Reliability Maintenance Manager
Nestlé Purina PetCare   
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 

Salary: £60,000 plus excellent companywide benefits. 

 
This is a full-time permanent opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs so please speak to use during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you. 
 
Position Summary

Join our dynamic team in Wisbech as a Reliability Maintenance Manager, where your expertise will contribute to the optimization of our maintenance processes and overall operational efficiency. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your extensive experience to drive reliability improvements and implement best practices within our state-of-the-art facilities. As part of one of the largest and most respected companies globally, you will have access to unparalleled resources and support, enabling you to enhance your skills and advance your career. If you are ready to take on a challenging yet rewarding position and make a significant impact, we invite you to apply and be part of our journey towards excellence. 

At Purina PetCare, we're passionately committed to helping pets enjoy happier, healthier and longer lives because we're pet owners too.
 
Our Wisbech factory makes some of the UK’s most well-known wet petfood and much-loved brands, such as Felix, Winalot, Gourmet, and Purina ONE, and is constantly developing to meet the changing needs of our consumers. All this happens in a vibrant and historic market town known as the capital of the Fens. For a town with a rich history it also has a strong vision for the future with continued investment planned to ensure Wisbech remains a great place to live, work and visit.
 
Manufacturing in Nestlé is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business in order to maximise efficiency & productivity. The Wisbech factory is growing and has significant investment planned. 
 
A day in the life of Reliability Maintenance Manager

As Reliability Maintenance Manager you will be responsible for constructing and executing the maintenance strategy for our equipment, including managing the budget. You will oversee the equipment and infrastructure of the entire packaging perimeter and lead a team of collaborators to ensure and improve equipment performance. Additionally, you will act as the guarantor and technical advisor for our masterclass installations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise a team of technicians and masters, including recruitment, integration, skills development, organization, management, animation, annual evaluation, and career follow-up.
• Coordinate, adjudicate, and prioritize activities and resources, ensuring effective flow of information within the team.
• Ensure compliance with all rules and regulations within the establishment and ensure that the team also complies with these rules.
• Construct, track, and manage the budget for your area of responsibility.
• Develop the autonomy of your employees in strategy and budget, while meeting and enforcing current regulations and company requirements.
• Collaborate with your team and the production team to establish objectives and maintenance strategies for the masterclass, aligning with the factory's overall goals.
• Lead in PM Pillar and maintenance methods, developing the autonomy of SCLs (Single-Component Leaders).
• Prepare, implement, and continuously evolve preventive maintenance plans, coordinating the development of Maintenance and TPM/PM tools in your sector.
• Analyze faults, coach and participate in fault analysis meetings, and organize the implementation of actions resulting from failure analysis.
• Propose and drive improvement changes to enhance equipment performance.
• Manage your team in the implementation and correct application of new processes, participating in the development of new work projects.
• Ensure compliance with security rules and take necessary measures in case of non-compliance.

 
What will make you successful

To be successful in this role, you should ideally possess the following qualifications and skills:

• HND/Degree in Engineering/Manufacturing discipline.
• Previous experience working in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry.
• Experience in safety management. 
• Experience in preventative maintenance. 
• People leadership experience.
• Effective communication skills.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Flexibility and a strong customer service orientation.
• Teamwork abilities.
• Technical analysis and problem-solving skills.

 
What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

Job advert closing date: Wednesday 18/12/2024. 

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

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