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Make It With Pride.\nThe role is responsible for the operational engineering leadership to all areas of the section to meet the required performance levels via sustainable improvements in engineering standards and equipment reliability.\nYou are responsible for developing, maintaining, and continually improving the equipment & maintenance systems and procedures to deliver improved performance across the Section.\nThe role will be accountable for the Section M&R Budget, controlling costs to achieve optimal Safety, Quality, GE and Waste performance as well as strong, visible on the floor leadership & strategic planning.\nReporting to the Section Lead, the role requires strong relationships with Technical Leads and Shift Technicians & business partnering to the Operations Managers (Cell Leads) for both Crème egg & Chocolate Making. The role is part of the PM Pillar team for the site\nHow you will contribute\nSafety & Compliance\nOwn and lead the cell's safety programmes - including Equipment Safety, Process Safety, Contractor Safety, Isolation Awareness, Engineering Workshop Management, Permit to Work, and Complex Management - driving the required workflows and improvement plans.\nEnsure all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements are fulfilled through robust preventive maintenance plans.\nMaintenance Strategy & Planning\nPartner with the Cell Lead and Technical Lead to manage maintenance planning and day-to-day maintenance activities.\nDevelop and continually improve AM and PM schedules through routine review and data-driven refinement.\nDrive the creation and implementation of Standard Maintenance Procedures (SMPs) across your section.\nConduct equipment criticality assessments and establish optimized maintenance strategies accordingly.\nWork with the Cell Technical Lead to develop maintenance plans, procedures, and checklists for routine tasks, shutdowns, and major overhauls - identifying resources, estimating time and costs, and coordinating with external contractors where required.\nPlan and lead significant maintenance outages, rebuilds, and re-life activities.\nContinuous Improvement & IL6S\nOperate as an active member of the PM Pillar, adopting IL6S tools and implementing effective maintenance standards.\nCollaborate with cell teams and other leaders to tackle top-loss problems, agree best practice, and roll it out consistently.\nSupport continuous performance and productivity improvements across the section (GE, Waste, etc.).\nActively participate in design reviews and Maintenance Prevention workshops.\nQuality\nMaintain a full understanding of all Quality Procedures relevant to equipment performance, and a working knowledge of all others within the operation.\nPartner with Quality and Cell Teams to identify and reduce quality-related losses.\nTechnical Documentation & Obsolescence\nMaintain up-to-date technical documentation for all section equipment, incorporating every improvement or modification.\nManage equipment obsolescence in your area - develop the replacement roadmap, drive masterplan actions, and prepare CAPEX proposals.\nProjects & Cost Management\nManage and deliver low- and medium-sized projects within your area as part of the IIM Pillar.\nManage M&R spend.\nLiaise with the Section Manager and budget holders to assess and fund required improvements.\nSupport the BD&E team on new equipment and product projects, ensuring vertical ramp-up and updates to all applicable procedures.\nPeople Development & Coaching\nTechnically coach engineers across all disciplines within the cell.\nMentor engineering apprentices, ensuring learning objectives are met.\nProvide hands-on technical support to PM Technicians in your area of responsibility.\nEnsure technician skills remain current with evolving technologies and techniques.\nFacilitate the Skills Transfer programme in support of the wider Cell Team.\nStakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration\nManage the interface with other departments - Operations, Quality, EHS, Planning, Warehouse, HR - and be accountable for their impact on your areas of responsibility.\nShare and adopt technical best practice with other Sections and Sites, implementing improvements within your own section.\nSupport all other work processes within the line workflows.\nWhat you will bring\nA desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:\nStrong technical knowledge across the site’s processes & lines\nEngineering degree or equivalent in Engineering related subject\nExcellent analytical skills\nStrongly driven by a safety culture \nSome experience in statistics & process control tools desirable\nExperience working with condition-based monitoring technology\nAble to champion and drive continuous improvement and operational changes.\nAble to work as part of wider team and share best practices to help other teams.\nAdvanced problem solver and able to work collaboratively with other teams and functions.\nRole models leadership on the floor, and leadership standard work mindset.\nComfortable in challenging status quo\nSelf-motivated, positive attitude\nCollaborative team worker\nProven record of operational improvement\nDemonstrated ability of teaching/coaching problem-solving methodologies, including BDA/ RCA/ DMAIC/ FMEA\nEffective communicator \nProven Leadership - able to engage, empower and enable people within the Section.\nEffective written, verbal and presentational communication skills\nMore about this role\nWork schedule: 100%\n\nThe responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland.\nNo Relocation support availableBusiness Unit Summary\nMondelēz International, Inc. empowers people to snack right in over 150 countries around the world. 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