Maintenance Manager

At Lineage, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it’s a purpose we live every day. Lineage is the world’s largest and most innovative provider of temperature‑controlled logistics solutions.

To support our transformation and growth in Europe, we are recruiting for a Maintenance Manager to look after our Gloucester and Bristol sites. Ideal location is Gloucester (Corinium Ave, Barnwood, Gloucester GL4 3BW
).

Monday to Friday 8 am‑4:30 pm with some weekend and on‑call work also necessary.

Competitive.

As Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the Facilities Engineering and Maintenance function. You will provide direction and operational support for all warehouse equipment, refrigeration contractor management, material handling equipment maintenance and facilities maintenance activities within your locations. This includes supporting internal and external stakeholder expectations and contributing toward achieving departmental goals. Emphasis is on delivering high quality goods and services to the organization at the lowest cost in a sustainable and ethical manner.

• Managing the performance of maintenance work, both preventative and corrective.
• Focus on safety compliance and related legal aspects.
• Carrying out and registering mandatory technical inspections.
• To advise and initiate action in your site on the Lineage Europe Maintenance and Engineering strategy in consultation with the Regional Engineering Manager (REM).
• Work closely with the Site Management to ensure timely and correct coordination of the actions/activities to be taken.
• Administering company policies and manage local SOPs.
• Establishing and implementing metrics.
• Work on sustainability projects (reducing CO₂ impact of Lineage).
• Review and analyze activities, costs, operations, and forecasted data and champion process improvement.
• Working on site Capex and Opex project under the guidance of the Regional Engineering Manager.

In the context of sites integration, and with our structure in constant evolution, it is essential to be people‑oriented and really focus on demonstrating our values and support to all employees.

To be successful in this position, we need you to have:

• Typically have five+ years of successful distribution and warehouse engineering/maintenance management and leadership.
• A recognised qualification in Mechanical Engineering. Electrical Engineering beneficial but not essential (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, ONC/HNC or equivalent).
• Experience working with refrigeration systems at industrial level.
• A business background to include competency in maintaining/engineering the various functional areas of refrigeration, MHE, building maintenance, warehouse automation, IT systems, and supply chain optimization.
• An ability to architect strategy along with leadership skills.
• Excellent active listening, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company.
• Excellent communicating skills in English.

This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers’ requirements. Beyond that, you’ll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry.

We’ll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.

Our six values help guide how we behave and define what we hold most important:
Safe, Trust, Respect, Innovation, Bold, Servant Leadership. We all play a position that is key to the company’s success.

Lineage is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any…