Maintenance and Engineering Manager

at  SaintGobain

To take ownership of all aspects of Engineering on the site. Ensuring safe maximum reliability at the minimum achievable cost and developing existing engineering expertise to a World Class standard. To continuously improve reliability of process plant and infrastructure safely. The Maintenance and Engineering Manager is a member of the Plant Leadership Team reporting directly to the Plant Manager. Peers include the Production Manager, Quality Manager, and the Warehouse & Logistics Manager. The Maintenance and Engineering Manager is accountable and responsible for managing departmental safety, environmental controls, development of maintenance and engineering employees, equipment condition and protection, technical reliability, capital departmental cost controls and budgeting. Participation with other departments to develop and/or analyze strategies to achieve Plant and Corporate objectives including, but not limited to safety, productivity, costs, quality, and customer service.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or other related fields of study and/or demonstrated and related equivalent experience in a unionized manufacturing environment
• 3-8 years manufacturing maintenance experience leading people
• Effective team builder with demonstrated abilities
• Proven history or directing and coordinating business direction
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate all levels of personnel
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Sound understanding of business and engineering concepts as related to manufacturing
• Sound understanding of analytical and financial issues, costs and budgets
• Creating and communicating long term, strategic goals
• Highly motivated and self-directed

• To ensure safe working conditions are maintained and improved with regard to process plant and infrastructure
• To ensure business continuity through Site Risk reduction program
• To ensure environmental impact is minimised and reduced with regard to process plant and infrastructure.
• To support reduction in Plant Energy consumption through equipment performance
• To ensure the engineering team is briefed, consulted, trained and developed to improve plant performance in line with the WCM program
• To develop and operate a structured WCM approach to maintenance, fully exploiting all opportunities to improve plant reliability.
• Lead PM and EEM Pillars with strong involvement in AM Pillars
• To support other continuous improvement activities/pillars
• To ensure safety audits, risk assessments, SMAT’s, OSA’s are carried out by the Engineering teams, to the required timescale and standard
• To ensure WCM methodologies are understood and implemented by all Engineering personnel
• To control the maintenance budgets, and individual capitals.
• Delivery of planned capex requirements On time in budget.
• Capex creation & submission.