Mechanical Team Leader

To support in the management of the Mechanical maintenance department to ensure: Highest standards of H&S are continually followed Legislative compliance is fulfilled  Specific Tasks: People management and leadership Utilize leadership tools and practices in daily maintenance operations Responsible for personnel issues within own team and according to HR policies Managerial responsibility over a team, including performance, compensation, absence management and disciplinary issues Solid line supervisor for engineers and blue collars in own area Resolve any HR related issues within own team Responsible for new team member on-boarding at the mill (in practice) Continuous development of team skills and efficiency through coaching, leading, motivating and providing development and training opportunities Maintain documentation of skill matrices and roles and responsibilities in co-operation with manager Team resourcing as well as optimization, adjustment and allocation of resources within the team Annual reviews within own team Daily and shutdown maintenance work management Supervising daily work in responsibility area Responsible for work execution of corrective and preventative work orders within responsibility area Management of breakdown incidents and unplanned shutdown co-ordination Making decisions regarding schedule changes of daily maintenance work Review work orders allocated to the area and team members within own responsibility area Agree and negotiate labour utilization across areas Supervision of shutdowns and evaluating work execution time schedules, delays or change needs of shutdown works Creating and updating work orders in Maximo Communication and cooperation within production area of responsibility Planning of maintenance activities (long term, short term, daily maintenance) in cooperation with a scheduler Management of work back-log and work orders Detailed work planning with support from Area Engineers Define detailed labour requirements for all work orders including skill requirements Define spare part requirements and identify technical specification of required spare parts e.g. pump type, etc. Define required special tools and lifting equipment etc. Decision and approval of external resource use within approval limits Ensure full utilization of internal and external resources Ensure work quality of executed work including external contractors Follow up of external contractor performance Work co-ordination between Mechanical and EAI teams Creation of work instructions for repetitive maintenance actions, when required Creation of Risk Assessment and Method Statements (RAMS) for maintenance work Ensure required information will be entered in Maximo and work orders are closed in agreed time frame Execute activities given by solid line supervisor Request Maximo changes of any findings from CMMS admin Participate in on-call support on rota basis Maintenance development and reliability Development of preventative and corrective maintenance processes and practices in responsibility area Reliability development in responsibility area in co-operation with Area Engineer and development team Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance program development is done within own responsibility area Allocation of required resources to development projects Ensure implementation of outcome of maintenance development projects and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations Cost control Define planned costs for a work order Cost control and follow up of costs within own area Review planned and actual costs within area Evaluate and analyse cost of external labour, scaffolding, hire equipment, spare parts, etc. Follow up of maintenance budget within own area Approval of costs based on approval limits KPI-Supporting production and maintenance activities to reach Key Performance Indicators and other targets set. Academic qualifications      Time Served Apprenticeship with relevant experience, NVQ Level 3 / HNC/HND       Professional experience      +5 years’ experience within Power Plant Mechanical Maintenance Environment      Specific training: (detailed in specialised functions)      Modern Mechanical Maintenance Techniques, Maintenance of Power/Energy primary and ancillary equipment (GT_ST_ERB) Maintenance of Power and Energy conversion systems Maintenance of Power plant assets and ancillary equipment Maintenance Boiler and steam raising plant inclusive of water and ancillary systems. Maintenance of Fuel and Reject treatment plant including ancillary equipment