Maintenance Manager

Kilwaughter Minerals Ltd; Larne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000

Job description

This role is a critical role within our operations and will report to the Operations Director.

Salary: Starting salary commensurate with experience and qualifications

Location: This role will be based at Kilwaughter, Co. Antrim with some amount of travel to other sites

Role Purpose: As part of a highly successful business, this role will operate as a critical member of the Management team with responsibility for the reliability, availability, and efficiency of all plant and equipment. You will lead a team of engineers and technicians to deliver a safety-first culture, proactive, preventative maintenance culture, reducing downtime and improving overall equipment effectiveness. The company culture places high value on its customer experience along with the team that creates that experience. Creativity and collaboration are highly valued as is a relentless energy for continuous improvement.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical, problem-solving, and people engagement skills. You will work closely with operations to drive continuous improvement, cost savings, and compliance while fostering a culture of safety, continuous learning, accountability and ownership.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive a safety-first culture, ensuring maintenance activities contribute to zero harm.
• Conduct regular risk assessments, audits, and safety training for the team.
• Develop a high-performance Maintenance team, achieved through coaching, mentoring and upskilling of the team in safety, proactive maintenance, diagnostics and problem-solving.
• Work collaboratively with Operations and develop a strong customer focused culture.
• Lead structured problem-solving initiatives (5-Whys, FMEA, Kaizen) to foster a problem-solving mindset and culture amongst the team, empowering them to take ownership and eliminate recurring issues.
• Develop and implement training programs to upskill the team in diagnostics and best practices.
• Increase equipment reliability, up-time and throughput by creating detailed documents and in collaboration with Production, implement and embed robust maintenance schedules that align with Customer needs, minimising disruption and reducing reactive breakdowns.
• Establish and foster a culture of root cause analysis and structured problem-solving. Drive improvement initiatives in equipment performance, safety, and process reliability through implementing lean maintenance practices.
• Develop strategies and consider technology and systems to achieve enhanced operational efficiency, optimisation of spare parts inventory and cost reductions.
• Optimise spare parts inventory, reducing unnecessary costs without compromising reliability.
• Ensure the department operates within budget while driving cost-saving initiatives.
• Work cross-functionally to identify opportunities for process improvements and automation.
• Lead, track and report on key maintenance KPIs to identify trends and drive measurable continuous improvements to maximise plant availability, drive efficiencies and reduce maintenance-related production losses.
• Be an ambassador for the company values and at the forefront of a culture of continuous improvement.
• Take on any other duties as directed by the Operations Director.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Third level qualification in a related discipline
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience with 3 years gained in a People Leadership role
• Experience within a Manufacturing environment
• Strong leadership and people skills. Provides clear direction, coaching, mentoring and a passion for people engagement and development
• Ability to work, influence and challenge laterally, downwards and upwards
• A change leader who can initiate and deliver change
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Data-Driven and a pragmatic decision maker
• Strong process and compliance skills
• Confident, resilient and strong team player
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail, planning and prioritising ability.
• Maintenance system skills to enhance systems
• NEBOSH Certified/Diploma
• Heavy Plant Manufacturing
• Experience in using Navision ERP system.
• Experience in using SAP ERP system.
• Familiarity with Salesforce CRM system

To apply for this role please send an updated CV via the link or call Kilwaughter Minerals HR Team for a confidential chat.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Construction