Manage and prioritize planned, preventative and corrective maintenance and reduce recurring breakdowns and downtime.
Lead, develop and coordinate the maintenance team, ensuring effective planning, workmanship and follow-through.
Work closely with Production and Quality to improve equipment reliability and support the site's 90% production efficiency target.
Provide engineering input into new equipment, projects, process changes, modifications, trials and commissioning.
Identify opportunities to improve, modernize and automate equipment and processes and recommend practical, cost-effective solutions. •
Troubleshoot technical problems and provide sound engineering solutions for existing and ageing equipment.
Manage engineering contractors, suppliers, spares and maintenance-related expenditure.
Ensure engineering-related regulatory requirements, inspections, records and safe working practices are maintained.
Support business continuity and provide the General Manager with visibility of significant engineering risks, downtime and improvement priorities.
Work collaboratively with the Technical Manager, drawing on existing business knowledge while bringing additional engineering capability and a forward-looking technical perspective.