Engineering Manager - Job Description
Responsible to: Site Manager / Site Director
Responsible for:
- Providing a Safe & Healthy Working Environment
- Maintaining all Plant Assets to highest standards
- Plant/Production Breakdown repair
- Engineer Workshop
- Management and Development of Engineering Team
Purpose of Role
To maintain company assets to the highest standards at all times.
To ensure the safe, efficient and effective repair of plant / production breakdowns and assist production with engineering issues when and where required.
Duties and Responsibilities
- 1. Maintaining all machinery to ensure it's at working standards.
- 2. Planning and managing all repair and installation activities.
- 3. Supervising and leading all maintenance processes and operations.
- 4. Creating and implementing maintenance procedures.
- 5. Assigning repair schedules and evaluating repair cost estimates.
- 6. Conducting regular inspections of the facilities to detect and resolve problems.
- 7. Tracking expenses and overseeing the budget for maintenance.
- 8. Overseeing equipment stock and placing orders for new supplies when necessary.
- 9. Ensures PPM's are completed as per the PPM schedules. All documentation and information relating to the PPM's must always be correct and up-to-date .
- 10. Proactive approach to troubleshoot, and repair equipment without causing extended equipment downtime.
- 11. Work through, prioritise and delegate engineering jobs list provided by the Engineering department and other departments.
- 12. Minimise cost where possible by ensuring efficient use of all engineering/production consumables.
Health and Safety
- 1. Ensuring all department workers adhere to the safety policies and procedures.
- 2. Ensure SWP's are adhered to at all times and ensure any problems are reported to the Site Manager, H&S manager.
- 3. Ensure correct PPE is being used at all times.
- 4. Ensures housekeeping is at the highest standards at all times and promotes a clean as you go policy within the department.
Communication
- 1. Communicate effectively with the engineering team and other departments
- 2. Documenting and preparing daily progress reports and maintenance logs.
- 3. Oversee, motivate, train, and review the maintenance team.
- 4. Spot and resolve conflicts between team members.
Personnel
- 1. Supervising the work of the engineering team.
- 2. Determining the engineering team's need for training and talent development.
- 3. Providing clear and concise instructions to the engineering team.
- 4. Be proactive in promoting the company to all employees and report any incidents or disagreements affecting the morale of the workforce to the senior management
- 5. Promote communication between all employees.
General
- 1. To comply with all company rules, regulations and procedures at all times and promote good working practices throughout the workforce