Chief Engineer - Maintenance - Food

OVERALL OBJECTIVE : To organize and control all aspects of the maintenance function maintaining all processes and buildings to the required company standards.

RESPONSIBLE TO: BUH

KEY RESULT AREAS.

Quality and consistency of maintenance.

Process reliability and performance.

Maintaining Statutory / Insurance Registers for Key Equipment

Seek continuous process and operational improvement.

Effective management of maintenance budgets.

Cost control (notably labour, energy, maintenance).

Site Condition.

Health and Safety.

Direct management and motivation of Engineering Team

Processing Unit:

Ensure all processes and buildings are maintained effectively within agreed financial budgets.

Timely purchase of all materials necessary to maintain efficient process maintenance

Control stock minimum levels of spare parts.

Maintain and monitor processes in respect of breakdown and performance.

Implementation, maintain and monitoring of preventive maintenance plan according set guide lines.

Eliminate non planned downtime caused by technical failures by means of Root-cause analyses and implement improvements

Hygiene, Health & Safety:

Ensure the Health and Safety of all subordinates within Company guidelines and current legislation.

Ensure all functional management are aware of the correct codes of practice, both statutory and advisory,

Ensure production plant causes the minimum of dust and noise both internally and externally.

By regular site inspection and training, ensure full employee awareness of safe working practices and their role in maintaining the required standards.

Ensure hygiene standards in all areas are maintained to the highest standards at a minimum above those required by BRC.

Financial:

Contribute to the forming of operating budgets.

Raise capital expenditure and special maintenance forms for projects. Seek justification for each project.

Manage these projects to budget and time.

Properly control departmental overhead expenditure and be able to analyse and report variances.

Authorise all expenditure by subordinates.

Track energy consumption and report costs monthly

General:

Manage external contractors in a cost effective manner

Through managers, maintain and administer all personnel records and systems relating to employees (excluding records of sickness, absenteeism and holidays, recorded in the General Office).

Through respective managers, ensure the safe keeping of all company agreements, financial instruments etc.

To encourage good communication through the plant workplace, through Team Briefing, formal and informal discussions.

Through managers identify personnel training needs. Actively promote training and personal development on site.