Engineering Manager

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT & HR EXPERTS ACROSS THE PLASTICS, PACKAGING, SPECIALITY CHEMICALS, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOPOLYMER, FOOD ADDITIVES & INGREDIENTS, ENERGY AND RECYCLING SECTORS SINCE 1975.

Engineering Manager

Location: County Durham

Job Ref: AZ/65317

The Role:

The successful candidate will take responsibility for nurturing the local engineering team in completing planned preventative and reactive maintenance to ensure plant equipment is safe to operate and available for production requirements as well as the installation of capital investments. Important will be the ability to prioritise work as well as deliver a safe operating environment while making sure work is carried out in accordance with legislative requirements, HSE, quality and company procedures. They will also diagnose problems, help resolve HSE issues, oversee contractors and complete reporting as needed. You will deliver continuous improvement projects and drive reductions in maintenance costs too.

Key Responsibilities:

* Focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation. Provides expert resolution of issues and monitors integration of work.

* Reviews technical concepts of major projects.

* Personally participates in solving difficult technical problems.

* Responsible for recruitment, performance reviews, and training needs.

* To ensure that the Engineering Department achieves optimum plant availability. Recommends and directs actions to correct adverse deviations.

* To monitor and direct annual engineering expenditure in accordance with defined standards and negotiate contracts up to major project status.

* Continuous monitoring/appraisal of plant and equipment performance, compilation and presentation of capital expenditure submissions to improve plant performance, availability, reduce costs and improve plant assets

* Ensure that all legislative requirements are satisfied by establishing and maintaining statutory and mandatory equipment registers. Ensure regular monitoring and maintenance of environmental control equipment.

* Develop and manage energy improvement plans to deliver year on year improvements in kw/h tonne

* Direct and control all capital schemes in order to ensure that they are completed to time and within budget.

* Keep abreast of new technology and new techniques in process development and product improvement.

Qualifications and Experience:

* Mechanical and Electrical experience within an Industrial/manufacturing environment

* Experience of leading large multi-disciplined teams in a face-paced and changing environment.

* Ability to develop and lead a high-performing team to optimise plant performance.

* Drive improvement through strategy development, long-term planning, co-ordination of resources, and the development and implementation of major capital schemes

Please understand that due to the expected high number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly

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