Our client is a pioneer in the production of high-quality Asia-inspired food in the UK. As a leader in fresh, innovative food production they are committed to continuous improvement, ensuring excellence in every aspect of their operations.

Job Role & Key Responsibilities:

We are recruiting for a Contract Maintenance Manager to join a leading FMCG food manufacturing business on a long-term contract basis. This is a hands-on leadership role within a fast-paced, highly automated production environment, supporting engineering performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Working on a 4 on 4 off days-only shift pattern, the successful candidate will lead the shift engineering team, manage maintenance activity, and support continuous improvement across high-volume production, packaging, and processing equipment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support the shift engineering team on days

• Manage reactive and planned maintenance activities across the site

• Drive engineering performance, reduce downtime, and improve reliability

• Support continuous improvement and engineering project activity

• Ensure engineering standards, safety, hygiene, and compliance are maintained

• Coordinate contractors and additional engineering support where required

• Work closely with production and operations teams to achieve site targets

• Manage shift handovers, engineering priorities, and workload planning

• Support fault finding and performance improvements across automated production machinery

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• Previous experience as a Maintenance Manager, Engineering Team Leader, or Engineering Shift Manager

• Strong people management and leadership skills

• Experience managing engineers within an FMCG, food manufacturing, packaging, pharmaceutical, or high-speed production environment

• Strong understanding of engineering KPIs, downtime reduction, and performance improvement

• Electrical bias preferred, although strong multi-skilled engineering management backgrounds will be considered

• Good knowledge of automated manufacturing equipment and fast-paced production environments

• Ability to remain calm under pressure and make effective decisions in a demanding site environment

Desirable Skills:

• PLC fault finding knowledge

• Experience with drives, motors, sensors, and production control systems

• Mechanical knowledge of conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, pneumatics, and automated machinery

• Contractor experience

• Experience coordinating contractors and engineering support teams

• Strong communication, organisation, and workload prioritisation skills

Benefits Include:

• £500 per day

• Outside IR35

• 4 on 4 off days-only shift pattern

• 06:00 – 18:00 working hours

• Long-term contract opportunity

• Potential contract extension

• Opportunity to lead engineering teams within a large, well-invested FMCG manufacturing site

• Exposure to continuous improvement, reliability, and engineering project work

• Quick turnaround for the right contractor

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please get in touch with us or apply below.