Job Description
Our client, a biopharmaceutical company based in East Cork, is looking for a Maintenance and Reliability Manager that will be responsible for for driving toward exceptional equipment performance. The successful candidate will manage a team of Technicians, Team leads, and contractors to support the companys maintenance program to ensure equipment reliability meets production operation demands. Responsibilities: Implement maintenance strategy aligned with the company's goals and objectives. This includes establishing and maintaining a comprehensive maintenance program to ensure the reliability and availability of all equipment and facilities. Provide strong leadership to the maintenance teams, while fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Set priorities for the team to ensure task completion as a part of the overall department strategy. This includes providing staff with coaching, training, and opportunities to develop skills, give ongoing constructive and timely feedback on performance. Manage maintenance infrastructure, monitor all systems status, and analyse to identify trends. Develop and manage preventative, corrective, and predictive maintenance programs to ensure cost effective and reliable operation of all equipment and systems. This includes implementing predictive and preventive maintenance practices to minimise downtime and optimise equipment performance. Monitor KPIs for equipment breakdowns, calibrations, and PM, and implement corrective and preventive actions. Ensure all maintenance activities comply with regulatory requirements, including FDA and GMP standards and maintain accurate documentation/records to support regulatory audits and inspections. Manage the maintenance budgets, ensuring efficient resource allocation and identify cost-saving opportunities to implement cost-effective solutions. Promote a culture of safety responsibility within the engineering and maintenance teams. Engage in Cross Functional Team activities to address and mitigate any root cause problems with preventative maintenance and machine performance. Develop Preventative Maintenance methods to minimise mean time between failure and maximise OEE. Collaborates across PDM Manufacturing sites to implement shared and harmonised processes. Qualifications & Experience: Degree qualified. Minimum of 5+ years experience in Maintenance management. Experience in Pharmaceutical manufacturing and/or Biotechnology operations/GMP environment. Strong Technical Knowledge of Equipment reliability engineering. Demonstrates excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to act on own initiative. Experience in the delivery and management of maintenance management systems E.g. Maximo, EAMS. Skills: Maintenance Management Equipment Reliability Engineering