Maintenance Manager

Excellent Benefits, Great Pension Contributions, Permanent

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An opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Manager in Corby, UK. The role has overall responsibility for the material condition of the facility and all assets. The focus of this position is to ensure all safety precautions and methodology are adhered to, maximise production time available on equipment, optimise upkeep costs and manage expenditures related to equipment, spare parts, and consumable items.

The Maintenance Manager supports the plant production effort and must provide high quality repair and maintenance services that enable the plant to meet production goals. Activities include: operational effectiveness, continuous improvement techniques, proactive and precision maintenance, planning and scheduling, contractor management, vendor and spare parts management, implementation of best practices and programs, training and development.

• Ensure that all ADM employees, visitors, vendors and contractors understand and comply with the ADM safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all ADM employees, visitors, vendors and contractors understand and comply with the ADM food safety policies and procedures while maintaining the highest standards of hygiene.
• Sets goals and expectations for the maintenance team, managing the team and coaching employees to reach their fullest potential by providing feedback in a manner that is effective, consistent and fair.
• Manage and implement preventative maintenance and reliability activities.
• Lead and support root‑cause analysis processes within the maintenance team regarding failures and implementation of countermeasures.
• Develop, review, and analyse maintenance/reliability metrics and performance.
• Drive effectiveness of spare parts inventory to ensure that needed parts are available.
• Responsible for people management and development including retention, recruiting and team engagement.
• Support all projects on site and drive to completion any relevant small engineering projects.

• Good knowledge of Microsoft applications & asset management software
• Proficient in asset management techniques.
• Strong problem solving, diagnostic and analytical skills, with a result focused approach.
• Strong communication skills and an excellent team player.
• Strong coaching style with excellent people management skills.
• A recognised engineering qualification with time served electrical and mechanical knowledge or ideally degree level in field of Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Production Manufacturing, or another related field.
• Demonstrable experience preferably in a food, feed or chemical production environment is desirable.

• Challenging tasks, short decision‑making processes and a high level of personal responsibility in a modern work environment with flexible work time models
• Room for innovative thinking and growth with the possibility to manage your own career path.
• A company culture which promotes continuous learning and diversity. To assist with this all colleagues are able to join our Women’s and Multicultural Employee Resource Groups, and the ADM Pride Employee Network and the Young Professionals Network. As well as the company wide mentorship programme as mentor or mentee.
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