Maintenance Manager at Holcim

Overview

• Organize and manage the department’s human, financial and material resources to optimize the quality of its services, its technical and economical performance.
• Ensure optimum equipment availability and performance in the short, medium and long term, at minimum cost.
• Implement and develop the Lafarge maintenance functions and mindset.
• As a member of the plant management team, he contributes to the overall performance improvement of the plant, ensuring coordination and cooperation between his and other departments.

Responsibilities

• Set and share Maintenance Department long, medium and short term goals and objectives in line with plant objectives.
• Define, follow-up and optimize Maintenance expenses.
• Manage the performance of the maintenance department including effective use of key performance indicators.
• Ensure adoption and adherence to Lafarge standards, norms and best practices
• Ensure the management of individual performance
• Create and maintain a motivating work environment within the Maintenance Department
• Build skill development programs for maintenance personnel and evaluate the results
• Ensure that safe work rules and practices are understood, implemented and consistently followed by the Maintenance department employees and subcontractors
• Ensure regulatory compliance of maintenance activities
• Inform the Maintenance community about local best-practices, difficulties and results
• Contribute to the achievement of production, quality, environment, reliability and utilization targets.
• Contribute to the conception, acceptance and integration of new equipment and installations
• Contribute to spares warehouse optimization (in cooperation with other departments concerned) validate work requests.
• Propose and plan maintenance major operations.
• Contributes to the three year investment plan
• Elaborate and/or update equipment risk assessment.
• Comply with EMS Maintenance Instrumentation activities
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management system in the plant

Education / Qualifications

• Engineering Degree specialized in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Experience:

• 4/6 years experience in maintenance, inspection, technology in technical centers, new works (running projects)
• Proven skills managing people (at least two years as head of an operational department)
• Experience in developing/implementing preventive and predictive maintenance processes is highly desirable (i.e.: two years of experience as Methods engineer).
• Proven knowledge of the maintenance four pillars

Knowledge & Skills
Technical Competencies:

• Must have good knowledge of Plant Operation Processes
• Cement Manufacturing Process
• Good Communication Skills.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Good interpersonal relationship
• Organizational ability
• Demonstrate leadership skills via work ethics, ability to delegate and motivate.
• Result oriented and focused

Managerial Competencies:

• Team player
• Good aptitude for organization and communication
• Anticipative and organizational skills
• Good listening ability.