We are recruiting a Maintenance Supervisor to join our client's team in Cork. This position reports to the Operations Engineering Manager. This Maintenance Supervisor manages day-to-day Maintenance Department activities on site to ensure that all products are manufactured to GMP guidelines. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving a culture of continuous improvements and maintenance excellence through our MEP (Maintenance Excellence Programme). They will also ensure that the Equipment P.M & Calibration schedule, stores stocks and spare part list are maintained and up to date.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Staff organization within the department including holiday cover and TMS review.
- of timekeeping and holiday requests
- Ensure that maintenance technicians are adequately trained, equipped, and motivated so that the maintenance program can be accomplished in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.
- Maintain training and safety awareness records and attendance records and ensure that all maintenance technicians are trained on the most updated version of the operating procedures.
- Responsible for all facility and live utility maintenance and upkeep
- Preventative Maintenance / Calibration organization, control, and reporting
- Work Request organization, control, and reporting
- Assist in the preparation of departmental budgets
- Establish and maintain computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for tracking work orders, spare parts, time allocation and maintenance history of plant equipment.
- Maintain and is responsible for Calibration systems and compliance, including discrepancies, KPIs, SOPs related to calibrations
- Department Audit Leader
- Supervision and coordination of Reliability Engineering activities including Department Metric reporting to Management and external stakeholders, analysing data from QA relating to equipment malfunctions, with a view to improving equipment availability and reducing instances of downtime.
- Anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Initiate and carry out projects that improve efficiency and/or reduce operating costs.
- Track, analyse and improve key maintenance parameters such as asset utilization, maintenance cost, PM compliance, schedule compliance, etc.
- Play an active role in Change Control committee for equipment changes
- Conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency, knowledge, and contribution of the maintenance technicians.
- Ensure statutory inspections relating to the maintenance department are always achieved.
- Directs, maintains, and enforces the safety program for the maintenance department; reviews safety records to uphold standards of maximum safety for all maintenance technicians.
Qualifications
- Craft Qualification in electrical or mechanical trades
- Minimum of 3 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry or similar environment
- Computer literate - MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong problem-solving skills.
