Maintenance Manager

Role Summary:

The successful candidate will support the site business through the management of an efficient and effective engineering function. This involves implementing the KPIs determined at site level with regards to planned and preventative maintenance, reaction time to breakdowns, cost control etc.

Furthermore, to deal with unforeseen work and ensure the appropriate deployment of resource including contractors within agreed budgets.

Responsibilities:

• Cascade and deliver the key business objectives and performance targets determined both at Group and site level for the Maintenance Department.
• Monitor and control maintenance costs in line with budgetary requirements, obtaining the necessary authorization in line with Group policies and procedures.
• Provide leadership to the site engineering team – coaching engineers during breakdowns and overseeing time critical repairs.
• Manage and direct the day-to-day operations of the Maintenance team, including determining needed repairs and improvements, establishing project priorities and assigning work tasks, scheduling work to most effectively meet the needs of production with minimal disruption.
• Plan scheduled work and respond accordingly to unforeseen work activity ensuring the competence of the engineering team to meet these requirements.
• Best utilize internal and external 3rd party resource to deal appropriately with those situations that occur on site, depending on capability, specialism and skill set.
• Manage and advise on third party site contracts communicating appropriately with the Site Operations Manager and Group Engineering Manager on costs, SLAs and ongoing satisfaction with contractors.
• Improve the production facilities and reduce the number of costly breakdown incidents by developing proactive maintenance strategies to improve overall reliability of the plant, personnel and production processes.
• Promote initiatives that support the overall motivation, training, development and deployment of employee resources within maintenance.
• Work closely with Site Utilities management to ensure optimum production & cost performance.

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