Maintenance Supervisor

Purpose:
Responsible for supervising the site maintenance team, ensuring provision of both a reactive and proactive, multi skilled maintenance service for all operational equipment and facilities.

The role requires a hands-on maintenance supervisor that can lead by example, ensuring that maintenance is planned, scheduled and completed in a timely manner.

The Maintenance Supervisor will be responsible for maintaining and further developing of the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and will cooperate with the site management team to further develop a robust planned preventative maintenance regime ensuring the highest safety standards are maintained.
Improve site operational equipment effectiveness (OEE), implementing improvement plans, driving Key Performance Indicators (KPI), whilst ensuring all health, safety and environmental requirements are adhered to.
Minimise plant and site reactive maintenance jobs by assisting with the co-ordination and hands-on support of planned maintenance activities in accordance with production and site requirements.
Ensure that all operations are mechanically resilient, such that production critical assets and components, which cannot be easily sourced, are available as spares and that these are appropriately stored on site.
Maintain and improve the plant and equipment on site, ensuring down time is minimised whenever possible.
Ensure the maintenance team operate using technical best practice, updating maintenance procedures and risk assessments.
Will continually evaluate and improve equipment and processes, highlighting deficiencies and recommending appropriate changes.

Principal Accountabilities:
In cooperation with the site management team, the Maintenance Supervisor will assist with:
Scope, design, plan, cost and delivery of maintenance procedures and schedules for all site activities.
Effectively delegate maintenance tasks to team members who have the right skills, ensuring that the tasks are completed as planned.
Provide technical expertise and advice to your team.
Ensure adherence to Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) checks to ensure the safe and smooth operation of the site.

Manage the process of disposal of obsolete machinery, plant, and equipment from gaining agreement write off to physically removing it and its safe and lawful disposal
Attend various meetings and action / communicate instructions
Produce written reports and make presentations
Undertake continuous training and development
Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
Identify business improvement opportunities within the organisation
Provide technical expertise to the team
Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources as required
Development implement and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) for each area of responsibility
Ensure KPIs are met by working to the overall plan, including management of and reporting.
Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department
Manage contractors on site to ensure they meet legal and company requirements
Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and well-being of staff and visits.

People Management

Manage, coach, and develop a high performing maintenance team that meets agreed objectives, and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvement
Set department objectives / KPI’s and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports.
Report on achievement of targets and identify any actions required
Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviours expected of them
Manage and lead the team, ensuring adequate staffing levels
Motivate and coach the team to operational success

Financial and Budget Control

Input and hold responsibility for maintenance budget
Prepare the annual maintenance budget and forecasts and all Capital Expenditure proposals as well as ensuring compliance with legal standards. Manage the budget from identification to completion of projects.

Relationship Management

Work as part of the management team to share ideas and improve operation, recommending, supporting, and implementing continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements to optimise results and improve quality of delivery in line with company and customer requirements
Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance.

Qualifications/education required:
Safety trained, IOSH or NEBOSH or equivalent
Time served mechanical engineering qualification. Must be able to demonstrate competency and will ideally have experience working in hazardous environments.
Experience required: At least 5 years industrial processing plant experience, res