Maintenance Manager

The Company
My client is a leading FMCG manufacturer with a strong presence across the Australian market, operating a high-volume and highly automated manufacturing environment. With continued investment in automation, asset performance and operational capability, an exciting opportunity has become available for a Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance function at a major manufacturing site.

This role is based in Sydney, NSW.
The Role
Reporting into Site Leadership, the responsibilities of the role includes:

• Leading the site maintenance function with a strong emphasis on automation, electrical systems and controls
• Developing and executing maintenance and reliability strategies to maximise equipment availability and plant performance
• Leading, coaching and developing the maintenance team to build a proactive, high-performing culture
• Driving preventative and predictive maintenance programs across highly automated production lines
• Working closely with Production and Site Leadership to identify recurring failures and implement sustainable solutions
• Supporting the reliability of PLCs, SCADA, robotics, instrumentation, sensors and automated equipment
• Using maintenance and reliability data to identify trends, improve OEE and reduce unplanned downtime
• Managing maintenance budgets, contractors, spare parts and external service providers
• Supporting automation upgrades, equipment improvements and CAPEX projects from a maintenance and reliability perspective
  Your Background
  In order to be successful in this role, you will be:
• An experienced Maintenance Manager, Reliability Manager or senior maintenance professional within FMCG or a similar manufacturing environment
• Strong technically across automation, electrical systems and industrial control systems
• Experienced with PLCs, SCADA, robotics, instrumentation or highly automated production equipment
• Proven in developing preventative, predictive and reliability-focused maintenance strategies
• A strong people leader with experience managing and developing maintenance teams
• Commercially minded with experience managing maintenance budgets and contractors
• Comfortable working closely with Production and Site Leadership to deliver operational outcomes
• From a Maintenance or Reliability background, with a track record of progressing into site leadership roles
• Experience within food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical or another high-volume FMCG environment highly regarded
  What's On Offer:
  In return, you will be given the opportunity to join a leading FMCG manufacturer and take ownership of the maintenance function within a highly automated production environment, with significant scope to improve reliability, automation performance and overall plant efficiency.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further you can contact Luke Del Vecchio at Blackbook Executive on [02 9030 6144](tel:02 9030 6144).

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