Maintenance Lead
Ashby de la Zouch (Home of Hula Hoops, Space Raiders, Skips and more)
Days based role, Mon to Fri (no shifts)
Company Overview
KP Snacks is proud to be part of the Intersnack Group. With an annual turnover of more than €3 billion, the Intersnack Group has grown and flourished to become a market leader in savoury snacks, present in over 30 countries across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and beyond, employing more than 14,000 employees and 44 factories globally.
In the UK, KP Snacks consists of approximately 2,300 colleagues across our seven factory locations and Slough HQ. We make great tasting snack brands such as Hula Hoops, McCoy’s, Pombear, KP Nuts, Butterkist popcorn, Tyrrells and popchips.
Salary: £47,566pa
Some of the benefits you can expect to receive:
The Role
As a Maintenance Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in the production line team. You’ll be the lead Maintenance Engineer for an area and be part of a leadership team of 3 (Process Lead, Maintenance Lead and Line Lead).
The Maintenance Lead is responsible for overseeing and delivering defined engineering processes within your area. These processes are primarily designed to reduce machine stoppages and ensure the correct level of asset care and maintenance strategy is deployed to each equipment item. This will be achieved by leading and coaching the entire area team to deliver true Autonomous Maintenance. As part of the leadership team for your area, you’ll review losses within the area, develop action plans and deliver sustained improvement results.
You will be a crucial resource to ensure that the correct level of engineering capability is achieved within the team to progress our zero loss journey. This role will also require you to play a key role in the delivery of your own improvement initiatives along with larger capital projects for your area.
You’ll be an excellent coach and motivator, with significant, demonstrable experience in this area. Some of your day-to-day/regular activities will include:
The Candidate:
In order to be successful in the role, you’ll need certain skills, experience and knowledge, including: