Role details:
The ESS Site Manager will become familiar with all areas of the plant and will be responsible for supervising and organizing the day-to-day work activities of ESS Ltd Maintenance Technicians on site, to the highest standard and performed in a thorough and timely fashion.
Areas of responsibility:-
Supervise daily and weekly work of technicians to meet goals and objectives.
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Ensure that the Manufacturing Department is provided with adequate shift support at all times.
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Promote a safety culture at all times within the Maintenance team.
- Ensure the Maintenance team adhere to the SK values at all times.
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Provide mentoring and training to the ESS employees in relation to facilities and maintenance operations, procedures and day to day support activities.
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Implement best practice systems and Lean tools to improve maintenance team performance.
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Demonstrate capabilities in problem solving and developing improvement action plans.
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Liaise with all client shift team leads and shift managers regarding the delivery of ESS services.
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Analyse plant downtime and implement strategies to increase uptime (recurring WOs etc).
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Ensure schedules are met on a weekly basis.
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Communicate effectively with all departments to allocate downtime within the plants to facilitate maintenance, training and maintenance project work.
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Work with total flexibility within the Engineering Department and in co-operation with other Departments.
- Ensure that good Engineering Workshop practices are always followed (eg: shift to shift handovers).
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When required, ensure deviations are raised, investigated, and closed out in a timely manner.
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When required, ensure change controls are raised, implemented, and closed out in a timely manner.
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Write and update relevant SOP’s and Policies where required.
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Liaise with EHS dept reps with regards to safety issues raised onsite.
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Set and deliver challenging targets for Maintenance KPI’s.
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Comply with Health and Safety, Environmental, cGMP regulations and company standards. Lead by example.
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Ensure maintenance technicians are fully trained on all new equipment / technology brought to site.
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Ensure that training needs for the maintenance technicians are identified and that time is allocated to deliver training effectively. Maintain up to date training records.
- Contribute actively to cross functional teams and initiatives.
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Provide performance management feedback to maintenance technicians.
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Evaluation (in conjunction with site department management) of all Maintenance Service Level Agreements and external contractors.
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Lead and assist with projects assigned by the Maintenance Manager.
- Use of the computerized maintenance management system to report on various KPI’s carried out on equipment/utilities.
- Carry out onsite maintenance related safety investigations and CAPA as assigned.
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Manage shift roster and annual leave to maintain shift coverage onsite.
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Carry out GEMBA walks with maintenance technicians to ensure site SOP compliance.
Qualifications/Work Experience:-
Engineering / Trade Qualification with experience working within a similar role.
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Experience with modern maintenance management methods and techniques.
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Experienced in managing a maintenance team with responsibility for motivating, influencing, coaching the team on day to day technical and operations matters. Proven ability to deal with disciplinary matters within the team.
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Experience in composing investigation documentation.
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Ability to train new starts on systems and safety regulations.
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Experience working within a Regulated Manufacturing Environment is required but Pharma is not essential.
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Multi-skilled / cross-skilled ethos
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Good team player that can use their initiative and communicate well with people and build work relationships.
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Responsible and positive person who embraces change and takes ownership for their team and plant.
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Computer skills essential
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Familiar with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems.
