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Maintenance Supervisor (050424MSESS)

Permanent

Swords, County Dublin, Ireland

Job Details

Role details:

The Maintenance Supervisor will be responsible for supervising and organizing the day-to-day work activities of ESS Ltd Maintenance Technicians on site, to the highest standard and performed in a thorough and timely fashion.

Areas of responsibility:
  • Supervise daily and weekly work of technicians to meet goals and objectives.
  • Ensure that the Manufacturing Department is provided with adequate shift support at all times.
  • Promote a safety culture at all times within the Maintenance team.
  • Ensure the Maintenance team adhere to the SK values at all times.
  • Implement best practice systems and Lean tools to improve maintenance team performance.
  • Demonstrate capabilities in problem solving and developing improvement action plans.
  • Analyse plant downtime and implement strategies to increase uptime (recurring WOs etc).
  • Ensure schedules are met on a weekly basis.
  • Communicate effectively with all departments to allocate downtime within the plants to facilitate maintenance, training and maintenance project work.
  • Work with total flexibility within the Engineering Department and in co-operation with other Departments.
  • Ensure that good Engineering Workshop practices are always followed (eg: shift to shift handovers).
  • When required, ensure deviations are raised, investigated, and closed out in a timely manner.
  • When required, ensure change controls are raised, implemented, and closed out in a timely manner.
  • Write and update relevant SOP’s and Policies where required.
  • Liaise with EHS dept reps with regards to safety issues raised onsite.
  • Set and deliver challenging targets for Maintenance KPI’s.
  • Comply with Health and Safety, Environmental, cGMP regulations and company standards. Lead by example.
  • Ensure maintenance technicians are fully trained on all new equipment / technology brought to site.
  • Ensure that training needs for the maintenance technicians are identified and that time is allocated to deliver training effectively. Maintain up to date training records.
  • Contribute actively to cross functional teams and initiatives.
  • Provide performance management feedback to maintenance technicians.
  • Evaluation (in conjunction with site department management) of all Maintenance Service Level Agreements and external contractors.
  • Lead and assist with projects assigned by the Maintenance Manager.
  • Use of the computerized maintenance management system to report on various KPI’s carried out on equipment/utilities.
  • Carry out onsite maintenance related safety investigations and CAPA as assigned.
  • Manage shift roster and annual leave to maintain shift coverage onsite.
  • Carry out GEMBA walks with maintenance technicians to ensure site SOP compliance.

Qualifications/Work Experience:
  • Engineering / Trade Qualification with experience working within a similar role.
  • Experience with modern maintenance management methods and techniques.
  • Experienced in managing a maintenance team with responsibility for motivating, influencing, coaching the team on day to day technical and operations matters. Proven ability to deal with disciplinary matters within the team.
  • Experience in composing investigation documentation.
  • Ability to train new starts on systems and safety regulations.
  • Experience working within a Regulated Manufacturing Environment is required but Pharma is not essential.
  • Multi-skilled / cross-skilled ethos
  • Good team player that can use their initiative and communicate well with people and build work relationships.
  • Responsible and positive person who embraces change and takes ownership for their team and plant.
  • Computer skills essential
  • Familiar with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems.