We are currently seeking a highly skilled Maintenance Manager for a client based in Waterford. This role offers the opportunity to lead and manage a dynamic engineering team, ensuring the maintenance and optimization of our production facility. If you are an experienced leader with a strong background in maintenance management and team development, we would love to hear from you.
Role Overview:
The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the engineering function at the site, ensuring an efficient and effective maintenance operation. This includes implementing KPIs for planned and preventative maintenance, managing response times to breakdowns, controlling costs, and handling unforeseen work situations. You will ensure that resources, including contractors, are deployed efficiently and within budget, driving continuous improvement across the maintenance team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Cascade and execute key business objectives and performance targets for the Maintenance Department, aligned with both Group and site-level goals.
- Monitor and manage maintenance costs to stay within budget, seeking necessary approvals as per Group policies.
- Provide leadership to the engineering team by coaching during breakdowns, ensuring efficient and time-critical repairs.
- Oversee daily operations of the Maintenance team, identifying repair needs, prioritizing projects, assigning tasks, and scheduling work to minimize production disruption.
- Plan and manage scheduled maintenance while ensuring the team is well-equipped to handle unforeseen maintenance needs.
- Utilize internal and external resources effectively, leveraging both in-house capabilities and third-party contractors as required.
- Manage third-party contractor relationships, ensuring adherence to SLAs, managing costs, and reporting to both the Site Operations Manager and Group Engineering Manager on performance.
- Develop and implement proactive maintenance strategies to reduce breakdown incidents, improving plant reliability and overall performance.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the maintenance team through training, development, and employee motivation.
- Oversee the management and continuity of Site Utilities (Electricity, Water, Air, Refrigeration, etc.), ensuring quality service and reliable operations.
Qualifications & Experience:
- A minimum of 4 years’ recent experience in a similar maintenance management role, preferably within a food manufacturing environment.
- A time-served or third-level qualification in a mechanical or electrical discipline.
- Proven experience managing a large engineering team and driving performance within a complex industrial setting.
- Recent experience in successfully delivering large projects in technical environments, with a strong understanding of project management techniques.
- Strong people management skills, with the ability to mentor, motivate, and build a high-performing team.
- Highly motivated and proactive, with the ability to handle multiple tasks and challenges simultaneously.
- Proficiency in IT systems, with the ability to adapt to new technologies and tools.
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