Industrial Maintenance Manager

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 300 million pallets, crates and containers.

We employ 11,000 people and operate in more than 55 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner.

You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals.

And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our .

Job Description

Position Purpose

The purpose of the role is to manage and lead the plant technical and maintenance team to ensure the safe and efficient running of all the plant’s production equipment, facilities and building services.

The role will lead process reliability systems implementation in the plant, ensures adequate processes and systems are in place to measure, track and drive continuous improvement of plant production equipment.

Implement plant preventive maintenance systems and best practice sharing with other plants of an effective maintenance program.

The position will provide the skills, knowledge and vision needed to achieve world class performance in safety and maintenance of the site assets.

Measures

Specific to plant equipment performance :

Uptime / Availability

Equipment Process Reliability >

Line rate / speed in PPH o Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) & Mean Time to Recover (MTTR)

Weekly completion of planned preventive maintenance

No equipment downtime due to critical spares

Monthly maintenance spending within budget

NHS Capex spending within budget

Plant automation equipment achieve Vertical Start-ups in CQV

Major / Key Responsibilities

Automation Equipment Performance Reliability

Implement Process reliability (PR) systems in the plant and lead continuous improvement initiatives to achieve >

85% PR in production equipment.

Lead an effective preventive maintenance systems implementation accompanied with a robust spares management system.

Lead automation equipment performance improvement initiatives in the plant using global standard tools like Root cause analysis and Practical problem solving

Establish a solid maintenance team structure in the plant and his responsible for the plant maintenance team.

Plant Technical Skills Capabilities

Ensures Service Centres have the correct skills and systems to allow efficient running and maintenance of equipment.

Responsible for recruiting, development and training of plant technical and maintenance team.

Lead plant automation technical Improvement Initiatives and equipment capacity increase initiatives & equipment replacement and new equipment installation.

Develop a plan and drive technical skills capability improvement in the plant inspection and repair operatives. Facilitates and drives the plant training system.

Implement operate and maintain’ concept in plant operatives.

Drive Technology Transfer & Training (TT&T) for every new automation equipment and installation in the plant.

Utilities, Building and Facilities Management

Leads building and facilities upgrades or building projects in the plant

Ensures plant facilities meets regulatory compliance and good manufacturing standards.

Ensures all plant facilities are well maintained according to a maintenance schedule.

Responsible for all plant utilities (power, gas, compressed air, water) performance

Ensures 100% availability of all Utilities to support plant production.

Drive utilities preventative maintenance system.

Capital Projects and Fixed Asset Management

Act as an interface or representative of the Plant operations in all design, concept, planning and design reviews of new line projects with Global Process Engineering

Leads the development and owns the plant NHS capex budget and tracks the plant NHS capex spending in the plant to prevent over spending vs budget

Responsible for raising the NHS capex for all plant specific improvement projects.

Manages the plant fixed asset inventory and depreciation.

Leads the annual fixed asset audits in the plant.

Authority / Decision Making

Role is part of Plant Leadership Team

Purchasing of spare parts and equipment

Recruitment and training of Technicians

Management level authority regarding personnel issues and performance

Key Contacts

Internal

Regional Technical Systems Manager

Plant Manager

OHSE Leader

Shift Supervisors

Maintenance Team

External

Equipment suppliers

Spares suppliers

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

HNC Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent is required.

Desirable Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering discipline desirable

2-3 years in Management experience in an engineering or maintenance role preferably in the FMCG sector

Skills and Knowledge

Knowledge of the Budgeting (control) and CAPEX process

Knowledge of OEE and reliability systems

CQV Process

Project Management

Microsoft Project as a scheduling tool

Languages

Essential (English)

Preferred Education

Bachelors - Mechanical Engineering

Preferred Level of Work Experience

5 - 7 years

Remote Type

Not Remote

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential.

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