Description:
We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Maintenance Manager to join our team in Cork. Reporting to the Associate Director of Engineering Operations & Compliance, the successful candidate will be responsible for driving toward exceptional equipment performance to meet client and company goals.
You will manage a team of Technicians, Team Leads, and Contractors to support the strategic direction of the company’s maintenance program to ensure equipment reliability meets production operation demands.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Implement a maintenance strategy aligned with the company's goals and objectives. This includes establishing and maintaining a comprehensive maintenance program to ensure the reliability and availability of all equipment and facilities.
- Provide strong leadership to the maintenance teams, while fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Set priorities for the team to ensure task completion as a part of the overall department strategy. This includes providing staff with coaching, training, and opportunities to develop skills, give ongoing constructive and timely feedback on performance.
- Manage maintenance infrastructure, monitor all systems status, and analyse to identify trends. Develop and manage preventative, corrective, and predictive maintenance programs to ensure cost effective and reliable operation of all equipment and systems. This includes implementing predictive and preventive maintenance practices to minimise downtime and optimise equipment performance.
- Monitor KPIs for equipment breakdowns, calibrations, and PM, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Ensure all maintenance activities comply with regulatory requirements, including FDA and GMP standards and maintain accurate documentation/records to support regulatory audits and inspections.
- Manage the maintenance budgets, ensuring efficient resource allocation and identify cost-saving opportunities to implement cost-effective solutions.
- Promote a culture of safety responsibility within the engineering and maintenance teams.
- Engage in Cross Functional Team activities to address and mitigate any root cause problems with preventative maintenance and machine performance.
- Develop Preventative Maintenance methods to minimise mean time between failure and maximise OEE.
- Collaborates across PDM Manufacturing sites to implement shared and harmonised processes.
This role will provide exposure to a wide range of expertise relating to pharmaceutical, life sciences, construction, and other sectors. The successful candidate will be supported in developing their knowledge and skills as their responsibilities grow and evolve.
Skills and Requirements
To excel in this role, you should possess the following skills and qualifications:
- Degree qualified with Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in Maintenance management.
- Trade background advantageous.
- Experience in Pharmaceutical manufacturing and/or Biotechnology operations/GMP environment.
- Strong Technical Knowledge of Equipment reliability engineering.
- Demonstrates excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to act on own initiative.
- Experience in the delivery and management of maintenance management systems E.g. Maximo, EAMS.