Maintenance Supervisor

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We are recruiting a Maintenance Supervisor to join our team in Cork. This position reports to the Operations Engineering Manager. This Maintenance Supervisor manages day-to-day Maintenance Department activities on site to ensure that all products are manufactured to GMP guidelines. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving a culture of continuous improvements and maintenance excellence through our MEP (Maintenance Excellence Programme). They will also ensure that the Equipment P.M & Calibration schedule, stores stocks and spare part list are maintained and up to date.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Staff organization within the department including holiday cover and TMS review.
• of timekeeping and holiday requests
• Ensure that maintenance technicians are adequately trained, equipped, and motivated so that the maintenance program can be accomplished in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.
• Maintain training and safety awareness records and attendance records and ensure that all maintenance technicians are trained on the most updated version of the operating procedures.
• Responsible for all facility and live utility maintenance and upkeep
• Preventative Maintenance / Calibration organization, control, and reporting
• Work Request organization, control, and reporting
• Assist in the preparation of departmental budgets
• Establish and maintain computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for tracking work orders, spare parts, time allocation and maintenance history of plant equipment.
• Maintain and is responsible for Calibration systems and compliance, including discrepancies, KPIs, SOPs related to calibrations   
• Department Audit Leader
• Supervision and coordination of Reliability Engineering activities including Department Metric reporting to Management and external stakeholders, analysing data from QA relating to equipment malfunctions, with a view to improving equipment availability and reducing instances of downtime.
• Anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Initiate and carry out projects that improve efficiency and/or reduce operating costs.
• Track, analyse and improve key maintenance parameters such as asset utilization, maintenance cost, PM compliance, schedule compliance, etc.
• Play an active role in Change Control committee for equipment changes
• Conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency, knowledge, and contribution of the maintenance technicians.
• Ensure statutory inspections relating to the maintenance department are always achieved.
• Directs, maintains, and enforces the safety program for the maintenance department; reviews safety records to uphold standards of maximum safety for all maintenance technicians.

• Craft Qualification in electrical or mechanical trades
• Minimum of 3 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry or similar environment
• Computer literate - MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving skills.

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