Maintenance and Reliability Manager - Suffolk (888352)

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Maintenance and Reliability Manager
Suffolk, England

A leading supplier of sugar to the UK market are now looking for a Maintenance and Reliability Manager to be based in Bury St Edmunds. As the Maintenance and Reliability Manager your will identify, develop and integrate manufacturing opportunities and solutions across finished product sites which deliver measurable and sustainable improvements in safety, productivity, cost, quality, service and reputation.
You will also support a step change in capability, capacity and behaviour across product availability in order to provide a World class food manufacturing base.

Responsibilities will include:
Develop and implement Equipment Availability Strategy at site (Asset utilisation and strategy, maintenance regime):
Maintain and execute Asset Roadmap to deliver Corporate Strategy and Goals
Maintain and execute rolling 5 year equipment and asset care strategy (repair vs replace)
Maintain and execute rolling 5year maintenance programme
Ensure alignment and cohesion across Site, Supply Chain and Corporate Objectives and in line with CAPEX and OPEX targets

Drive continuous improvement across Finished Products to ensure:
Consistent performance metrics and targets are implemented and achieved for Assets - reliability, productivity and availability
Effective business case design and evaluation for Finished Products CAPEX and OPEX Equipment Availability Projects (objectives, scope, approach, deliverables, tender design, supplier evaluation, resource requirements and timelines)
Effective delivery of Product Availability Engineering Projects at site - time, cost, quality

Provide expert knowledge, support and coaching to Product Availability team on Manufacturing and Engineering Excellence.

Influence and encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, best practice across the finished products and site engineering.

The successful applicant will hold a degree in an engineering qualification and NEBOSH certified

Must have extensive and demonstrable experience of conveying and packaging equipment within FMCG/Food sector manufacturing
Broad experience in initiating and leading equipment reliability improvements in a high-volume, FMCG/Food manufacturing environment
Experience of working in a lean operating environment, and as part of a high-performance team
Experience of identifying, developing and implementing process and operational change within a FMCG environment.
Proven experience of developing and delivering strategic investment plans and capital projects.
Must have a professional approach at all times

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.