Planned Maintenance Manager

Planned Maintenance Manager

Location: Gunstones Bakery, Dronfield

Shifts: Monday - Friday (Days)

About the Role

We are recruiting a Maintenance Manager to lead a maintenance engineering team at our Gunstones Bakery site in Dronfield.

You will manage a shift consisting of 1 Engineering Team Leader and 5 Engineers, taking ownership of planned and preventative maintenance activities across the site.

The role focuses on planning maintenance work, improving equipment reliability, and supporting production in a fast-paced bakery manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the maintenance team on shift
• Plan and coordinate maintenance works to support production
• Develop and deliver preventative maintenance programmes
• Monitor equipment performance and reduce unplanned downtime
• Support the implementation and ongoing use of a CMMS
• Drive continuous improvement in maintenance processes and reliability
• Work closely with Production to minimise disruption
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with Health, Safety, Environmental, and food safety standards
• Carry out root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and reporting

About You

You will be a time-served maintenance engineer with experience leading teams in a manufacturing environment. This role would suit both someone currently operating as a Team Lead or Supervisor who is ready to step up into a management position, as well as those already in a maintenance management role.

You will be organised, proactive, and comfortable leading a team while driving planned maintenance and improvement activity.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum NVQ Level 3 Engineering qualification
• Time-served mechanical maintenance engineering background
• Experience planning and delivering preventative maintenance
• Previous experience leading or supervising engineers
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skills
• Comfortable supporting system change, including CMMS implementation

Why Join Us?

This is a great opportunity to join a well-established bakery site and play a key role in improving maintenance structure and reliability. This role offers real scope to make a visible impact and develop your career.

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