Engineering Leadership Opportunity
A forward-thinking Engineering Manager is sought to lead a high-performing maintenance and engineering team across a busy port facility, focusing on delivering safe, reliable, and efficient maintenance of all plant, equipment, and infrastructure.
The role is grounded in a strong safety-first culture, ensuring all activities uphold the highest health, safety, and environmental standards. A key focus is on people development, building effective teams, and fostering relationships to ensure a collaborative and customer-focused service delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead with a strong safety-first mindset, promoting health, safety, and environmental excellence.
* Manage, coach, and develop a multi-skilled engineering team.
* Oversee planned and reactive maintenance to minimize downtime.
* Drive continuous improvement and implement best practices in maintenance and engineering.
* Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, safety, HR, finance, and project teams.
* Support capital projects, contractor management, and long-term asset strategies.
* Monitor KPIs, control budgets, and ensure compliance with statutory regulations.
* Promote and implement engineering best practices including 5S principles, continuous improvement initiatives, and engineering standards.
The Ideal Candidate Will Possess:
* Proven engineering management experience in a safety-critical environment.
* Minimum of three years' experience in an Engineering Management role.
* Strong leadership and people development skills.
* Background in maintenance planning, asset management, and compliance.
* Experience in delivering capital projects and managing third-party contractors.
* Solid commercial awareness and budget control capability.
* Practical knowledge of relevant legislation and modern maintenance techniques (RCM, TPM, CBM).