Maintenance Development Engineer - Utilities
Job Grade: Up to £50,000 depending on experience plus benefits listed below.
Location: Manchester
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 21st April March 2025
About the Role
As a Maintenance Development Engineer, you will be a vital part of our operational team, ensuring production schedules are met by defining and implementing best-in-class maintenance strategies. You’ll work across Production, Packaging, and Utilities, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while driving performance and reliability.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and implement asset maintenance plans to meet performance targets and compliance standards.
* Create long-term maintenance strategies based on asset condition, industry best practices, and HEINEKEN standards.
* Lead AM (Standard Improvement Teams) to optimize and standardize maintenance plans.
* Manage changes within your area to minimize operational risks (safety, quality, and reliability).
* Support identification & transfer of (basic maintenance) tasks to operations through coaching and supporting TPM AM Teams (including quality inspection, Q-points).
* Support the Shift Maintenance Technicians with the execution of breakdown analysis through to implementation of countermeasures to prevent reoccurrence of losses.
* Drive technical support and coaching for Operators and Shift Maintenance.
* Execute maintenance standards (HACS) to the highest standard on time and in full, ensuring they are optimized through a continuous improvement mindset.
* Support unplanned downtime reduction through the application of minor stop analysis.
* Benchmark maintenance strategies internally and externally to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
* Build strong relationships with key service providers to drive performance improvements.
* Lead investment proposals to enhance reliability, lower costs, and ensure compliance.
What Success Looks Like
* Reduction in unplanned losses (breakdowns, short stops, speed loss).
* Implementation of industry best practices from benchmarking exercises.
* Delivery of cost-effective maintenance strategies that enhance performance.
What We’re Looking For
At HEINEKEN, we believe in innovation, efficiency, and excellence. You’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact in a dynamic environment where your expertise will shape the future of our maintenance strategy.
* Strong experience with high-speed process/packaging machinery, ideally in FMCG.
* In-depth knowledge of modern maintenance techniques (FMECA, RCM).
* Proven problem-solving skills using LEAN, TPM, or Continuous Improvement methodologies.
* Ability to drive change, implement improvements, and work collaboratively across teams.
As part of the team, along with your salary you’ll also receive;
* An annual bonus,
* double matched pension (up to 10%),
* 35 days holiday
* A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers!
* Comprehensive Opportunities to develop.
You’ll also get the opportunity to get involved with one of our colleague networks where groups of colleagues from all over the business work together to ensure we’re always working towards being a diverse and inclusive company.
The application
If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply before the closing date listed at the top of the advert.
Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!
If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us.
In all likelihood the ideal candidate for this role won’t meet every single requirement in this advert, in fact we all need the opportunity to grow and develop in role. We understand some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every single qualification. The team at HEINEKEN would encourage you to submit an application if the advert has peaked your interest rather than ruling yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs. You never know, you may be exactly what we’re looking for!
Who We Are:
We’ve 150 years of brewing history and are proud of this legacy. Yet we’re sure our best days are ahead of us. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play as we dream big, set bold ambitions and push the boundaries. We support colleagues on this journey with development opportunities and unique experiences to help them reach their full potential.
Apply today to discover Your Future, Untapped.
In Short
* Industry Food and Beverage Services
* Founded 1864
* Location United Kingdom
* Company size 5000+
HEINEKEN - the world's most international brewer. It is the leading developer and marketer of premium beer and cider brands. Led by the Heineken brand, the Group has a portfolio of more than 300 international, regional, local and speciality beers and ciders. We are committed to innovation, long-term brand investment, disciplined sales execution and focused cost management.
We employ over 80,000 employees and operate breweries, malteries, cider plants and other production facilities in more than 70 countries.
Life at HEINEKEN UK
We’re home to some of the world’s best-loved ciders and beers, and a leading player in the international drinks industry.
We’re building a future that embraces innovation, sustainability, diversity and, of course, the opportunity for our 2,400 colleagues to make the most of their careers. We’re a business which will bring out the best in you.
If you’re as excited about our future as we are, then we’d love to hear how you can help us shape it.
We brew the Joy of True Togetherness
Our passion for consumers and customers and enjoyment of life go hand in hand with the care for the world in which we work and the people we work with.
We value and embrace inclusion and diversity, promote responsible consumption, make a real difference to the communities we’re part of and strive to be our industry’s most sustainable brewer. Put simply: we're more than meets the pint.
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