Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager - Staff - Chemicals - Salary + Benefits - Merseyside

Our client is a leading chemicals manufacturer based in Merseyside, seeking an Engineering Manager on a staff basis. This site-based position is responsible for leading and shaping site engineering to meet production, maintenance, and CAPEX objectives whilst providing support to other site functions and liaising with external stakeholders where accomplished stakeholder management skills are a must.

This role demands professional engineering management capabilities, strong leadership, and team management skills. It involves making decisions and the ability to understand complex situations, simplifying and shaping solutions providing clarity to others.

This role will initially focus on a critical evaluation of the status quo, developing and delivering a cost-effective and efficient maintenance strategy fit for now and in the future.

Duties:

1. Development and delivery of the current and future site engineering maintenance strategy including Facilities management.
2. Highest standards of environment, health & safety and quality, ensuring compliance, robust change management, and legal obligations.
3. Lead the engineering team to meet maintenance and CAPEX objectives whilst providing support to other site functions and achieving site performance standards.
4. Drive continuous improvement to enhance operational efficiency, achieving right first time KPIs.
5. Oversee asset maintenance and development with a key focus on preventative maintenance definition, execution, and condition monitoring to ensure the necessary asset availability for completion of the production schedule.
6. Implement maintenance strategies and Failure Mode Effects Analyses (FMEA) to provide the foundations for the necessary focus across the different plant areas, subject to regular review in light of changing business circumstances.
7. Management of minor and maintenance projects liaising closely with stakeholders.
8. Delivering budget in terms of OPEX and CAPEX, understanding variances and delivery of forecast and LRP process in the area of responsibility.
9. In conjunction with the Senior Management Team, define and manage organisational processes and improvements ensuring roles, responsibilities, and expectations are understood whilst ensuring a robust succession and training plan is in place.
10. Provide mentoring and identify professional development opportunities for the team.

Experience & Qualifications:

1. Degree qualified in an Engineering discipline e.g. Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, or similar.
2. Proven senior Engineering Management experience, gained in a fast-paced, regulated manufacturing environment.
3. Experience of successfully managing significant change/transformation projects within a manufacturing environment.
4. Experience of Lean and continuous improvement methodologies e.g. Six Sigma, Kaizen etc.
5. Knowledge of maintenance strategy and FMEA routine development and review.
6. Familiarity with routine condition monitoring and alignment activity as part of the maintenance baseline function.
7. Detailed knowledge of H&S Systems including Permit to Work, Management of Change, Risk Assessment, and delivering compliance.