Engineering Shift Manager

Contract: Permanent

Salary/Benefits: Excellent Package

Job Elements: -

·The Engineering Shift Manager is responsible for prioritizing & safely deploying all preventive & reactive maintenance activity via craft teams & occasionally contractors, to maximize equipment reliability in support of 100% on time delivery.

·Ensuring all Timet Health, Safety and Environment procedures are adhered to.

·Development of departmental procedures including Standard Operating Procedures and risk assessments for repeat tasks.

·Contractor Management including, Plant Induction, issuing ‘Permits To Work’, method statements & risk assessments.

·Pro-actively ensuring that craft competence is assessed, training needs identified and actioned to ensure full compliance at all times.

·Effective deployment of craftsmen in line with the daily process’

·To ensure 100% completion of scheduled inspections & ensure consistent quality feedback by craftsmen in to the SAP maintenance system.

·Responsible for rapid diagnosis, RCA & resolution of breakdowns or process issues.

·Accurate shift reporting, shift handover & management of the reporting expectations of team leaders & their teams.

·Producing purchase requisitions for services and materials.

The ideal candidate will have:

·Supervisory experience in medium or heavy manufacturing industry, with excellent people management skills

·Excellent problem solver, with ability to apply Root Cause Analysis techniques

·Pro-active and highly motivated to succeed – ‘can do’ attitude

·Experienced in managing contractors and good working knowledge of all permit processes required to safely execute engineering work.

·PC literate (MS Office packages) & ideally SAP

·A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Supervisory role within a manufacturing environment. Preferably a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Supervisory role within metals processing environment.

·Minimum HNC in an Engineering discipline (ideally an electrical bias, or at least a working knowledge of electrical terminology)

Petrie Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.