Planned Maintenance & Utilities Manager

Diversey; Somercotes CP; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global hygiene solutions provider is seeking a Planned Maintenance and Utilities Manager at their Somercotes site. You will lead maintenance strategies, focusing on improving utilities performance and efficiency. The role involves overseeing daily checks on equipment, developing and using a CMMS, and collaborating with the engineering management team. Candidates should have a few years of management experience along with relevant electrical or mechanical qualifications, with a strong understanding of manufacturing utilities.

Benefits

Performance target bonus

Annual leave: 25 days

Accident & Life Insurance

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Employer contribution to pension insurance

Qualifications

• Several years’ management experience in a similar position.
• Previous experience within manufacturing industries such as Food or FMCG.
• Good understanding of utility plant equipment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with the PM schedule.
• Develop and improve PM systems for efficient plant operation.
• Analyze breakdowns to improve line efficiencies.
• Oversee daily checks and maintenance of utilities plant equipment.

Skills

Management experience

Electrical/Mechanical qualifications

Understanding of manufacturing utilities

Education

C&G, NVQ / ONC / HNC

Job description

Planned Maintenance and Utilities Manager

As the Planned Maintenance (PM) & Utilities Manager for Diversey’s production site in Somercotes you are responsible for supporting the Maintenance strategy through the use of PM systems, and for improving the site's Utilities performance & efficiency. You will oversee the team solely focused on PM and Utilities on-site, ensuring daily checks and maintenance activities on equipment are carried out correctly. You will develop / use a CMMS (computer maintenance management systems), and relevant data analysis to develop and maintain the production processes, to implement step changes in performance and to develop and maintain the existing production processes.

In this role you will be working alongside the Technician Manager who is responsible for leading the Reactive maintenance team, and you will report to the Engineering manager. In this respect you will coordinate closely as an engineering management team to achieve improvement across the board.

Our site in Cotes Park produces professional cleaning chemicals. Naturally, fast, accurate and thorough preventative maintenance is critical to our success.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with the PM schedule
• Developing and improving AM and PM systems to ensure efficient running of the plant
• Ensuring machinery runs effectively and efficiently through the application of PM systems
• Playing a key role in the introduction of all new machinery and associated technologies to site
• Improving line efficiencies by analyzing breakdown investigations and targeting PM activity in these areas
• Identifying current PM activity that can be cascaded to the operations team through Autonomous Maintenance (AM)
• Complying with site safety systems to the required level
• Complying with local legislation and Good Manufacturing Practices
• Actively growing the team to move the site balance from reactive to proactive maintenance
• Ensuring the team carries out all necessary Daily Checks on the various site’s utilities plant equipment
• Ensuring the team carries out all necessary Function Tests on the site’s safety equipment (Fire Alarm, Emergency Lighting, High Level Alarm)
• Ensuring compliance with established or new audit requirements
• Making effective repairs to machinery using established methodology
• Applying, developing and improving AM and PM systems to ensure efficient running of the plant / utilities equipment
• Ensuring the utilities equipment & plant runs effectively and efficiently working closely with OEM engineers

Required Experience / Qualifications

• A few years’ previous management experience in a similar position
• Electrical and/or Mechanical qualifications C&G, NVQ / ONC / HNC
• Previous experience within a manufacturing industry – various industries considered: Packaging, Food, FMCG or maintenance environment preferred
• Good understanding of general manufacturing utilities plant equipment

Benefits Package

• The role will be based around a 5‑day 8‑hour working pattern
• Performance target bonus
• Annual leave: 25 days
• Accident & Life Insurance
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Employer contribution to pension insurance

About Diversey

Diversey’s mission is to protect and care for people through leading hygiene, infection prevention, and cleaning solutions. We develop and deliver innovative products, services, and technologies that save lives and protect our environment. Over the course of 95 years, the Diversey brand has become synonymous with product quality, service, and innovation.

Our fully integrated suite of solutions combines patented chemicals, dosing and dispensing equipment, cleaning machines, services, and digital analysis. We are a trusted partner serving more than 85,000 customers in over 80 countries with a network of approximately 8,500 employees globally.

We are the leading global pure‑play provider to the cleaning and hygiene industry for the institutional and food and beverage markets. We provide customers with peace of mind by helping maintain their brand integrity so they can focus on growing their business. Through end‑to‑end repeatable services, we deliver the highest standards across customer locations to achieve improved operational efficiency and environmental sustainability.