The Opportunity:
We are currently recruiting for an experienced and motivated Area Maintenance Leader to join our Manufacturing team in Crick. This is a permanent position offering an exciting opportunity to take ownership of maintenance leadership and drive reliability performance in a key operational area.
Role Purpose:
To lead and manage the reliability and performance of the site's asset through systems and processes ensuring continuous improvement by preventing and mitigating risks and costs associated with failures and disruptions to production and maximizing up-time. The role requires a strong background in engineering and understanding of reliability principles.
Key Accountabilities:
Working Safely:
* Provide leadership and direction to engineers and technicians to create a culture which ensures that people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential.
* Creation of Task and Area based Risk Assessments for planned work tasks
Quality and Food Safety:
* Ensuring you and your team are working within the EngineeringQuality Procedure in the Quality Manual
* Ensuring Workshop areas are maintained
Reliability Engineering:
* Working with Reliability Engineering Manager to create the site's reliability strategy. Reducing Reactive work and creating a proactive approach to maintenance.
* Utilizing Assets Structures, Asset Criticality, Spare Parts Management, PM creation and Optimisation and Failure Mode Effect Analysis
* Working with third party contractors for Reliability tools such as Vibration Analysis, Thermal, Oil analysis and Ultrasonic
* Managing Obsolescence of site equipment and creation of mitigation strategies for this
Work Planning, Scheduling and Execution:
* Creating a defect Handling System lead through the Area Maintenance Technicians to ensure that all defects are planned and executed in a timely manner and with co-ordination with operations
* Ensuring the work of the Area Maintenance Technicians are to the correct standard, including Work Audits and Work Order Audit
Problem Solving:
* Ownership of the departments Problem Solving, including the coaching and close out of timely problem-solving activities. Ensuring that problems are solved at the correct levels within the department and empowering people to take decisions
* Project and CAPEX Management
* Prioritising, Planning, Cost evaluating and completion of Minor Projects. Including cost management, contractor management, project success and project management
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Relevant Qualifications (HNC, HND, Degree level)
NEBOSH Certified with sound knowledge of behavioural safety at a site level
Knowledge of World Class Manufacturing and Best Practice Maintenance
Legionella and HACCP awareness
Experience of creating a Lean enterprise culture
Able to set, manage and optimise maintenance budgets
Experienced in the use and operation of CMMS
Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Project Management, ideally with some project management certification
Able to mentor and support younger engineers with the desired career path
Reliability Management expertise (FMECA, RCM, Tribology, CBM, TPM etc)
On Offer:
* Location: Crick
* 10% annual company bonus scheme
* Hours:37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday
* Salary: Competitive
* Pension:Employee contributions 3% / Employer contribution 8%(salary sacrifice company pension scheme)
* Holidays:25 days + Bank Holidays
* Medicash Plan
* Enhanced maternity/paternity/pawternity
* Other Benefits:Free parking, tasty treats, free electric car charging, bring your dog to work, discounted products & free hot drinks
* Choice of a series of non-contractual flexible benefits, including cycle to work, workplace nurseries and dental insurance. These are offered through salary sacrifice or pay deductions.
The Company:
IPN is an innovative, well-established, and award-winning pet food manufacturer, employing over 850 people across our 4 UK manufacturing sites. Our family of brands include Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, Blink, Butchers, Classic Cat and a selection of partner brands that trust us to produce food on their behalf. Our kitchens in Thirsk, Kinmel and Crick produce dry, wet, and baked foods which are enjoyed by dogs and cats all over the world.
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