Location: Heathrow
Salary: £70,000 - £85,000 + BUPA Medical + 28 Days Holiday + Pension
We're hiring a Senior Maintenance Engineering Manager to lead and develop the engineering function at our flagship 30,000 sqm industrial kitchen site in Heathrow. This high-throughput operation supports daily production for thousands of meals-from chilled sandwiches to complex plated dishes-serving a workforce of around 2,700 on-site staff.
This is a hands-on leadership role. We're looking for someone with strong technical knowledge and a proactive approach to driving reliability, compliance, and performance across the plant. You'll lead an in-house engineering team and oversee a large group of external contractors to ensure the site runs smoothly, safely, and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain and improve critical systems: steam boilers, refrigeration, AHUs, DAF plant, MEIKO dishwashers, and electrical infrastructure (including substations)
Ensure full compliance with maintenance legislation and internal standards (PPMs, electrical checks, documentation)
Identify training needs and improve engineering team capability
Be available for urgent issues-while not on-call formally, the role requires emergency availability due to operational criticality
Manage and develop a core team of 8 engineers (expanding to 11-15)
Oversee 50-60 contractors across gas, electrical, waste, and other technical areas
What We're Looking For
Experience you have with boilers, refrigeration, air handling units and waste units
Experience with legal compliance (electrical, maintenance, safety)
Experience managing internal and external stake holders
Able to interpret data to make decisions
Benefits
Salary: £70,000 - £85,000 (DOE)
BUPA medical insurance
28 days holiday
Company pension scheme
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