Are you passionate about driving reliability, optimising asset performance, and shaping the future of maintenance excellence? This role gives you the opportunity to be a key technical leader at the heart of our operations. You’ll influence how our facilities run, how our teams work, and how our assets perform for years to come. You won’t just maintain systems — you’ll transform them.
Closing date: 5th January
Interview process: Teams interview followed by a face-to-face at our Burton Latimer site
We’re happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process—just let us know how we can support you.
Champion Maintenance Excellence Across All Sites
Work hand‑in‑hand with operations and maintenance teams to ensure our maintenance programs are executed consistently and effectively. You’ll be the driving force behind continuous improvement, spotting opportunities to optimise processes and embedding best‑practice standards across the organisation.
Own and Evolve Our CMMS
As our Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) Subject Matter Expert, you’ll shape how we use data to make smarter decisions. You’ll ensure system integrity, streamline workflows, and lead KPI reporting that gives the business the insights it needs to perform at its best.
Influence Major Projects From Day One
Be a key voice in both capital and non‑capital projects, ensuring reliability principles are built in from concept to commissioning. You’ll champion Early Equipment Management (EEM) to deliver robust designs, smooth start‑ups, and long‑term asset performance.
Drive Risk‑Based Strategies That Protect the Business
Develop methodologies to optimise asset strategies and reduce operational risk. Your work will directly shape how we prioritise, maintain, and invest in our equipment.
Solve Complex Problems That Matter
Partner with manufacturing and cross‑functional teams to lead Root Cause Analysis for recurring failures. You’ll guide teams to sustainable solutions that eliminate issues at their source and strengthen long‑term reliability.
Deliver High‑Value Improvements
Identify and lead Value Optimisation initiatives that boost performance, reduce costs, and unlock efficiency. You’ll use data, insights, and collaboration to deliver meaningful, measurable results.
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Competitive salary & Annual Flexible benefits
We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, career, and life outside work.
To support our employees, we also offer:
To learn more about life at Weetabix, visit our careers page https://weetabixfoodcompany.co.uk/careers/
Please note: We benchmark roles based on your skills and experience, so we do not advertise fixed salary ranges.
We utilise our Preferred Agency Supplier Partners as and when we require additional support
At Weetabix, we believe that diverse teams drive better ideas, stronger decisions, and a more inclusive workplace for everyone. We’re committed to building an organisation where people from all walks of life feel they belong—where different voices, experiences, and backgrounds are valued and respected.
We're always looking to connect with talented individuals who can help shape the future of our business.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position; therefore, we are seeking candidates who do not require sponsorship.
We are Weetabix. Home to the UK’s favourite breakfast cereal and muesli (Alpen), and a brilliant Drinks business. Our purpose is to help people live better lives by providing better breakfasts. We’re leading the cereal market with world class innovation, we win awards. And trophies. We created a whole new breakfast category with our Weetabix On the Go Drinks. Oh.., we also make Weetabix Minis, Weetos, Oatibix, Ready Brek, Alpen bars, and more. Bet you didn’t know that before. You do now. With all of this, we win with our customers. Home for us is in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside, we’re less than an hour from London and Birmingham. Agile working means we can be based anywhere and get the job done. We export to over 80 countries and we’ve got businesses in other locations around the globe too. We’re ambitious. And it’s all because we give our people the freedom and support to make the big decisions. It’s what we call The Weetabix Difference, and it’ll make all the difference to your career.A family owned business until 2003, Weetabix Food Company is now wholly owned by Post Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Post Holdings, Inc is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating in cereals, foodservice, food ingredient, private label, refrigerated and active nutrition food categories. Post Holdings, Inc is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: POST).
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