Organise and manage the site maintenance function, to ensure high plant availability and performance within approved budgets, liaising with operations staff to ensure a high level of service.

Responsibilities include:
- Annual strategic organisation and management of the maintenance function including in house maintenance team, plus contract staff, to achieve an efficient maintenance function, while adhering to all relevant legislation and site procedures
- Review plant defects, developing proposals for modifications where appropriate, to maintain plant reliability and availability
- Oversee development of Stores Systems, Management Systems, HandS procedures and the CMM system to improve the organisation of all aspects of the maintenance function
- Plan and manage planned maintenance outages, including specification of work, quality control and co-ordination between all parties involved
- Prepare site maintenance budget proposals and work within approved budgets
- Liaise with the project and operations staff to ensure that the maintenance effort is responsive to the overall needs of the business
- Participate in the Management 'Standby' rota to cover any emergency situation that may arise
- Carry out any other duties as requested by Senior Management
- Ensure compliance with the company's Quality and Environmental Management System and Health and Safety and all relevant legislation.

Skills:

1. Knowledge/Qualifications
Apprentice trained Engineer, qualified to HND or equivalent in a relevant Engineering discipline, but knowledgeable in Control, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
Knowledge of current HandS, CDM and Pressure systems regulations, experience of COMAH is desirable
2. Ability/Experience
A practical Engineer with a minimum of Five (5) years experience in a supervisory maintenance role within a process industry, gained in a Chemical, Waste Incineration or Power Generation environment, ideally involving steam raising plant
Experience of managing a maintenance budget and planned maintenance system
Analytical ability and enthusiastic and competent problem solver with a practical approach to solving engineering problems
PC literate, and capable of learning how to use new software systems
Good communication and organizational skills, able to manage and motivate the maintenance team and co