Utilities Supervisor

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Effective and consistent management of the site engineering practice and operation. To consistently achieve production and cost targets minimizing waste and downtime, through effective management and upkeep of the processes, teams and equipment, so as to ensure that we achieve customer service level with our customers, through the manufacture of products to the right quality and specification. Covering all aspects of food safety.

This will be achieved by ensuring that engineering teams are effectively coordinated and managed, through having a clear knowledge and understanding of requirements, providing hands-on technical skills (lead by example), attention to detail and providing all teams with inspiration, guidance, motivation, training and multi-skilling.

Site Maintenance and Department

• The position is on the factory floor – definitely a hands-on role – technical utilities skills required to train, teach and develop employees. 25% - 30% Maintenance work; 75-80% Supervision/Training.
• Ensure smooth running of the factory machinery – either through management of others or fixing the matter directly.
• Production Plan, kept informed and updated of any changes to this plan in order to plan your team’s daily work and equipment readiness enables plan completion, ensure all machinery is available for production when required.
• Drive the team to look for issues, and not wait to be told or instructed to complete a task.
• Awareness of all machinery problems or any unfinished jobs, as well as anticipated timing for repair.
• Keep a full library of machine’s manuals, along with support mechanisms linked to site or group resources when information and support is required.
• Ensure the maintenance team quickly responds to all maintenance calls.
• Ensure effective shift hand-over within your team making sure they are held accountable for what they do, clear on what was not done (and why), and that the right information on issues and actions are brought to the DRM.
• Create a one person for one job policy unless the job requires more or for training purposes.
• Ensure all areas are operating under control, the workplace, workshop and stores are clean, organized and tidy by maintaining a clean as you go policy in all areas.
• Drive the production process to ensure that the products produced meet customer specification, quality and food safety.
• Ensure the completion of Maintenance Tracking Sheet (MTS) inspections for the Mechanical Integrity of the Ammonia Refrigeration Systems and IIAR Bulletin 109 Inspections for the Ammonia System Equipment.
• Ensures Utilities Systems involving Ammonia Refrigeration, Compressed Air, Boilers, Steam, Condensate Return, Glycol, Brine, HVAC, Fire Sprinklers, Fire Pumps, Fire Risers, Wastewater Pretreatment, and Natural Gas are operated, inspected, and maintained in a safe, productive, and reliable manner to meet our business needs and comply with regulatory requirements including Process Safety Management (PSM) and our Risk Management Plan for environmental concerns.
• Operate and repair electro-mechanical equipment such as ammonia refrigeration valve groups, freezers, electric motors, pumps, ammonia compressors, condensers, forced air evaporators, compressed air systems, steam systems, PLC’s and utilities processes, machines, and equipment.
• Sustain and improve the PSM process.
• Ensure that daily, weekly and monthly production meets targeted outputs through effective management of equipment and engineering resources.
• Spend majority of work hours with a visible presence in production to guide, coach, monitor and control the issues and activities and be accessible to all.
• Communicate effectively with all the team, not just “Send and Forget” emails.
• Carry out performance reviews with your team and ensure training is done where needed.
• Proactively looking for areas of improvement and to adopt techniques and practices that ensure that there is a quality environment in production.
• Ensure that health and safety requirements are fully met, and a positive safety culture is…