Overview
Maintenance Manager
Maintenance Manager required by large FMCG company based in Naas, Co Kildare. Reporting to the Factory Manager the overall purpose of this role is to lead a multifunctional team in overseeing all installations, repair, and upkeep of facilities & plant.
Responsibilities include: –
- Drive plant efficiencies across all areas with particular focus on problem maintenance issues, as identified through our computerised maintenance system, Flex
- Design and implement maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods
- Collaborate with the production team to achieve site schedules and provide engineering solutions to recurring reactive maintenance issues
- Manage and update the Computerised Maintenance Management System
- Diagnose breakdown problems and develop preventative maintenance programs for electrical and mechanical systems
- Ensure constant supply of electrical services & mechanical services for the site
- Be actively involved in any lean initiatives to improve plant efficiency
- Manage the development and up-skilling of the site maintenance team to achieve a high-performance team and liaise with the Factory Manager on additional resourcing needs
- Install & commission new equipment such as plant machinery, portable firefighting equipment, and fire hydrants
- Be responsible for setting and achieving agreed maintenance budget and targets
- Manage Maintenance PO system to include creation, approval and matching of PO’s to delivery dockets
- Monitor and report on electricity, gas, refrigeration, water, and steam costs
- Develop and manage good relations with critical suppliers
- Purchase, manage and control critical and routine spare parts, supplies and equipment
- Ensure service contracts are in place for mission critical services and machinery, and schedule their completion
- Manage external contractors by ensuring that contractor management procedures are adhered to and that method statements have been received and by checking insurance information
- Be responsible for meeting predefined KPI targets with respect to maintenance downtime, maintenance performance and overall equipment effectiveness and report on same as required
- Ensure that statutory maintenance testing is carried out
- Ensure site documentation is accurate, timely and relevant
- Ensure timely calibration of plant equipment and instrumentation
- Ensure that all portable firefighting equipment is inspected and certified annually by a fire protection equipment company
- Ensure that all fire hydrants, emergency showers and any water supply that would not be used regularly is flushed out on a weekly basis for the prevention of Legionella
- Manage the plant to maintain safety, environmental, quality and hygiene standards, and present to auditors as required
Skills / Qualifications/ Experience:
Essential
- Minimum 5 years’ experience leading a team in a similar role/environment
- Must hold an electrical qualification with industrial experience
- Ability to apply engineering principles in practical application
- Project Management experience essential
- Proven track record in team development and management essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Enthusiastic, energetic, optimistic, can-do attitude
- Is strategic and continuously looking for ways to improve how things are done, use of Lean tools/Methodology
- Customer and results focused and be highly committed to providing excellent standard of service
Desirable
- Controls, PLC, software, automated equipment experience