Head of Machinery and Maintenance - Food Manufacturing 

Pertemps is currently recruiting for an experienced Head of Machinery and Maintenance for our Food Manufacturing client based in Milton Keynes.

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000

Contract: Permanent 

Job Purpose:

To lead the factory’s long-term engineering and maintenance direction, making sure the site has the right machinery, systems and capability to support growth. This includes shaping the maintenance strategy, driving improvements, and developing the team. The role sits on the Factory Senior Leadership Team and plays a key part in the future of the site.

Duties:

• Develop and lead the factory’s overall machinery, Engineering and maintenance strategy, ensuring alignment with operational goals and efficiency targets.
• Oversee and optimise long-term capital investment in machinery, recommending upgrades and automation opportunities and any future capacity needs
• Lead the engineering input into factory master planning, layout changes, and long-term site development.
• Implement and evolve a robust system for tracking performance trends, asset health and driving predictive maintenance practices.
• Support and Track machinery availability and maintenance downtime/up time
• Lead and grow the engineering and maintenance team, setting clear goals, ups-killing, and developing team capability.
• Own the maintenance and engineering budget, managing costs, procurement of parts, and supplier negotiations.
• Own the machinery compliance framework and BRC documentation related to maintenance, engineering and equipment.
• Set the strategic direction for continuous improvement across machinery, fabrication, and factory systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Technical, and Supply Chain teams on all aspects of performance and capacity planning.