Engineering Manager

Chile

DDW, Inc.

Manchester

GBP 80.000 – 100.000

• Lead the maintenance team to ensure preventative maintenance of all equipment.
• Manage contractors when specialised skills or additional people are required.
• Key areas of responsibility: safety and environmental compliance, energy utilization, production yield/waste, production cycle time, and associate and equipment utilization.
• Responsibility for the plant in Plant Manager absence.

General Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring that work done in the engineering area is done quickly and safely minimizing downtime, with high-quality results, effective cost management, and in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Responsible for helping to lead the Continuous Improvement Program for the Manchester plant, including identifying and implementing best practices from anywhere in the DDW system.
• Responsible for maintaining a safe and healthy working environment and leading the safety management programmes, including work with the location’s safety teams and committees.
• Supports environmental compliance from Engineering perspective.
• Responsible to oversee plant improvement projects (justification, priority, and specification). Ensures that facilities are maintained and improved as required, including general appearance and that routine maintenance is completed as required.
• Works with Plant Manager to ensure that GMP, Security systems, BRC standards and Preventive Maintenance standards are met.
• Manages any statutory inspections, liaisons with insurance companies and other duties in this area.
• Direct reporting responsibility for any engineering firms or contractors working on Manchester plant. Currently holds direct reporting responsibility for technicians.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the engineering of new equipment installations, process innovations using cap ex procedures.
• Updating current maintenance system – effective tool.
• PSSR system & responsibilities and LOLER.
• 5 – 10 year plan for Plant CAPEX – currently 26 years old.
• Ensure technical drawings are up to date with support from external contractor (CAD).
• Interlock Procedures – review of extensive handbook documents.

Skill Requirements:

• Experience in technical and engineering functions.
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in (Maintenance/Electrical) Engineering.
• 8 – 10 Years experience in chemical industry and/or Food Manufacturing.
• Previous experience of leading maintenance team.
• Experience in defining, planning and managing project work.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Basic AutoCAD knowledge, ability to develop and update CAD drawings.
• Ability to make decisions quickly and effectively; Demonstrated strong judgment.
• Experience with process manufacturing equipment including: boilers, pressure vessels, pumps, dryers, Effluent Treatment, and automated control systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities with pressured deadlines.

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