Industrial Engineering Manager

Job Description Summary

The successful candidate will lead the development, improvement, maintenance, installation and commissioning of manufacturing equipment and industrial infrastructure, supporting production capacity, operational reliability, safety, quality, cost and delivery objectives.

The role will partner closely with Manufacturing, Product and Process Engineering, Lean, EHS, Quality, Supply Chain and Projects to ensure that equipment and facilities are properly specified, maintained and developed to support the site's stabilisation, ramp-up and industrialisation strategy.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the Industrial Engineering and Maintenance function, ensuring manufacturing equipment, tooling and infrastructure are safe, reliable, capable and available to meet production requirements.
• Develop and execute the site's equipment and industrial infrastructure strategy, aligned with production volumes, capacity requirements, technology roadmap and business growth.
• Own and continuously improve the site's preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance strategy, driving equipment reliability, availability and reduction of unplanned downtime.
• Establish and monitor key equipment performance indicators, including equipment availability, downtime, MTBF, MTTR, maintenance compliance and critical equipment performance.
• Lead the identification and implementation of equipment improvements, refurbishments and upgrades to improve safety, quality, productivity, capacity and reliability.
• Lead the technical definition, specification, procurement, installation, commissioning and acceptance of new manufacturing equipment and production systems.
• Manage industrial projects from concept through implementation, including technical specifications, supplier selection, CAPEX justification, project planning, installation, commissioning and handover to Operations.
• Ensure effective production readiness for new equipment and associated processes and capacity expansions, including equipment qualification, tooling, utilities, documentation, maintenance plans, spare parts and operator/maintenance training.
• Develop and maintain an effective critical equipment and spare-parts strategy, ensuring appropriate risk mitigation for equipment that could constrain production or create significant operational disruption.
• Drive structured equipment problem solving and root-cause analysis for recurring breakdowns, reliability issues and production losses, ensuring robust corrective and preventive actions.
• Support manufacturing capacity analysis and capacity improvement, identifying equipment constraints and implementing technical solutions to support production ramp-up.
• Ensure manufacturing equipment and infrastructure comply with applicable EHS, machinery safety, statutory and regulatory requirements, including appropriate risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Coordinate external contractors, equipment manufacturers and technical service providers during maintenance, installation and commissioning activities.
• Establish and maintain appropriate equipment documentation, including technical files, drawings, maintenance instructions, preventive maintenance schedules, spare-parts lists and equipment history.
• Develop the technical capability of the Industrial Engineering and Maintenance teams through coaching, standard work, skills development and effective resource planning.
• Work closely with the Manufacturing Lean Leader and Process engineering to ensure equipment improvements support flow, standard work, workplace organisation, productivity and overall manufacturing transformation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent technical discipline, or significant relevant industrial experience
• Demonstrated experience in an Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance Engineering or Engineering Management role within a manufacturing environment
• Proven experience managing manufacturing equipment installation, commissioning, maintenance and improvement
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment reliability and structured problem solving/root-cause analysis.
• Demonstrated experience managing CAPEX and industrialisation projects, from technical definition and business case through installation and operational handover
• Experience working with production teams in a heavy industrial, engineered-to-order or large assembly manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of machinery safety, equipment risk management and relevant EHS requirements
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams and effectively manage contractors and equipment suppliers.

Desired Qualfiications:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering.
• Experience in heavy electrical equipment, transformers, power generation/transmission, aerospace, automotive or other complex engineered-product manufacturing environments.
• Experience with TPM, Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), predictive maintenance and condition monitoring.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies, including Kaizen, 5S, standard work and structured problem solving.
• Experience implementing or improving CMMS / maintenance management systems and using equipment data to drive reliability improvements.
• Experience with factory layout, utilities, equipment relocation, capacity expansion and production ramp-up.
• Strong project management and financial skills, including CAPEX planning, budgeting and investment justification.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with shop-floor teams, technical specialists, senior management, suppliers and contractors.
• Strong leadership and organisational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple technical projects and operational priorities simultaneously.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No