further £150 3 months later.
Site wide bonus scheme based on the companies and individuals’ performance.
Apply Now!
If you are passionate about making a difference and want to join Fold Hill Pet in their mission to ensure happy pets for happy pet parents, we would love to hear from you.
We respectfully request that no agencies contact us about these roles.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Company pension
- Salary sacrifice electrical vehicle scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
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