Bradford Maintenance Manager
About Us
Calbee is Japan’s #1 snack brand and one of the world’s largest snack manufacturers, creating snacks loved by millions across Asia and beyond for over 50 years.
Since 1945, Seabrook Crisps has been crafting bold, distinctive snacks that stand out from the crowd. From our roots in Bradford to becoming a nationally loved brand, our signature crinkle-cut crisps and fearless approach to flavour have earned us a loyal following.
Seabrook joined the Calbee group in 2018, joining forces to enter an exciting new phase of growth. With a strong portfolio of brands, impressive growth in a competitive market and ambitious plans for the years ahead, we’re investing in innovation, capability, capacity, and talent to take our brands – and our people – to the next level.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Bradford Maintenance Manager to lead our site maintenance operation and play a key role in improving equipment reliability, engineering standards and overall site performance. This is a high-impact leadership role, responsible for creating a proactive, safety-first maintenance culture that supports a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
Reporting into the Engineering Manager, you will lead, coach and develop the maintenance team, ensuring the right skills, structure and focus are in place to deliver operational objectives. You will drive best practice across planned and reactive maintenance, use data and CMMS insights to improve performance, and work closely with operations and wider site teams to reduce downtime and support continuous improvement.
You will also take ownership of engineering governance, compliance and reporting, helping to ensure the site operates safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced maintenance leader who enjoys combining hands-on operational leadership with longer-term reliability and capability improvement.
Key responsibilities will include:
· Leading the maintenance function with clear direction, visibility and high standards
· Developing team capability, shift coverage and leadership support across a 24/7 operation
· Driving best practice in preventive and predictive maintenance, CMMS usage, RCA and condition
monitoring
· Improving equipment reliability, reducing unplanned downtime and supporting site performance
· Managing engineering compliance, critical spares strategy, budgets and operational reporting
· Supporting continuous improvement activity, capital projects and longer-term site development
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for an experienced engineering or maintenance leader with a strong track record in a manufacturing environment. You will have led teams, improved asset reliability and created a culture of accountability, safety and continuous improvement. Food manufacturing experience would be an advantage, but we are open to candidates from other fast-paced manufacturing settings.
To succeed in this role, you will bring:
· Proven experience leading a maintenance or engineering function
· A strong understanding of maintenance systems, engineering compliance and performance
improvement
· Experience of CMMS, preventive maintenance planning and data-led decision making
· Practical knowledge of TPM, RCA, RCM, condition monitoring and continuous improvement tools
· Confidence managing budgets, resources, critical spares and operational priorities
· Ideally, a controls engineering background with experience of PLCs, fault finding, safety circuits and
inverters
· A track record of building capability and developing technical talent within a team
Who Are You:
You are a credible leader who can balance day-to-day operational demands with longer-term thinking. You know how to bring people with you, set high expectations and create a culture where standards matter.
You will be:
· A strong communicator who can influence at all levels
· Calm under pressure, with excellent problem-solving skills
· Pragmatic, organised and results-focused
· Passionate about safety, quality and doing things the right way
· Someone who enjoys developing others and building high-performing teams
· Motivated by continuous improvement and committed to raising standards
Why Join Us
· Be part of a growing, ambitious business backed by a global leader
· Work in a culture where innovation is genuinely valued and encouraged
· Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package
· Access career development opportunities within an international group
· Play a key role in improving site reliability, engineering standards and operational performance
Location
· Bradford, West Yorkshire
· Occasion global and wider UK travel
How to Apply
If you’re ready to take the next step in your engineering leadership career and want to play a key role in driving maintenance excellence at our Bradford site, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV and cover letter to: .
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