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Head of Mechanical Engineering

3 months ago


Stretford, United Kingdom LANXESS Full time

LANXESS UK is now recruiting a Head of Mechanical Engineering to work in our Trafford Park site.

About the role

The primary purpose of the Head of Mechanical Engineering is to lead the mechanical disciplines for the Lanxess Trafford Park site. You are responsible for the implementation and further development of maintenance standards and workflows. You will manage the introduction and implementation of maintenance standards in line with Lanxess regulations, standards, and guidelines as well as professional standards.

In consideration of the current health, safety and environmental legislations and the site and company standards you must ensure that the inspection and maintenance routines are suitable and sufficient to enhance reliability, compliance, and safety.

You will line manage the Mechanical Maintenance team and any contractors associated with the team and take an active role in the leadership team of the engineering department.


Main Responsibilities:

Leadership, Line Management and Mechanical Engineering

  • Develop competency within the mechanical department.
  • Ensure continuous improvements of maintenance procedures, workflows, and standards.
  • Ensure attendance of the team members at required regular trainings according training matrix.


Compliance

  • Involvement in process safety and hazard analysis (HAZOP) and process safety compliance with realisation of process safety measures within area of responsibility.
  • Responsible for management of change in relation to technical and engineering facilities.
  • Ensure the mechanical integrity of the plant consistent with corporate, and UK legislation and standards.


Maintenance

  • Logging, evaluating, and controlling of the maintenance key performance indicators (KPI)
  • Take ownership of escalated maintenance issues, carrying out trouble shooting and developing technical solutions to safety, process, and reliability issues.
  • Feed into maintenance and shutdown planning routine and critical tasks.


Site Projects

  • In cooperation with the Head of Projects; Identification, definition, and management of small capital plant projects within the budget and timeline.
  • Carry out engineering design and specify equipment for small projects and modifications.


About You

You will be an experienced people manager with proven engineering and/or maintenance experience in a chemical, pharmaceutical, or petrochemical plant on either lower or upper tier COMAH sites. Confident in managing multidisciplinary teams and medium to large maintenance and capital budgets.


  • Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
  • Excellent communication and teamworking skills
  • Good organisational and problem-solving skills.
  • Detailed knowledge of common regulations and standards
  • Knowledge of current Health, Safety and Environment Legislation and Engineering Standards.
  • A good understanding of maintenance processes and experience of plant engineering activity.
  • Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems.



What we offer you:

Compensation: We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program and an individual performance bonus program.

Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a mixture of various benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care.

Work-Life & Flexibility: We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life. With our global “Xwork” program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate.

Training & Development: We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training, and knowledge through both formal and informal learning.

For us, talent matters, we welcome everyone who commits to our values. We strongly believe that including diverse perspectives makes us more innovative and enhances our competitiveness. Therefore, we embrace the uniqueness of every single individual and are truly committed to supporting our people in developing their individual potential.


Lanxess UK is an equal opportunities employer.


**NO AGENCY APPROACHES**

Our recruitment is managed by a central Talent team and any approaches to hiring managers will not be accepted or be eligible for payment.