Site Engineering Manager

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The Engineering Manager will possess a comprehensive range of chemical plant knowledge and management experience, ideally with an engineering degree (Electrical or Mechanical biased) to provide effective support and control over maintenance activities, systems, equipment and processes.

The role will require a strong multi discipline diverse background with experience gained working on a top tier CoMAH site managing people, assets and utilities all within corresponding appropriate environmental, health & safety legislative requirements.

The candidate will possess the following key skills :

• Strong business management skills
• Budgeting control experience
• Excellent communicator both written and verbal
• Project management experience including CDM regulations
• Comfortable managing multiple tasks simultaneously
• Possess a range of investigative / analysis techniques to enhance and aid trouble shooting
• Fully competent with legislative paperwork requirements
• Team player
• Problem solving aptitude

• Ensure that all assigned duties and tasks are carried out in compliance with statutory legal requirements and the company quality, health & safety and environmental policies
• Promote a positive health and safety culture by ensuring good housekeeping standards are used, correct PPE is being worn and that any near miss, incident or accidents are made safe and reported
• Adherence to Tradebe policies and procedures ensuring that all necessary documentation for routine checks and calibrations are performed whilst maintaining the required standards
• Manage Engineering team to ensure the safe, standardised and efficient maintenance of all plant and equipment as per planned routines and statutory requirements, including the completion of all documentation to satisfy these requirements
• Oversee Engineering Supervisors allocation of daily work orders and control of the technicians to ensure correct prioritisation close out of site activities
• Responsible for managing the correct installation, inspection, servicing and repair of all mechanical and electrical equipment and instrumentation on site, ensuring all work undertaken to the highest standards and within required timescales
• Facilitate planning of all shutdown work and intrusive safety critical jobs with associated test bodies and departments ensuring that all equipment is up to date and defects are suitably managed
• Ensure that all project plans, improvements, repairs and shutdown works are performed to the appropriate standard, ensuring coordination of resources for the flawless execution of works to agreed timescales including appropriate hand over after completion
• Work with the Business Processes Manager with the responsibility for the implementation and management of engineering Key Performance Indicators for reliability of equipment, plant breakdown time, spares stocks, completion of SAP routines and close out of inspection defects
• Contribute as required to raise capital asset requests including design input, the provision of technical and process data, specification requirements, procurement, contractor quotations, formal contract agreements, delivery, commissioning and assessing resource requirements
• Work closely with Engineering teams to actively encourage the identification of appropriate upgrades, modifications or enhanced maintenance routines to maximise and maintain plant availability and efficiency
• Manage and maintain Engineering training records to ensure adequate coaching and competency assessments are performed as per individual requirements from the training requirements matrix
• Ensure that engineering teams are competently completing all tasks, including reporting of equipment defects, correctly completing all paperwork and that work is appropriately undertaken ensuring all unsafe items are suitably isolated / communicated and reported
• All engineering activities must follow Tradebe permit to work procedures ensuring that a permit to work covers all work on plant. This must include a suitable risk assessment and method statements (or task instruction) covering all the hazards including access requirements, competency assessment, prerequisites for cleaning and isolations prior to starting task
• The engineering department to develop flexibly to respond to business needs through performing additional tasks including basic non-trade tasks, fork lift driving etc. in accordance with competencies and departmental requirements
• Regularly track progress and communicate progress, including potential issues, for all engineering and capex work
• Manage the detailed planning of materials / equipment deliveries and any additional resource involved with either preparation or planned works for maintenance activities or shutdown works
• Ensure all contract labour is fully aware of site activities and hazards, include their own responsibility to make safe any potentially unsafe situations by stopping tasks to isolate / communicate issues as appropriate
• Promote Continuous Improvement (CI)…