Facilities Engineering Manager Job Opportunity
An exciting chance to lead the facilities engineering, maintenance, and operations at a plastics manufacturing site. To succeed, you will need extensive knowledge of injection and/or blow moulding, as well as a proven track record in delivering capital projects and process improvements.
Main Responsibilities:
* Monitor and manage the site's facilities and processes to optimize throughput and efficiency while meeting customer expectations for quality and delivery on time and in full.
* Recruit, mentor, motivate, and manage a team of engineers and technicians to maximize plant performance and potential, ensuring personal development, cross-training, and succession planning meet current and future business needs.
* Monitor and performance-manage resources to ensure that business requirements are met while controlling labour, direct expense, and consumables within approved budgets and providing early indications of any potential variances to assist overall company forecasting.
* Promote and drive an ethos of continuous improvement in all areas of the business.
* Review and adopt best working practices and operational methods to maintain process efficiency and competitiveness.
* Support the management team to ensure the business conforms to management systems requirements and the management system is capable of achieving business targets for quality, health and safety, environmental, social responsibility, sustainability, GMP, and food hygiene, and personnel discipline and performance.
* Plan and implement changes to ensure the integrity of the management system is maintained.
* Foster strong relationships with key suppliers, contractors, and customers.
* Develop and introduce new products and processes to satisfy customers' requirements.
Requirements:
* A graduate degree in an engineering or related scientific discipline.
* Minimum 5 years of management experience leading a facilities and technical department within a manufacturing organization.
* Knowledge of polymers and polymer processing would be a distinct advantage.
* Minimum 3 years of experience managing technical capital projects.
* Minimum 3 years of managing new product/process development and introduction.
* Knowledge of labour, health and safety, and environmental legislation.
* Communication/briefing and team-building skills.
* Negotiation/consultation skills.
* Recruitment and personnel development skills.
* Budget preparation and management of budgets.
* Knowledge of GMP and accredited QHSE systems.
* Problem-solving skills.
* Experience in CAD systems.
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