Maintenance and Engineering Manager

About the role

Dawn Meats is looking for an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead the Engineering and Maintenance function at its Kildare facility. This is a permanent, full-time leadership role focused on equipment reliability, preventative maintenance programmes, engineering projects, team performance and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop the site Engineering and Maintenance team.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programmes to maximise plant uptime and reliability.
• Ensure rapid and effective response to equipment breakdowns and production issues.
• Manage engineering budgets, maintenance costs, contractors and service providers.
• Drive continuous improvement projects to improve efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Oversee engineering stores, spare parts inventory and maintenance systems.
• Lead site engineering CAPEX projects from planning to implementation.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety, food safety, quality and regulatory standards.
• Work closely with Production, Operations, Utilities, Procurement and Group Engineering.

Required profile

• 5+ years' experience in a Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager or similar role.
• Engineering qualification or time served in a mechanical or electrical trade.
• Proven experience managing engineering teams in a manufacturing environment, ideally food production or FMCG.
• Experience driving continuous improvement and plant reliability initiatives.

Required skills

• Strong leadership, project management and problem-solving skills.
• Management of PPM programmes, engineering budgets and CAPEX projects.