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Headquartered in London, UK and publicly listed there since 1971, we employ c.3,900 employees across our 5 innovation centres of excellence and more than 29 manufacturing sites across Europe, North America and Asia. Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products.\nAt our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, Germany, China, Malaysia and Ohio, USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of sustainability benefits. Since 2021, we have been proud holders of the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark, which recognises green technology businesses making a significant contribution to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy.\nKey Responsibilities:\nPromote a workplace that has an unwavering commitment to safety, health and environmental compliance and encourages total employee participation in continuous improvement initiatives.\nSupport continuous improvement with near term goals and targets to implement the department and plant strategies.\nTracks and publishes standardized maintenance performance metrics on a routine basis consistent with company requirements and aligns maintenance performance indicators with overall business key performance indicators.\nDefines and manages the training needs for maintenance personnel and develops an associated training plan.\nManages the maintenance work planning function and the maintenance scheduling function. Develops and implements planning and scheduling standards and procedures for the plant.\nWorks with plant production, engineering, and SHE personnel to ensure that management of change (MOC) and mechanical integrity (MI) requirements which support OSHA 1910.119 Process Safety Management (PSM) are complied with.\nIdentifies opportunities for reliability improvement and cost reduction.\nOversees the execution of the preventive maintenance (PM) program and works with production and engineering to develop and maintain current PM procedures and schedules.\nInvolved in the maintenance budget development process annually and provides monthly spending analysis reports for plant personnel.\nManages the planning and execution of scheduled plant shutdowns / turnarounds.\nManages all facilities maintenance including buildings, yards, and grounds. Also manages all contract services associated with facilities and plant maintenance.\nManages and administers the plant’s CMMS (SAP) and ensures that its use is optimized to control cost and boost reliability.\nApplies Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) techniques to help manufacturing areas address major reliability issues.\nManages the plant’s storeroom and works to minimize inventory value and operating cost while maximizing plant reliability. 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