Blackburn, LancashireMonday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm
An established and growing FMCG manufacturer is seeking an experienced Asset Care Manager to join its engineering team at a major manufacturing facility in Lancashire.
The Role
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for developing, managing and continuously improving the site's asset care strategy. You'll play a key role in ensuring preventative and predictive maintenance activities are effectively planned, scheduled and executed to maximise plant availability and minimise downtime.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing and developing the site CMMS system
- Creating and optimising preventative maintenance schedules for existing and new equipment
- Developing predictive and condition-based maintenance programmes
- Analysing downtime, breakdown and maintenance data to identify improvement opportunities
- Supporting commissioning activities and maintenance planning for new equipment
- Developing critical spares strategies and plant lubrication schedules
- Leading FMEA activities to identify and mitigate recurring equipment failures
- Maintaining equipment history records and asset lifecycle information
- Coordinating contractor activities, servicing schedules and maintenance contracts
- Working cross-functionally with production, engineering and external suppliers to improve plant reliability and performance
- Ensuring maintenance activities meet regulatory, safety and compliance standards
What We're Looking For
To be successful in this role you will ideally have:
- Experience within an Asset Care, Reliability, Maintenance Planning or Engineering Improvement role
- Strong CMMS experience (Shire experience would be advantageous)
- Engineering apprenticeship with supporting engineering qualifications such as ONC, HNC or equivalent
- Proven experience within a fast-paced FMCG manufacturing environment
- Knowledge of preventative, predictive and condition-based maintenance methodologies
- Experience conducting root cause analysis and FMEA investigations
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Good understanding of maintenance compliance and health & safety processes
- Competent user of Microsoft Office applications
What's on Offer
- Opportunity to influence and develop site-wide maintenance strategy
- Monday-Friday days-based position
- Long-term career development within a successful manufacturing business
- Collaborative engineering environment focused on continuous improvement
If you're an experienced maintenance or reliability professional looking to take ownership of asset performance within a high-volume manufacturing environment, we'd be keen to hear from you.
Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates
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