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Maintenance Manager

Job in Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN1, England, UK
Listing for: Kraft Heinz Company
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-09
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Operations Manager
  • Management
    Operations Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Job Description

To proactively manage a multi-disciplined shift team to maintain all assets within the Operational areas to optimise the utilisation of the equipment and to deliver maximum volume at the right quality. Working closely with the Management team to utilise the resources available in the most effective and efficient ways, prioritizing H&S, Food Safety/Quality at all times. Drive the identification of RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and bring the equipment back into service as quickly as possible as well as actively seeking and identifying cost effective improvements to site assets and equipment, improving efficiency and reliability.

Manage the coordination of the engineering team to provide proactive mindset and behaviours to minimize downtime on your process area. Ensure alignment with Operations Manager and process area teams, supporting the training and development of equipment /process/area/ system, owners.

Key Responsibilities
  • This role has direct responsibility for the Engineering aligned craft and the Engineering Asset Technicians (mechanical and electrical)
  • Demonstrate commitment to health and safety. Effective 2-way communication of health and safety, e.g., at Tier 1, Safety Habit discussions, Safety Habit Observations, Risk Triggers
  • Knowledge of site hazards and controls, ensuring team are competent for activities and compliant to site Ways of Working, for example through GEMBA’s and safety tours
  • Responsible for food safety and product quality as defined by regulatory, Kraft Heinz and local procedures. It is the jobholder’s responsibility to elevate any issues that might compromise food safety and product quality
  • Leadership during emergency and abnormal situations
  • Own all aspects of team management, including performance reviews, absence, and time management.
  • Ensure ideal allocation of engineering resources to maximise performance for the site. Make decisions on the deployment of engineering resources based on the priorities for the site. Communicate with other centres and agree where sharing of resources is appropriate to support the overall performance for the site
  • Own the implementation of Engineering improvement across assets in area of responsibility. A key responsibility will be ensuring that the actions of improvement work are delivered effectively and that the outputs are sustainable through a rigorous review and change control process
  • Drive the site Reliability agenda:
    Identification of failure modes and trends, complete root cause analysis (RCA) processes and drive / deliver the agreed actions to deliver key maintenance KPI’s
  • Provide support to and involvement in site Project and Change Initiatives as appropriate
  • Ensure compliance with our daily management systems
  • Accountable for management of the engineering budget within the financial plan and any spend delivers value for money for the business
  • Ensure all maintenance tasks on SAP system as required and to the correct standard
  • Lead the review of the previous job completion results, other maintenance activities and amend the current plan to accommodate. Plans should be adjusted accordingly based upon scheduled work
  • Support the planning, critical information collection, organising and execution of works. Ensure all work is entered in SAP, work orders are signed off and all stores’ withdrawals are accounted for
  • Ensure that business systems such as SAP and MII are being used effectively to develop a planned maintenance strategy. Support the development of these systems within the engineering function
  • Ensure all corrective notifications are assessed in a timely manner for area of responsibility, ensuring the JIB (job in a box) process is followed and all parts are correct
  • Own implementation and improvement of KHMS MRE pillar
  • Manage OEMs and Contractors as required for optimised asset care across assets in area of responsibility. There is the potential for several improvement activities to be taking place during the same period over multiple areas of responsibility. It will be key that these activities are coordinated effectively with safety and quality in mind. The role will ensure that any risks to people and product are managed…
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