Regional Technical Maintenance Manager

Tesco UK
• Central / Southwest
• Permanent
• Apply by 16-Mar-2026

In this pivotal role, you'll lead the technical and engineering support that keeps over 1,400 retail sites safe, legally compliant, and performing at their best. You'll ensure our stores remain fully functional for customers, retail colleagues, and stakeholders, delivering exceptional service and consistently high operational standards. As an expert in your field, you'll be the go‑to person for complex technical challenges, often acting as the first line of leadership across people, processes, and projects.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives on balancing outstanding delivery with engaging and empowering teams, all while driving improvements that truly matter to the business and the customers we serve.

The hiring manager is Rebecca Comer.

We're all about the little helps. That's why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you - both in and out of work.  to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

• Maintaining exceptional standards across the entire estate.
• Leading and embedding change initiatives across the region to drive consistent performance improvements and year‑on‑year productivity gains.
• Identifying issues and driving effective problem‑solving
  , ensuring root causes are addressed with sustainable solutions.
• Collaborating with cross‑functional teams to co‑create solutions that are understood and owned at a local level.
• Ensuring full compliance with all legal, regulatory, and company standards, continuously striving to exceed minimum requirements.
• Providing guidance and leadership to field delivery teams to ensure operational standards are consistently met across the region.
• Working closely with development teams and TAMs to uphold technical and installation standards.
• Supporting non‑technical managers
  , enabling them to assist technicians in maintaining a safe, compliant, and fully operational estate.
• Creating and delivering annual improvement plans
  , partnering with Design teams and external suppliers to align specifications and standards.
• Supporting the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance activities
  , ensuring tasks are completed to a high quality.
• Overseeing governance of SOPs
  , emergency procedures, and contingency planning.
• Acting as the primary point of contact for all technical enquiries
  , including conducting site visits and managing relationships with senior stakeholders to ensure service excellence.
• Championing Health & Safety practices and embedding a strong H&S culture across the region.
• Conducting Root Cause Analysis where required to enhance operational reliability.
• Driving Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) studies alongside Reliability Managers and owning asset‑level improvement strategies.
• Supporting national reliability plans
  , leading local reliability studies to maximise uptime and reduce costs.
• Providing specialist technical and engineering expertise across all relevant categories.
• Supporting and coordinating the response to major technical outages
  , ensuring effective resolution and communication.

• Extensive technical and maintenance engineering experience
  , with a proven track record in delivering high standards across complex estates.
• Background in large‑scale, multi‑site or remote maintenance operations
  , with the ability to manage engineering performance at scale.
• Strong senior stakeholder management skills
  , with the confidence to influence, challenge, and collaborate effectively.
• Engineering qualifications at Level 3 or above
  , ideally in mechanical or electrical engineering (time‑served or equivalent).
• Advanced technical expertise across HVAC, electrical,…