At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead maintenance operations and ensure top-notch asset performance in a vibrant food manufacturing environment.
- Company: Join Greencore, a leading UK convenience food creator with a dynamic culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, holidays, pension contributions, and exclusive employee discounts.
- Other info: Opportunities for on-the-job training and career development await you.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a state-of-the-art facility producing high-quality Italian meals.
- Qualifications: Experience in engineering management within food manufacturing and strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 35806 - 43762 £ per year.
Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op.
What You'll Be Doing As Maintenance Manager at Warrington you will report directly to the Engineering Controller. Our team at Warrington has a wide range of backgrounds and skills, and we are ideally looking for someone from a multiskilled background. Your responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
- Designing and executing the maintenance schedule to maximise asset availability
- Providing leadership and direction to ensure that colleagues are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering their potential
- Maintaining the planned preventive maintenance systems to enable proactive maintenance whilst balancing risk
- Monitoring departmental key performance indicators, aligning activity to ensure targets are achieved
- Applying an appropriate asset management maintenance strategy to optimise asset performance through the life cycle
- Developing a culture of continuous improvement within the engineering department
What We're Looking For As Maintenance Manager, you will ideally have:
- Experience of operating at engineering management level within a food manufacturing environment or FMCG
- Project management skills and an understanding of budgetary management
- Experience and understanding of Microsoft and computerised maintenance management system
- OSH certified with a food hygiene accreditation
- Experience of leading a diverse workforce
- Experience of contributing to a multi-functional operational management team
- Experienced in report writing
- Ideally qualified to an Engineering HNC level or equivalent industrial experience
- Maintenance management expertise (FMGCA, RCM, Tribology, CBH)
At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
What you'll get in return Competitive salary and job-related benefits:
- Holidays
- Competitive matched pension contributions
- Life insurance up to 4x salary
- Company share save scheme
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
- Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.
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Maintenance Manager - Warrington employer: Greencore Group
Greencore is an exceptional employer, particularly for the Facilities Manager role at our state-of-the-art Warrington site, known as the Italian centre of excellence. We prioritise employee growth through comprehensive training and development opportunities, alongside a vibrant work culture that values diversity and collaboration. With competitive salaries, generous benefits, and a commitment to wellbeing, Greencore offers a rewarding environment where you can thrive and contribute to making every day taste better.
