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Maintenance Manager

Salary Competitive
Location Carrickmacross
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Maintenance Manager
Location: Carrickmacross

Are you an experienced engineering leader with a passion for asset reliability, continuous improvement, and people development? We are seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead our maintenance function, ensuring the effective delivery of engineering best practice, maximising equipment performance, and supporting operational excellence across the site.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key leadership role within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, driving preventative maintenance strategies, improving asset performance, and developing a high-performing maintenance team.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Lead and manage the site maintenance department to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations.
  • Develop and implement asset management best practices and preventative maintenance strategies.
  • Drive standardisation of engineering systems across production areas.
  • Manage maintenance systems, spare parts control, and utilisation of Holistech and MYMRO.
  • Oversee maintenance budgets and control expenditure on spare parts and engineering activities.
  • Plan and prioritise maintenance activities to minimise downtime and maximise equipment reliability.
  • Develop, coach, and support maintenance teams through training, performance management, and succession planning.
  • Champion a culture of continuous improvement across engineering and operations.
  • Collaborate with production and project teams to successfully deliver new equipment, products, and process developments.
  • Manage contractor performance, ensuring safety, quality, and value for money.
  • Monitor and maintain site engineering KPIs and compliance standards.
  • Ensure full compliance with Health & Safety, Food Safety, Environmental, and legislative requirements.

Essential Criteria

  • Level 3 Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualification.
  • Significant engineering and maintenance leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong knowledge of asset management and preventive maintenance systems.
  • Proven experience managing maintenance teams and departmental budgets.
  • Strong understanding of site utilities, services, and infrastructure.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and people development skills.
  • Passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Why Join Us?

  • Opportunity to lead a critical business function and influence site performance.
  • Work within a collaborative and fast-moving manufacturing environment.
  • Develop and implement engineering strategies that deliver lasting business impact.
  • Join a business committed to safety, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.

INDHP

Pilgrim’s Europe produces some of the best-known and most iconic brands in the UK and Ireland, including Fridge Raiders, Rollover, Denny, Richmond, Oakhouse and Moy Park, alongside a diverse range of industry leading own-label products in categories including fresh pork, lamb and chicken, working with all the major retailers and food service outlets.

Our portfolio extends to authentic chilled and frozen ready meals, snacking ranges, added value and food service products.

Across Pilgrim’s Europe we combine 20,000 of the best people in the industry, united by a shared set of core values and a passion for producing the highest quality, most delicious and innovative food, which is enjoyed by millions of people in the UK, Ireland and Europe every day. Our Pilgrim’s Europe team are based in our Pilgrim’s UK, Moy Park, Pilgrim’s Food Masters and Pilgrim’s Shared Services businesses.

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