Engineering Manager
Adecco
- Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent Newport
- £45,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Location - Newport
- Salary: £45k per annum & Bonus Scheme.
- Working Hours: 39 hours per week.
- Shifts to be 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday, 8.30am to 4.00pm Friday.
- Develop a clear strategy to improve onsite engineering services that support world class manufacturing methods
- Design clear and sustainable policies and procedures for the business and the team to operate by
- Benchmark activities with other leading manufacturing
- Introduce systematic control methods
- Change behaviours within the function to provide world class service
- Develop expertise in the onsite equipment
- Define the necessary maintenance activities that will impact on manufacturing performance of the site
- Liaise with other managers across the organisation to ensure that process recommendations and plans are integrated with other parts of the business and aligned with the overall corporate objectives
- Define AMP (Annual Maintenance Plan) for the site in line with manufacturing targets
- Manage specific projects and undertake specific project activity
- Evaluate the results of all projects and prepare recommendations for senior managers about significant changes to be made to resources, procedures, systems or technology
- Ensure implementations of projects for expanding and/or modifying the production lines
- Allocate project work to the most advisable contractors
- Deliver a number of key strategic projects in line with Total Quality Management (TQM) and continuous improvement
- Provide technical advice in important, complex and difficult engineering projects
- Plan, prioritise, schedule and manage maintenance activities to rectify break-downs, malfunctions and minimise business disruptions
- Maintain system of breakdown data
- Generate reports to identify potential deviations
- Create work lists for engineers according to priority
- Monitor maintenance activity, intervening when necessary
- React to engineer feedback
- Liaise with functional or operational area managers to coordinate scheduled maintenance activities with their operations
- Gather feedback on machine performance
- Analyse market availability to ensure optimum supply of resource
- Anticipate forecasts based on available records and data
- Plan budgets around expected volumes of work
- Allocate spending from budget according to site current and future needs
- Prioritise spending on mandatory activities
- Maintain system to monitor and control costs
- Evaluate, select and manage relationships with external contractors to minimise costs and ensure the organisation receives satisfactory standards of service
- Refer to the preferred suppliers list for contractor information
- Contact multiple suppliers for competitive quotes when appropriate
- Raise purchase orders for required services
- Attain the necessary safety information from suppliers before work begins
- Induct contractors onto site
- Instruct contractors of required maintenance activity
- Monitor contractors during maintenance activities, intervening when necessary
- Create rescue plans when appropriate
- Allocate resource to support contractor activity
- Conduct interviews for internal and external candidates
- Complete induction, on boarding and probationary reviews in a timely manner
- Evaluate individuals' performance and set objectives for the future
- Conduct Performance reviews within timescales
- Manage poor performance
- Manage attendance and timekeeping
- Conduct Investigations, Disciplinary and Grievance procedures in line with company policy
- Ensure HR and Payroll are provided with data and documentation as and when required
- Seek advice from HR, Occupational Health or other support agencies e.g. ACAS, EEF
- Create career development programmes for the team and develop medium-term planning for the growth of the process
- Implement and influence the organisation's Health and Safety strategy, developing and promoting health and safety amongst direct and indirect reports
- Analyse standard operating procedures to ensure they meet current legislation, updating when necessary
- Analyse the severity of hazards and prioritise the remedial actions required to correct
- Engage maintenance and/ or contractors to correct non-compliance health and safety issues
- Research appropriate external providers to supply corrective work for non-compliance issues
- Liaise with senior management to communicate costings and forecasts