Engineering & Maintenance Manager

Person Specification

• Innovative
• Interpersonal with excellent verbal and written communication
• Collaborative
• Customer focused and agile
• Champion in continuous improvement
• Efficient and effective
• Accountable
• Engaging
• Performance driven

Job Role & Responsibilities

• Ensure all E&M processes and systems are in place for identifying and managing engineering risk and use the framework of disciplined maintenance as best practice. Ensure their effective communication, understanding and monitoring by all department employees and personnel required to complete E&M tasks.
• Provide appropriate guidance and support for all major engineering and maintenance events including outage and plant shut down, unplanned and planned events and incidents.  Provide leadership regarding investigations, processes, procedural actions and communications.
• Ensure the controlled development, application and monitoring of site technical specifications, E&M policies and procedures appropriate throughout its lifecycle.
• Lead and manage the E&M Department and other assigned personnel ensuring they meet the standards. Take overall responsibility for their supervision, development, welfare and engineering capability and competency in discipline areas and their ability to address technical requirements ensuring standard implementation.
• Set/agree engineer personal objectives and conduct performance appraisals to develop and manage the E&M team consistent with achieving business KPI’s.
• Understand the HSE principles of maintaining an Upper Tier COMAH site and the requirements of the COMAH MAPP and COMAH Report.  Be fully conversant with the COMAH delivery guides in all aspects relating to engineering and maintenance.
• Understand and have knowledge of Cyber Security principles, IACS and NIS Regulations.
• Conduct disciplinary hearings for maintenance staff, as agreed with the Plant Manager and Human Resources
• Regularly review department process and procedures to ensure Department Engineers and Technicians meet the site engineering standard’s requirements, identify, and implement a plan to rectify deficiencies or gaps in the site library.
• Approve the programme of work for submission into the Annual Operating Plan (site budget) ensuring correct testing and maintenance is completed and assigned budgets are managed responsibly. Ensure the actual cost of maintaining the plant during a financial year is less than the AOP budget
• Develop and maintain a Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for the list of equipment items to be tested, inspected, and maintained.
• Ensure the processes for designing and constructing new facilities and modifying existing ones, meet the requirements of the relevant industry standards.
• Fully exploit auditing of engineering procedures and systems to maintain a process of continuous improvement.
• Ensure opportunities to learn from experience are fully exploited.
• Identify and deliver innovative solutions to opportunities on the site.
• Provide technical support to maintenance and operational staff.
• Deliver actions as identified in the ‘Integrated Risk Assessment’, ‘Engineering Review’ and Management of Change documents / processes.
• Assist in resolving engineering plant problems outside the capability of the maintenance team.
• Ensure specialist contracts are appropriate and effectively managed, eg. Alstom, Fire Systems, LTSA, etc.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering discipline.
• E&M experience in a 24/7 process at department head level.
• Knowledge of M&E Engineering compliance such as ATEX, DSEAR etc.
• COMAH awareness.
• Working knowledge of Quality management systems.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Contribution towards eye test and glasses
• Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
• Long Service Awards
• Employee recognition scheme – ELITE Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Benefits Package
• Onsite parking