Maintenance Team Manager

Business Area:  Cereal Partners Worldwide
Location:  Staverton, Wiltshire

Salary circa £57,000 basic salary depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• 17 % car allowance


• Potential, discretionary annual bonus


• Generous pension scheme 


• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement


• 2 paid volunteering days


• A focus on personal development and growth (insert relevant detail on study support, etc)

Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.  

Position Summary

We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to join our team in our Cereal Partners UK site as a Maintenance Team Manager. This role is responsible to lead, guide and motivate the engineering team to ensure the plant is available to produce our fantastic products on time whilst meeting all quality and safety requirements.

At Cereal Partners UK, we have established ourselves as one of the largest cereal manufacturers in the UK, making many well-loved brands such as Shreddies and Shredded Wheat. Our aim is simple: to provide high quality, nutritious and great tasting breakfast cereals. You could join our mission to create a nation of Cereal Lovers!

Your Impact

Reporting into the Factory Engineering Manager this role will manage and support the activities of the maintenance team to meet both Production and Engineering demands and ensure that priority work is completed promptly whilst conforming to all Cereal Partners Health and Safety requirements and current legislation.

You will take responsibility in developing a culture of pro-activity where people take pride and responsibility in what they do.

The main focus of the role will be:

• Ensure the alignment of the engineering resources with Factory strategy


• Ensuring that Planned Maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with the scheduled maintenance plan.


• Overseeing the day-to-day leadership of a team of around 30 engineers


• Creating a structured environment for Maintenance activities where expectations of behaviour and performance are clearly defined and regularly reviewed.


• Responsible for tracking and reporting of a defined budget for annual maintenance


• Support the implementation of Asset Maintenance and TPM-PM to deliver Asset Intensity and maximise performance in all areas, including health and safety, quality, wastage and efficiency via measurement and analysis.


• Analysing data/reviewing breakdowns that occur on the plant and implementing proactive actions/strategies to ensure they do not reoccur.


• Promoting a safety conscious working environment where all engineering employees adopt Cereal Partners Safe Working and hygienic engineering practices.


• Proactively carrying out Opportunity Maintenance on equipment that is not running.


• Ensuring the engineering department is compliant to all the relevant auditing standards.

Ingredients for success

We are looking for a leader that has a pro-active approach to continuous improvement and the ability to coach and develop the team around them.

• Experience of in a people management role within a food manufacturing industry/engineering environment.


• Experience working in a unionised environment


• Ideally Degree / Diploma/ HNC in an Engineering discipline (Mechanical, E&A, Process, Industrial Engineering or similar)


• Have a proven ability to achieve targets, drive improvements and manage budgets.


• Be able to demonstrate understanding of factory operations: TPM/ Lean, health & safety, employment, quality and hygiene legislation

What you need to know

Advert closing date: 18.02.2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Cereal Partners, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.

To find out more about Nestle’s commitment to DEI: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace