Upper Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Job Purpose
To provide Engineering Managerial support to the Engineering team within the plant, and to improve maintenance effectiveness and Engineering service levels.
Role Accountabilities
* Responsibility for the Engineering Department to ensure that Health & Safety policies and procedures are followed and maintained in line with all SSOW and SOPS.
* Planning and managing delivery of the Preventative Maintenance Plan within the plant and coordination of the follow up and breakdown response liaising with the Plant Manager.
* Planning of workload to ensure effective use of engineering resource, including management of the shift pattern.
* Provide cover for other Engineering Roles, as required.
* Identify, implement, measure plant/maintenance improvement initiatives to design out faults, reduce MDT and improve overall machine reliability.
* Coordinate all activities within the plant associated with safety related Engineering issues.
* Management of stock control of critical spares for the plant.
* Support the introduction of new equipment into the plant and be responsible for ensuring all aspects associated with maintaining the plant are covered.
* Responsibility for the development and implementation of relevant small capital projects and involvement in major capital works, where appropriate.
* Manage, engage and develop employees within remit including discipline, grievance, training, evaluations, goal setting and PDRs.
* Lead and promote continuous improvement initiatives.
* Attend and participate in daily shift meetings to discuss all production activities.
* Any other reasonable duties required by management.
Must Haves
* A degree or HND or City and Guilds in an Engineering discipline.
* Strong Influencing skills.
* Excellent Time Management and organisational skills.
* Good standard of written and verbal skills.
* Accuracy and attention to detail.
* Administration skills.
* Communication skills.
* PC Literate with a knowledge of software packages.
* Flexible and adaptable.
* Strong interpersonal skills.
* Pro-active style, calm, confident and able to see jobs through to the end under pressure. Able to manage a large number of tasks at once.
* Team Player with some managerial experience. Self-motivated.
Hours
* 37.5 Hours per week.
* Shift pattern - Monday to Thursday 8.30 - 17.00, Friday 8.30 - 14.30.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Civil Engineering
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