**Maintenance Lead**

**Ashby de la Zouch (Home of Hula Hoops, Space Raiders, Skips and more)**

**Days based role , Mon to Fri (no shifts)**

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**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 (33 in Europe, 3 in Australia, 3 in New
Zealand, 2 in India and 3 in Vietnam).



In the UK KP Snacks consists of c2,300 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.

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**Salary: £****47,566pa**

**Some of the benefits you can expect to receive:**

· Bonus scheme

· Medicash Health cash plan

· Private Healthcare (dependent on Grade)

· KP Pension Plan – matching contribution stakeholder pension plan (up to 7%
of salary) which also includes life assurance and income protection

· 25 days holiday

. 5-year service additional holiday

· Annual salary review

· MyGym Discounts

· Cancer Care

· Holiday Buy (buy up to an additional 5 days holiday per year)

· Career Break

· Cycle to Work

· Company Sick Pay – once eligible

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Digital GP

· Best Doctors - 2nd medical opinion

· Access to KP4ME - online benefits, discounts, prizes, competitions and
information platform with access to mental, physical and financial wellbeing
information and tools

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**The Role**

As our Maintenance Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in the production line
team. You’ll be the lead Maintenance Engineer for the area and be part of a
management team of 3 (Process Lead, Maintenance Lead and Line Lead).



The Maintenance Lead is responsible for defined processes within a dedicated
area of the site to reduce or eliminate the costs that are caused by
maintenance of equipment and machine downtimes. As a management team, you’ll
review losses within the area, develop action plans and deliver sustained
improvement results. Acting as the Engineering specialist on your shift, you
will be a crucial resource and will have the opportunity to be involved in
many projects and initiatives.



You’ll be an excellent coach and motivator, with significant, demonstrable
experience in this area. Some of your day-to-dayregular activities will
include:

* Maintenance Planning and Scheduling DMs (Daily Maintenance) for the lines
* Drive a proactive culture for health and safety challenging unsafe practices.

* Review and prioritise any reported incidentsstops within the last 24 hours
* Plan the maintenance and repair work for the next 24 hours and complete during scheduled downtime
* Provide updates during DDS (Daily Direction Setting) on any PM’s (Preventative Maintenance) being conducted in the next 24 hours
* All overdue work orders are up dated, classified and processed according to meet the urgency and priority
* Prepare and lead the scheduling of the maintenance work for the next week during the weekly maintenance meeting
* Budget responsibility for ensuring repairs budget is managed effectively.
* Prepare the schedules for monthly maintenance work as dictated by the annual maintenance plan and as previously identified during the monthly meeting
* Update technical documentation
* Development and updating of the annual maintenance plan.



We aim to foster a diverse family-like culture where everyone can be
themselves and feel a sense of belonging. The I&D; program focuses on Culture,
Leadership, Recruitment, and Equitable Progression. We operate an inclusive
recruitment process to attract diverse talent and educate hiring managers on
bias. Additionally, we run a comprehensive program addressing various
diversity topics to promote an inclusive workplace. Join KP Snacks to be a
part of a diverse and inclusive team that values individuality and promotes
growth.



We wholeheartedly encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply for
this position. We are totally committed to creating a workplace where not one
person feels they do not belong. Please just let us know if there is anything
we can do to make the process more easily accessible for you or if you have
any special requirements.



Whichever method you are using to apply, please ensure that your application
clearly demonstrates the relevant skills we are looking for, with clear
evidence to support.



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**The Candidate:**

In order to be successful in the role, you’ll need certain skills, experience
and knowledge, including:

* HNCHND or Degree in an Engineering discipline (ideally with an electrical bias)
* A minimum level 3 electrical qualification
* Continuous Improvement (CI) experience

* Proven strong engineering and problem-solving skills
* Experience of utilising Lean tools and techniques
* Preferably manufacturing experience









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