Maintenance Manager

This is a shopfloor-focused leadership role where you’ll take day-to-day ownership of maintenance activities, leading from the front and supporting your team to deliver high standards across safety, reliability and performance.

You’ll coordinate the maintenance plan, respond to breakdowns, and work closely with production and site functions to ensure equipment availability meets operational needs. You’ll also step up to deputise for the Engineering Manager when required.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and coordinate the maintenance team on a daily basis, ensuring work is planned, prioritised and completed safely and effectively
• Take ownership of the daily and weekly maintenance plan, balancing planned, reactive and corrective work
• Provide hands-on technical support, troubleshooting equipment issues and restoring plant safely following breakdowns
• Drive improvements in equipment reliability, leading root-cause analysis and implementing long-term fixes
• Ensure full compliance with HSE, food safety and quality standards (including HACCP, BRCGS, GMP and UK regulations)
• Monitor key KPIs such as downtime, PM compliance and repeat failures, taking action to improve performance
• Work closely with Production, Quality, HSE and Planning teams to align maintenance priorities
• Manage contractors and ensure all work is safely controlled and completed to required standards
• Support engineering projects, modifications and small capital improvements
• Maintain accurate records within the CMMS and ensure effective management of spares and assets
• Promote a proactive maintenance culture focused on prevention, not just reaction

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience leading or supervising a maintenance or engineering team in a manufacturing environment (food, FMCG or process preferred)
• Strong hands-on mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills
• A practical, structured approach to problem-solving and root cause analysis
• Experience with planned and preventive maintenance systems (CMMS)
• Ability to stay calm and decisive under pressure, particularly during breakdowns
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across site functions
• A leadership style focused on coaching, accountability and continuous improvement

Desirable Experience

• Food manufacturing standards such as HACCP, BRCGS, GMP
• Experience with packaging equipment, process plant, utilities or automation
• Contractor management and safe systems of work
• Continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, TPM, Six Sigma)
• Health & Safety qualifications (IOSH, NEBOSH)

Why Join ADM?

• Be part of a global organisation with strong investment in people, technology and innovation
• Work in a collaborative, supportive site environment where engineering is highly valued
• Opportunity to make a real impact on reliability, performance and continuous improvement
• Career development within a business that spans multiple sites and disciplines

#IncludingYou

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments — environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.

For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Culture, Engagement & Inclusion | ADM.

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.