Maintenance Manager

Key Duties:

• Manage all Health & Safety matters in the maintenance team, including but not limited to:
• Ensure that all employees work in a safe and responsible manner and adhere to on site safety regulations and procedures.
• Issuing ‘Permits-to-Work’
• Conducting Risk Assessments on own and team’s work
• Inducting the team in routine health and safety training such as:
• Lock Out / Tag Out, Permits system, PPE compliance, Accident Reporting.
• Carrying out PPE audits of the team.
• Focus on maintaining plant efficiency within the allocated budget.
• Be pro-active in seeking ways to improve plant performance.
• Motivate and lead the maintenance team to achieve their targets.
• Ensure that all employees are aware that the priority is to keep the plant running efficiently.
• Any extra work including special projects must be delegated to others and must not interfere with the day to day plant cover of the core team.
• Completion of PM’S is a fundamental requirement and must be managed and monitored by the Supervisor.
• The Supervisor must be available for on site meetings with Management and offer input to help improve efficiencies.
• Monitor the time and attendance of all employees.
• Deal with IR issues relating to personnel.
• Meet on a fortnightly basis with Management and provide a regular weekly report on the previous week’s activities.
• Ensure that timesheets are filled in correctly and sign them off with the approval of the client Manager.
• Planning & Scheduling of Maintenance works in close co - operation with Production and Commercial Managers.
• Participate in site audits ensuring compliance.
• Program & issue work orders for ppm/other work to Lead Technician.
• Stock (store management), procure spare parts.
• Ensure availability of materials as required.
• Prioritise 'other work' taking in to account manufacturing priorities and PM completion.
• Maintenance support, data entry, updating equipment records, producing performance reports (KPI's).
• Produce back log of planned work scheduled and not completed and reasons why.
• Manage co - ordination between Operations & Maintenance functions.
• Manage progress & compliance to schedules.
• Manage other contractors on site in a maintenance capacity.
• Ensure service contracts are up to date and liaise with external vendors.
• Challenge systems, processes and procedures to drive change within the Maintenance/Operations function.
• Participate in Site Management initiatives, for example, but not limited to, TPM.
• On call as part of Management Team / Engineering Team
• Hands on with Technicians to organise, prioritise, advise, help etc.

 Person Specification:

• Trades qualification - Electrical and relevant engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with modern maintenance management methods and techniques.
• Experienced in managing a maintenance team of not less than 5 personnel. With responsibility for Health & Safety (typical tasks as listed above) plus motivating, influencing, coaching the team on day to day technical and operations matters. Proven ability to deal with employee relations / disciplinary matters within the team.
• High speed/High Volume background. Ideally experience in Food or Beverage manufacturing processes
• Multi-skilled / cross-skilled ethos
• Aptitude for process awareness, PLC control equipment and diagnostic / trouble-shooting experience gained in a Hi-volume environment.
• Good team player that can use their initiative and communicate well with people and build work relationships.
• Responsible and positive person who embraces change and takes ownership for their team and plant.
• Computer skills essential
• Familiar with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems, ideally Maximo. Knowledge of JD Edwards also an advantage.
• COSHH awareness in a food safe environment an advantage.