Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager - Staff - Energy - Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits - Cheshire

Our client is a leading energy company based in Cheshire and they are seeking an Engineering Manager on a staff basis. You will support the planning and safe delivery of maintenance and engineering activities to ensure there is no adverse impact on the assets, whilst maintaining the reliability and availability of the facility within agreed budget.

You will define and implement innovative maintenance and engineering processes that deliver the lowest OPEX & CAPEX cost without compromising safety, reliability and availability - taking into account any commercial and/or operational constraints.

You will operate as a member of the Site Management Team - implementing Corporate Strategies, helping deliver on business results and contributing to the decision-making processes.

Duties:

1. Implement the UK Safety Management System as defined in the COMAH Operational Safety Report. Ensure compliance with all applicable Regulatory and Statutory requirements.
2. Ensure the members of the Engineering Team understand their SHEQ responsibilities and have the necessary qualifications, training, competence and experience to carry out their duties in a safe and compliant manner.
3. Manage the activities and workload of the Engineering Team - being accountable for overall system health of the assets.
4. Support the maintenance strategy for all assets. Ensure data within the maintenance management system is accurate, complete and aligned with the maintenance plan.
5. Consider and implement systems for improving the performance/efficiency/availability of the assets through engineering solutions or improvements via the effective delivery of CAPEX projects in the management of maintenance to achieve best practice.
6. Review, update and approve procedures and site engineering standards based on feedback, audits, regulatory requirements and best practice both internally within the business and across the wider industry.
7. Act as Plant Duty Manager as required.
8. Develop and monitor training and development plans for the Engineering Team, managing competency assessments for both new and existing members of the teams, looking to up-skill team members where possible.
9. In conjunction with the Head of Operations and Finance Team, forecast annual budget requirements for the asset maintenance. Monitor spend against budget, and define ways to avoid overspend.

Qualifications & Experience:

1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline is essential.
2. Industry experience in either chemicals, petrochemicals, oil & gas, energy, renewables, COMAH or similarly regulated environment.