Maintenance Engineering Manager

CREGG Group; Munster; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

CREGG is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Engineering Manager or Senior Maintenance Engineer to drive upkeep and improvements of injection moulding and production equipment in our Munster-based manufacturing facility. You will own preventive and reactive maintenance, oversee repairs, fault finding, and equipment upgrades.

You will lead a small engineering/maintenance team, using machine and production data to identify improvement opportunities, develop processes, and improve uptime, efficiency and

Qualifications

• Strong injection moulding and tooling knowledge.
• Excellent maintenance, machine-repair and fault-finding skills.
• Hands-on mechanical and technical ability.
• Experience with machine upgrades and equipment improvements.
• Good computer and data-analysis skills.
• Experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Strong leadership, people-management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence others and lead teams through change.
• Practical, pragmatic, hands-on approach.
• Relevant engineering or technical qualifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own preventative and reactive maintenance, repairs and fault finding.
• Lead machine upgrades, modifications and equipment improvements.
• Collaborate with injection moulding, tooling, automation and robotics to improve uptime and production performance.
• Use data to identify improvement opportunities and develop maintenance procedures.
• Lead and develop the engineering/maintenance team.

Skills

Injection moulding

Tooling knowledge

Maintenance

Fault finding

Data analysis

Leadership

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

Injection Moulding | Tooling | Machine Upgrades | Continuous Improvement

A genuinely exciting opportunity for an ambitious, technically strong engineering professional who wants responsibility, influence and long-term career progression within a growing manufacturing business.

This is a unique opportunity for a hands-on Maintenance Engineering Manager or Senior Maintenance Engineer to join a growing industrial manufacturing business and play a key role in the development of its engineering and production operations.

This is a hands-on, production-floor-focused role with responsibility for maintaining and improving injection moulding and production equipment, increasing machine reliability and driving continuous improvement.

The Role

The Maintenance Engineering Manager will take ownership of preventative and reactive maintenance, machine repairs, fault finding and root-cause analysis, as well as machine upgrades, modifications and equipment improvements. The Maintenance Engineering Manager will work closely with injection moulding, tooling, automation and robotic equipment to improve uptime, efficiency and overall production performance.

The Maintenance Engineering Managerwill also use machine and production data to identify improvement opportunities, develop maintenance processes and procedures, and lead, support and develop the engineering/maintenance team.

Requirements

• Strong injection moulding and tooling knowledge
• Excellent maintenance, machine-repair and fault-finding skills
• Strong hands-on mechanical and technical ability
• Experience with machine upgrades and equipment improvements
• Good computer and data-analysis skills
• Experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Strong leadership, people-management and communication skills
• The ability to influence others and bring teams with you when implementing change
• A practical, pragmatic and hands-on approach
• Relevant engineering or technical qualifications are preferred