Senior Maintenance Engineering Manager

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

Location: Hounslow, South East, GB

Posted Date: 7/10/2025