Maintenance Manager

Valeo Foods UK; Wallingford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo Foods UK is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager in Wallingford. The role involves leadership of engineering supervisors, ownership of KPIs, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive improvements in reliability and maintainability.

Candidates should possess a minimum NVQ level 3 and have strong IT skills including CMMS and MS Office. The position requires excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to mobilize teams towards common goals.

Qualifications

• Full time served apprenticeship minimum NVQ level 3.
• Working knowledge of CMMS required.
• Strong IT skills (MS Office) necessary.
• Ability to influence cross functional teams and work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Leadership and development of Engineering supervisors.
• Ownership of Engineering KPIs and performance statistics.
• Collaboration with Reliability Engineer for managing maintenance schedules.
• Analysis of downtime reports and implementation of improvements.
• Engagement with contractors for ensuring compliance with standards.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Technical Skills

Team Collaboration

Organizational Skills

Education

NVQ level 3 in Engineering

Tools

CMMS

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

• Leadership, management, and development of the Engineering supervisors
• Ownership of the Engineering KPIs and Stats pack, downtime, ppm, corrective and improvement records, revenue cost at asset level
• Working with the Reliability Engineer & Maintenance planner to manage the PPM schedules to improve reliability
• Analysis of downtime time reports, carry out TOP 3 reviews daily, weekly monthly, annual by area and action corrective, remedial and improvement through the maintenance teams
• Maintaining liaison with outside contractors, suppliers, and representatives of other companies on matters as general maintenance as well as compliance with standards, specifications, and regulations
• Participating in cross-functional teams to optimise plant design, improvements, cost effectiveness, reliability, operability, and maintainability
• Co-coordinating with Technical and Health and Safety Departments throughout project duration
• Establishing and Maintaining planned and predictive maintenance programmes for manufacturing equipment.
• Delivering Maintenance assessments, FMEA, RCM etc.
• Coordinating condition based monitoring ensuring closure of all identified works.
• Conducting and ensuring Root cause analysis of breakdowns and equipment failures, implementing initiatives to remove reoccurrence.
• Identification and management of spare parts to ensure zero downtime of production equipment due spare part availability. Managing and highlighting Critical spare part management.
• Maintain relationship with OEM’s and contractors to ensure ongoing support and compliance with equipment.
• Lead Reliability and CI projects.
• Work in a cross functional teams to drive reliability, CI, maintainability and operability of equipment.

Qualifications

• Full time served apprenticeship minimum NVQ level 3.
• Working knowledge of CMMS
• Demonstrated knowledge of understanding areas of quality control, health, safety, environment, and effective cost management
• Strong IT skills (MS Office)
• Ability to engage front line Engineers and mobilize teams in pursuit of common goals.
• Ability to influence cross functional working across teams/sites
• Excellent organisational skills, including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills