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We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.\nIf you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!\nAbout the Position:\nAs the Maintenance Supervisor, you will lead site maintenance activities to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of plant equipment. Managing a team of Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrumentation Technicians, you will drive maintenance excellence, improve asset reliability, and support continuous improvement initiatives. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, SHE, and Purchasing teams, you will play a key role in maintaining high safety standards, optimizing equipment performance, and delivering operational excellence across the site.\nHow You Will Make an Impact:\nSupport and promote the highest standards of Safety, Health and Environmental performance across all maintenance and construction activities on site.\nLead, coach and develop a high-performing team of Mechanical and Instrument/Electrical Technicians, ensuring the capability exists to support reliability, precision maintenance and safe work execution.\nManage maintenance resources effectively to support operational requirements, routine maintenance activities, unplanned breakdown recovery and major shutdown or turnaround activity.\nWork collaboratively with the Maintenance Planner, Operations and Engineering teams to plan, prioritise, execute and close out maintenance activity through effective use of maintenance systems and work processes.\nLead maintenance response during unplanned stoppages, supporting first-up information gathering, structured problem solving and recovery activity.\nDrive improvements in Reliability and Overall Equipment Effectiveness through Root Cause Failure Analysis, FMEA, RCM, preventive and predictive maintenance optimisation, condition monitoring and continuous improvement activity.\nSupport improvement of key reliability measures, including Mean Time Between Failure and Mean Time To Repair.\nCollaborate with Purchasing, SHE and Engineering to select, qualify and manage contractors for maintenance and construction activities, ensuring contractor performance meets safety, quality and cost expectations.\nSupport the Capital Plan and asset improvement projects to sustain and enhance the condition, reliability and performance of the site.\nWork with Purchasing, Engineering and Operations to optimise suppliers and support site Maintenance, Repair and Operations requirements.\nSupport the MRO Store Person to ensure inventory and critical spares are optimised to meet reliability and plant performance needs.\nOwn and manage site inspection registers, including LOLER, scaffolding, ladders and mobile equipment such as MEWP and Manitou equipment.\nOwn and manage maintenance workshop facilities and equipment.\nOwn and maintain maintenance department documentation, including SOPs, risk assessments and COSHH assessments.\nWhat You Will Bring to Cabot:\nCompetencies (Knowledge, Skills and Behaviors)\nDetailed practical knowledge of maintenance and reliability tools and systems, including FMEA, RCM, condition monitoring and CMMS.\nDetailed practical knowledge of the inspection, overhaul and repair of rotating and static equipment in a hazardous process industry or similar manufacturing environment.\nKnowledge of welding, non-destructive testing, instrument and electrical testing and calibration.\nStrong working knowledge of SHE regulations and requirements, including Pressure Systems, PUWER, LOLER, DSEAR, COSHH, Confined Space, risk assessment and safe work permit processes.\nKnowledge of process safety systems, including Mechanical Integrity, Hazard Studies, Management of Change and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews.\nKnowledge and ability in accident, near miss investigation and reporting procedures.\nKnowledge and ability to assess, improve and implement maintenance workflow practices.\nAbility to use ERP, CMMS and Microsoft systems to support planning, execution, reporting and continuous improvement activity.\nVisible safety leadership and commitment to maintaining a strong safety culture.\nSelf-motivated, results-focused and driven to deliver operational excellence.\nAble to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities using sound judgement and logical decision making.\nCollaborative and empowering leadership style, with the ability to develop engaged and cohesive teams.\nCalm, structured and decisive when responding to operational issues or crisis situations.\nStrong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across Engineering, Operations, SHE, Purchasing and external contractor teams.\nProactive approach to problem solving, continuous improvement and people development.\nEducation/Experience\nHNC or above in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering.\nSignificant experience in a maintenance and reliability role within a large process industry or manufacturing environment; chemical manufacturing experience preferred.\nWell-practiced in people leadership within a manufacturing, maintenance or related engineering environment.\nDetailed practical knowledge of safe work permit systems, including electrical, working at height, hot work, line break, crane permits, excavation permits and roof permits.\nIT literate with experience using ERP, CMMS and Microsoft systems.\nNEBOSH General Certificate preferred.\nProject management experience preferred.\nLean Six Sigma Green Belt preferred.\nExperience supporting mechanical integrity, asset reliability or maintenance improvement programmes preferred.\nHow We Will Support Your Success:\nEmployer Contributory pension\nAnnual performance bonus plan\nPrivate medical insurance scheme\nEmployee Assistance Programme\nCycle to work scheme\nEmployee development programme\n26 day annual holiday allocation\nAt Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.\nOur employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. 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