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Are you an experienced, proactive leader looking to take the next step in your career? Do you want to work for a household name in the FMCG industry? As Night Shift Coordinator, you'll be responsible for overseeing night shift operations to ensure the smooth, efficient production of high-quality products. You'll lead and support your team, ensuring resources and equipment are optimally utilised to meet production targets and maintain a 'Right First-Time' approach. You'll also act as the key point of contact for any operational issues during the night shift.

Maintenance Manager Location: Essex Industry: Manufacturing Employment Type: Full-time Salary: £60,000 - 65,000 + Benefits We are seeking a proactive and technically skilled Maintenance Manager to take the lead on maintenance strategy at our Halstead manufacturing site. This is a key leadership position, responsible for ensuring the reliability, safety, and operational performance of plant equipment and infrastructure. You will oversee preventive and condition-based maintenance processes, support capital investment and technical upgrade projects, and ensure maximum plant uptime through effective maintenance execution. Your approach to leadership, collaboration, and innovation will help shape the future resilience and efficiency of the site. Key Responsibilities: Develop, implement, and manage the site's maintenance strategy, budget, and performance metrics. Lead both planned and reactive maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Ensure maintenance procedures, technical documentation, and policies are up-to-date and aligned with best practice. Collaborate with engineering and operations teams on the installation and commissioning of new machinery, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to standard. Oversee procurement and resource planning, maintaining an effective balance of in-house and third-party support. Drive continuous improvement initiatives through data-led insights, root cause analysis, and KPI tracking. Manage relationships with external suppliers, ensuring safety, quality, and performance meet contractual expectations. Lead, mentor, and grow the maintenance team through structured training, recruitment, and performance management. Work closely with internal stakeholders to support future investment planning and strategic decision-making for equipment and infrastructure. About You: A qualified engineer, ideally with an Electrical or Mechanical background. Experience gained in an automated, fast-paced manufacturing environment (food or FMCG experience highly desirable). Demonstrable success in maintenance leadership roles, including budgeting, team management, and supplier oversight. Strong technical knowledge, with a keen eye for detail, problem-solving, and continuous improvement. Excellent communicator and collaborator capable of influencing cross-functional teams. Able to thrive in a hands-on role with a solutions-focused mindset and commitment to high standards. Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. Please note that Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

Join a global, family-owned FMCG business with some of the UK's most loved brands. The Advocate Group are currently supporting the search for an experienced Category Manager to drive category growth across the Out of Home, Traditional Trade and Ireland channels. In this strategic role, you'll act as a trusted advisor to customers and internal teams - shaping category plans, leading range reviews, and delivering actionable insights that boost visibility, distribution and sales.

Advocate Group is proud to represent a leading global FMCG business in their search for a Customer Category Manager to join their commercial team.

Love building communities and crafting content that gets people talking? The Advocate Group are on the hunt for a Creative Content Executive to help shape stories, spark conversations, and bring brands to life across social media, email, and beyond.

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