This is a shopfloor-focused leadership role where you'll take day-to-day ownership of maintenance activities, leading from the front and supporting your team to deliver high standards across safety, reliability and performance.
You'll coordinate the maintenance plan, respond to breakdowns, and work closely with production and site functions to ensure equipment availability meets operational needs. You'll also step up to deputise for the Engineering Manager when required.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead and coordinate the maintenance team on a daily basis, ensuring work is planned, prioritised and completed safely and effectively
Take ownership of the daily and weekly maintenance plan, balancing planned, reactive and corrective work
Provide hands-on technical support, troubleshooting equipment issues and restoring plant safely following breakdowns
Drive improvements in equipment reliability, leading root-cause analysis and implementing long-term fixes
Ensure full compliance with HSE, food safety and quality standards (including HACCP, BRCGS, GMP and UK regulations)
Monitor key KPIs such as downtime, PM compliance and repeat failures, taking action to improve performance
Work closely with Production, Quality, HSE and Planning teams to align maintenance priorities
Manage contractors and ensure all work is safely controlled and completed to required standards
Support engineering projects, modifications and small capital improvements
Maintain accurate records within the CMMS and ensure effective management of spares and assets
Promote a proactive maintenance culture focused on prevention, not just reaction
What We're Looking For
Proven experience leading or supervising a maintenance or engineering team in a manufacturing environment (food, FMCG or process preferred)
Strong hands-on mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills
A practical, structured approach to problem-solving and root cause analysis
Experience with planned and preventive maintenance systems (CMMS)
Ability to stay calm and decisive under pressure, particularly during breakdowns
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across site functions
A leadership style focused on coaching, accountability and continuous improvement
Food manufacturing standards such as HACCP, BRCGS, GMP
Experience with packaging equipment, process plant, utilities or automation
Contractor management and safe systems of work
Health & Safety qualifications (IOSH, NEBOSH)
Why Join ADM?
Be part of a global organisation with strong investment in people, technology and innovation
Work in a collaborative, supportive site environment where engineering is highly valued
Opportunity to make a real impact on reliability, performance and continuous improvement
Career development within a business that spans multiple sites and disciplines
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