CHP & Asset Reliability Manager

CHP & Asset Reliability Manager Location: Home Based (Chiswick Park) Time Type: Full time Posted On: Posted Yesterday Time Left to Apply: End Date: December 3, 2024 (12 days left to apply) Job Requisition ID: JR26088 Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast-growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure, and people? Then this is the place for you. As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits. To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led , resilient , and positive because we expect pace and agility . We insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact. What will this role achieve? Our Reliability role offers a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in the supply chain function. In this pivotal leadership role, you will coach the engineering team to build capability, building strong succession plans. You will support diversity and inclusion within the team. Be able to drive performance improvements building on the foundations that are already in place, lead on major modernisation projects, manage multi-million-pound budgets, and support the sustainability goals of the site. The leader will be responsible for the CHP strategy within supply chain and lead engineering reliability on major assets as required. You will ensure that the business maintains maximum effectiveness and benefit from existing sites technology and in parallel develop concepts and strategies for introducing new manufacturing methods, technologies, and energy reduction strategies. To succeed, you will know what excellent looks like within a world-class organisation and have the skills and experience to achieve this. Communication is one of the major factors for the success of this role; you will need to be able to communicate at all levels, build strong working relationships, and influence diverse groups. What will be your key deliverables?

• Establish KPI’s, maintenance procedures and policies to ensure the Central Maintenance program is measurable, effective, and sustainable.
• Maximise utilisation of our skilled personnel.
• Ensure our CHP’s and ABO run to our agreed KPI.
• Develop in-house maintenance solution for CHP’s.
• Develop and roll out Reliability Road map for all sites with a standard approach.
• Support sites with cost-saving initiatives with MRO.
• Review site plans for preventive, predictive and preventive maintenance for mechanical, electrical, structural, and instrumentation equipment.
• Create reporting requirements; performance, reliability, MTBF, planned vs reactive, benchmark, failure trends.
• Understand assets and locations that require focus.
• Together with the factory management teams ensure that the productive capability of the plant is optimised and improved for the needs of the business.
• Ensure that standards and procedures are in place and regularly updated to govern all engineering activities on sites.
• Support in continuous improvement projects and activities.
• Develop and implement a strategy that will ensure the Central Engineering function is effective, low cost, well-motivated, flexible, and continually adapts to changing circumstances.
• Ensure continued improvement in engineering skills through a structured development programme.

What do you need for this role?

• Mechanical or Electrical qualification within an engineering discipline.
• Background in engineering within a large multi-site manufacturing organisation.
• Excellent trouble-shooter with the ability to resolve problems effectively.
• Experience of delivering engineering change projects.
• Experience of handling budgets.
• Exceptional communication skills with a demonstrable record of influencing at all levels within an organisation.
• Confident decision maker who understands the commercial implications of decisions.

Our winning traits and behaviours

• Purpose-Led - Energised by our promise to deliver happiness to the world with every bite.
• Agile - Ever evolving, never satisfied, and never standing still.
• Collaborative - Willing to work collectively for mutual success.
• Resilient - Quick to adapt to change, fast learner and persistent in the face of setbacks.
• Positive - Self-motivated, optimistic, adventurous, and inspiring.

Diversity and inclusivity are central to everything we do and are reflected across our business. We are an equal opportunities employer and believe in encouraging an inclusive environment where we celebrate diversity of thinking and respect everyone’s distinctive qualities and perspectives. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law. #J-18808-Ljbffr