Utilities Maintenance Specialist

Job Title: Utilities Maintenance Specialist

Location: Unilever Factories

Job Purpose:

• Provide maintenance and engineering service reactive support for site facilities, equipment & systems, including contractor control.
• Contribute towards ensuring compliance with planned statutory and maintenance activities, including contractor control. Drive improved performance for cost, service & quality for the above.
• Implement and manage site infrastructure projects such as utility system upgrades / energy reduction projects.
• Oversee electrical / mechanical installation works associated with the utility infrastructure.
• Report to Site services and Sustainability Manager. The role has supporting links with the Engineering department, operations, quality, H & S, Project team & external contractors.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strong maintenance support in area to improve safety, people, cost and service.
• Drive improvements in maintenance performance and cost reduction through identification and implementation of best practice techniques and application of root cause analysis to develop long term solutions to chronic downtime issues. Also drive improvements through carrying out daily health checks and periodic condition monitoring on critical utilities equipment.
• Support and in some cases lead improvement projects, through the change management process, from minor changes through to CAPEX justification and commissioning.
• Using strong technical expertise, ability to priorities multiple tasks using own initiatives to sustain high reliability of all equipment and systems.
• Deliver best practice contractor management and permit to work whilst ensuring contractors provide a service that is quality driven and value for money.
• Identify, source and ensure availability of maintenance spares and contracted activities.
• Provide ownership and support of own area for engineering shutdowns and start-ups.
• Set up communications with key stakeholders such that all works carried out fulfil the requirements of Environmental, Health & Safety, business needs.
• Carry out energy monitoring of key equipment to identify efficiency improvements.
• Support the site in the uploading of the department maintenance database into IT based maintenance planning system (Build app)
• React to safety tags entered into build app to ensure a timely resolution to issues identified in areas across site.

About You:

• Previous experience of Facility equipment would be an advantage – Compressors, Steam boilers / systems, Substations (HV / LV), Electrical distribution systems, fire protection systems, CHP plant, Sprinkler systems, Lifts, Lighting, commercial plumbing systems, Industrial cooling towers, Effluent management, HVAC systems, heat pumps.
• Experience in various statutory requirements -Electrical inspections, PSSR, LOLER, Emergency lighting, legionella, health and safety at work act, electricity at work regulations, COMAH.
• Understanding of building management systems (Johnson controls / TREND)
• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem solving abilities utilising RCA tools.
• Demonstrate a genuine appetite to lead activities to improve asset reliability.
• Engineering background essential.
• Time served engineer qualified to a minimum of city & guilds level 3
• Electrical qualification (City & guilds Level 3 / 18th edition BS7671).
• Good communication and decision-making skills.
• Computer literacy essential Microsoft office / Projects.
• Ability to prioritise workload based on impact to site.
• Strong organisational skills, ensuring all service reports are filed appropriately & available for regular audits. Service reports are reviewed & remedial actions planned in via facility action plan.
• Understanding of CDM regulations / health and safety at work act.

Experience Required:

Essential:

Previous experience leading the implementation of statutory inspections in a manufacturing environment.

Electrical / Mechanical qualification (preferably both)

Experience in managing servicing / maintenance to utility infrastructure.

Previous experience managing contractors via permit to work

Previous experience in managing multidiscipline projects

Previous experience in managing high risk isolations / activities

Ability to communicate / manage key stakeholders.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate would have the following,

• IOSH Managing safely / NEBOSH
• City and Guilds level 3 – electrical / mechanical qualification
• 18th Edition IEE wiring regulations BS7671
• Inspection and Testing 2391
• Project management training
• Permit to work training

About Unilever:

Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry's, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That's why our purpose is 'to make sustainable living commonplace'

What We Offer:

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You'll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We want to push boundaries, and have the flexibility needed to keep adapting in an ever-changing, more dynamic world. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

As part of your hiring journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments, to improve your recruitment experience.

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