We are looking for a Plant Technical Manager for one of our prestigious clients in Malta.
Role Summary:
The Plant Technical Manager shall act as the technical/functional area owner and thus shall have a good knowledge of the internal customers, the business (production) processes, asset system relations and the relevant dependencies relating to the operational flow of the Company. The Plant Technical Manager shall be responsible for the business continuity and availability of the facilities and the various operational systems in specified buildings of the Group through securing effective and efficient maintenance operations.
As the expert counterpart, the Plant Technical Manager shall also facilitate and support external suppliers with several projects and compliance visits and pursue in continuous improvement in order to ensure and improve the reliability of operational assets. The core of this position lies in the judgement and coordination of solutions, securing correct communications and alignment and the correct decision-making upon the necessary actions.
The Plant Technical Manager shall report directly to the Board of Directors
Responsibilities:
-Manage the correct operational execution of preventive, predictive, corrective and compliance maintenance of the Company.
-Supervision of various installations and commissioning of plant machinery.
-Ensure that the necessary troubleshooting of ad-hoc malfunctions is done in a systemized fashion and in a timely manner.
-Manage the execution of risk & root cause assessments following incidents, inspections or other observations.
-Leading and Managing the Maintenance Team with the right coordination and delegation of all tasks mostly pertaining to first level support and preventive maintenance.
-Devise and implement a Maintenance Reporting System where all internal customers’ requests are logged.
-Ensure timely delivery and appropriateness of parts and spares for effective maintenance execution and eventually liaise with local and foreign suppliers to procure any parts that may be needed urgently.
-Full monitoring of the Building Management System.
-Develop a systemized yearly preventive maintenance plan and ensure that it is being executed
-Develop Maintenance SOPs and Work Instructions whilst ensuring that they are all adhered to by the Maintenance Team.
-Full responsibility for the Health & Safety function, ensuring proper action on safety issues and promoting a positive safety culture throughout the Company.
-Drive and support the necessary operational communication to ensure efficient operations and relevant feedback to stakeholders.
-Manage technical escalations, deviation where necessary and in agreement with the relevant HODs and the agreed recovery processes.
-Ensure optimum utilization of available resources in various maintenance works.
-Continuously monitor and evaluate maintenance work performed by the maintenance team to ensure quality, cost optimization and timely execution as per stipulated SOPs and work instructions.
-Assist in the management of technical projects and provide technical support, where applicable.
-Explore and recommend innovative methods, based on best practices, in order to bring about cost-effective solutions.
-Responsible for training, coaching, mentoring & development of the Maintenance Team.
-Strict observance to company confidentiality and professionalism.
-Attends training programs as instructed by the company, during and/or outside office hours.
-Any other duties that can be assigned from time to time by the Board of Directors in cognizant with the position role.
Requierments:
-In possession of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferably with a warrant.
-At least 5 years of relevant leadership experience in a similar environment in particular within the FMCG sector
-Excellent decision-making skills in fast-changing and complex environments, and capable of dealing with uncertainties.
-Be proactive in detecting any predictable irregular circumstances and able to rectify accordingly with well-placed contingency plans.
-Strongly results-orientated with a corresponding sense of responsibility; directs work and ensures accountability.
-Self-motivated, well-organized, good communication and inter-personal skills.
-Able to work on own initiative and meet deadlines.
-Applying a positive attitude of ‘can do’, ‘right the first time’, ‘speed’ and ‘passion’