Maintenance Manager

Job Ref: 0098725

Job Type: Permanent

Employer Type: Direct Employer

Date Added: 08/01/2008

Employer:	Market leader
Location:	Tyne and Wear
Salary:	£45000
Benefits:	Neg c.£45k + Benefits

Deliver maximum reliability through effective deployment of people and resources.

We are a successful subsidiary of a diverse internationally renowned group, a market leader in technically complex metal processes, continuously working toward higher standards of process integrity, product quality and operational efficiencies. We are reaping the benefits of £multi million investments in shop floor processes and related infrastructure, and the pursuit of further improvement in all aspects of manufacturing and service performance continues as we strive to accentuate our competitive advantage.

The Role, reporting to the Location Manager, will focus on an ongoing maintenance agenda leading a multi-disciplined team of technicians and specialist contractors, aiming at a sustained high level of % plant availability while continuing to reap further operational gains. It will drive all elements of equipment and infrastructure care in short, medium and long term planning modes.

The workforce is deployed across multi shift patterns to give total support to a plant working to defined customer requirements and specifications.

Key tasks include :
- Planning and developing the maintenance cycle and related techniques,
- Budgetary control,
- Development and discipline of engineering workforce,
- Diagnosis and elimination of repetitive failures,
- Effective breakdown response,
- Major shut down planning .

Candidates will need to be experienced engineering professionals offering a well rounded combination of people management, communication and organisational skills able to plan/execute to short term horizons and beyond. Likely to be graduate/ chartered with a strong combination of professional intellect and practicality, with at least 5 years influential front line leadership experience in delivering World Class engineering performance. Previous experience of similar metallurgical/ engineering processes will assist familiarisation but intrinsic qualities are of greater importance.

If you can satisfy this demanding brief and add value to our manufacturing performance contact our adviser, Huw Davies, on 07815 313283 / 01656-782271 or click Apply below.