Maintenance Program Lead

Maintenance Program lead

Main Job Purpose

The Maintenance Program Lead will lead the professional maintenance program as outlined by the Unilever manufacturing system and ensure execution at site level. This role will work under the leadership of the Engineering Capabilities Manager, ensuring a standardised approach is applied across the BU and is aligned with the global 7 step methodology, supporting manufacturing sites on their professional maintenance journey, ensuring time based, condition based and preventative maintenance schedules are in place and are tracked on a computerised maintenance management system (CMMS). The purpose of this role is also to train and develop technical teams on PM methodology and ensure technical skills are developed within the cluster.

Job Summary

Behavioural Competencies (Include skills, values, and attributes)

• High level mechanical engineering knowledge base, competency and able to coach
• Collaborative style, working well with others at different organization levels and across different geographies.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong presentation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Methodical approach to problem solving.
• Passion for engineering and continuous improvement.
• Interest in digital trends and 4IR technologies.
• Key Standards of Leadership competencies required Purpose and Service, Agility, Passion for High Performance, Talent Catalyst

Key Responsibilities

• Development of site maintenance strategies together with Site Engineering
• Deployment of Professional maintenance system as per UMS guideline
• Ensure roll out and drive adoption of standardized CMMS
• Develop and implement core engineering standards
• Coaching on effective root cause analysis
• Update or work closely with Training to ensure development plans for technical teams are updated
• Conduct training on PM methodology
• Auditing sites on engineering standards and PM Steps
• Tracking, consolidating, reporting and presentation of Maintenance KPIs
• Manage operational forums for PM across sites

Professional Qualifications / Experience

Professional Qualifications / Experience:

• B.Sc. Mech Eng Or B.Tech. Mech Eng
• TPM / WCM or UMS experience
• 5 years + experience in FMCG maintenance field
• Auditing or assessor experience
• GCC or local equivalent preferable

Key Interfaces

• Engineering Managers
• BU Engineering teams
• Manex Managers
• Digital Manager
• Engineering supervisors
• Maintenance planners

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