Head of Maintenance (Fixed Term)

Factory Management | Leyland | Full Time | Temporary

Since our beginnings at Dr. Oetker, we have been breaking new ground. With pizza, cake, and desserts, as well as digital platforms and services – quality and an innovative spirit set us apart.

What awaits you? It's up to you! At Dr. Oetker, you can actively shape the future – both yours and ours. We want to be part of something bigger. Don't you?

JOIN THE TASTE.

Great news! We have a fantastic opportunity for a Head of Maintenance to join our Maintenance Team. This is a 2 year fixed term contract. 

This isn’t a standard Head of Maintenance role. This is a high-impact transformation opportunity to take an already strong operation at our Leyland site and turn it into a best-in-class, future-ready maintenance function.

You’ll join the business as a key member of the Site Leadership Team, shaping strategy, driving cultural change, and building the capability needed to deliver sustainable, world-class performance.

If you’re motivated by building a sustainable culture of high-performing teams and delivering real change at scale, this is your opportunity.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Shape Culture & Capability 

• Create a high-performance, accountable and engaged engineering culture
• Develop leaders who can sustain and build on the transformation
• Build a strong succession pipeline and long-term capability across the team

Transform Performance

• Lead the shift to a fully proactive, reliability-led maintenance model
• Deliver step-change improvements in OEE, uptime, and asset performance
• Set and embed standards that define “what great looks like”

Drive Strategic Change

• Translate business strategy into a clear, compelling maintenance vision
• Lead large-scale change programmes across systems, processes and behaviours
• Build a function that is fit for the future—digitally enabled, data-led and continuously improving

Own Performance & Investment

• Lead the maintenance budget with a sharp focus on value and efficiency
• Reduce reactive spend and improve cost per unit
• Identify and deliver targeted investment to unlock performance

Lead Through Collaboration

• Partner across Production, Quality, HSE and Supply Chain to deliver site objectives
• Influence at senior level to drive alignment and pace
• Champion a culture of ownership, accountability and teamwork

WHAT YOU BRING

• A proven leader with a strong track record of delivering cultural and capability transformation in a manufacturing environment
• Experience leading strategic change programmes, not just maintaining performance
• Deep understanding of reliability, asset care, and operational excellence
• A people-first leader who can engage, challenge and inspire teams
• Strong commercial mindset with experience owning budgets and driving cost improvement
• The presence and credibility to operate at senior leadership level

WHAT WE OFFER

 The Head of Maintenance role offers a competitive salary alongside many other benefits including;

• 33 days annual leave (inc bank holidays) which increases with service
• Free Life Assurance at 4 times basic annual salary
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay
• Salary sacrifice Pension scheme (3% employee contribution, 6% employer contribution)
• Private medical insurance (BUPA)
• Health care Cash Plan Scheme (BUPA)
• Annual healthy heart MOT’s
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave
• Employee loyalty scheme recognising length of service milestones at 1, 3, 5, 10, 15 20 years and beyond!
• Free pizzas
• Subsidised on site restaurant with hot and cold meals, a salad/deli bar and snack machines
• Free tea, coffee and fresh fruit.
• Free on-site parking
• Free Wi-Fi on site
• Employee Referral Scheme £350 – once you know how great it is to work here, you’ll want to bring your friends and family!
• Regular Employee Forums ensuring all employees have a voice
• Incentivised employee suggestion scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free eye test vouchers