Want to work for a global organisation that focuses on health & hygiene? A company where there are Plenty® of opportunities to develop and grow? If so lets TORK®……

At Essity, we want to encourage all to apply and all our applications are reviewed personally by our talent team.  

There are Plenty® of reasons to work at Essity: 

• High reaching starting salary with annual reviews 
• Pension 10% employer contribution  
• Bonus earning potential  
• Medical Scheme 
• Holidays starting at 27 days plus bank holidays (with flexible bank holiday options) 
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Essity Rewards website (100s of online and in-store shopping discounts)  
• Numerous other local incentives  
• Local community activities and charitable initiatives   

About the Role

A great opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Manager to join our team. This is a day based role working on one of our two paper machines based at Prudhoe, Northumberland. We manufacture UK household tissue brands at this site such as Cushelle and Velvet. We are looking for a result focused and target driven individual with relevant experience and with good people management and coaching skills.  

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk. 

What You Will Do

As Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for the teams KPIs and delivery against business objectives. Your focus will therefore be in the following areas: 

• Planned and unplanned maintenance processes.
• Vision of 0 stops philosophy, minimize unplanned stops using the Best-Practices in an efficient way + suggesting new BPs
• Establishes a Maintenance Meeting to plan all maintenance related activities (Planning and Scheduling)
• Coaches Organization in all behaviours and tools in terms of Maintenance
• Facilitates the application of systems expert maintenance and contributes to the systems for team maintenance
• Owns the maintenance management information system (incl. Technical Database, SAP etc.)
• Owns the process of breakdown elimination (OPA / OPL work) and develops strategy for Breakdown elimination and cost reduction
• Owns the quality standards for maintenance and their efficiency and owns Maintenance KPIs (e.g. budget, Defect trend)
• 5 year development plan on assets: maintenance investments, sustainability plan
• Accountable for Performance Management process and responsible for consequence management within department

Who You Are

• A natural leader and focused on developing and coaching your team.
• Proven experience in a heavy industry, manufacturing, or process environment  
• Understanding schematic diagram and technical drawings 
• IT literate (Experience of using MS office, SAP- or other maintenance management systems) 
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to meet key targets and delivery of projects 
   

What We Can Offer You

We offer the opportunity to work for a leading global organisation with the potential to advance your career within the fast-moving manufacturing environment.  

At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.    

At Essity, we embrace the individual and recognise the remarkable power that can be harnessed when different ideas, backgrounds, experiences, and perspective come together.  If you apply for a job at Essity, you can be sure that the only criteria we consider for selection is professional experience, qualifications, key job-related attributes and working values.   

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