Site Services Manager
We're looking for a Site Services Manager to join our team at KP Snacks. As Site Services Manager at our Ashby site, you’ll play a vital leadership role in maintaining and improving the site’s essential engineering services, ensuring equipment and infrastructure are safe, reliable, and compliant. You’ll manage a dedicated team of Site Services Team Members, overseeing planned and reactive maintenance activities, contractor coordination, and continuous improvement initiatives.
With a clear focus on food safety, health & safety, and sustainability, you’ll lead engineering projects, support site audits, and contribute to a culture of zero loss. You’ll be a key part of the site’s Progressive Maintenance team, working cross-functionally with engineering and operational colleagues to optimise performance across various packing lines, process lines and a diverse portfolio of SKUs.
This is an exciting opportunity for an inclusive and forward-thinking leader with strong technical understanding, a coaching mindset, and the drive to influence meaningful change in a fast-paced, 24/7 environment.
Annual bonus scheme, with an excellent track record of over achievement.
~£6000 car cash allowance.
~ Comprehensive Healthcare Support – Access to a Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, including a Digital GP service, Best Doctors (Second Medical Opinion Service), and specialist Cancer Care for peace of mind when you need it most.
~ KP Pension Plan - contribution matching up to 7% of your salary
~25 days holiday + holiday buy scheme
~ Electric vehicle scheme.
~ KP4ME - online benefits, discounts, prizes, competitions and information platform with access to mental, physical and financial wellbeing information and tools
Leading, coaching and developing a site services team, building technical capability and strong team culture
Collaborating with Engineering, Production and external contractors to coordinate planned maintenance, technical audits and project delivery
Ensuring engineering compliance with food safety, health & safety, and environmental regulations, contributing to key audit outcomes
Leading strategic reviews of service contracts and maintenance planning – with continuous learning in energy management and regulatory standards
Here in the UK, we're about 2,400 strong, spread across seven factories and our Slough HQ. Diversity isn't just a buzzword for us. Recognised mechanical or electrical engineering qualification (City & Guilds or above), with strong technical knowledge
Hands-on experience in a manufacturing, food production or FMCG environment, ideally in a site services or facilities maintenance capacity
Confidence with compliance, risk assessments and tools such as PUWER, LOLER and planned maintenance systems