Location
Sittingbourne, Kent | United Kingdom
Job description
We have a brand new opportunity at our Kemsley Paper Mill for an Area Engineering Manager to join us and contribute to a high-perfoming team. Working closely with your team and other operational units around the Mill, you’ll be responsible for the effective operations and development of a dedicated area.
In this role, you will lead all engineering activities for the area through your multi-skilled team, looking after planned and reactive maintenance, and you’ll identify and agree on various project and improvement activities.
Other responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring that all work is undertaken within the site policies relating to Health, Safety and Environment and to ensure compliance with all relevant Management Standards
- Working to ensure all activities are completed in the most cost-effective manner and within budgetary control
- Accountability for the engineering performance KPIs within your area, monitored and achieved by closely working with the Area Production Manager for machine performance
- Providing clear and direct supervision of the team, ensuring all team members are clear on their objectives and performance via regular one-to-one reviews and more formal PDRs
- Conducting analysis of available data and ensuring all single & repeat failures are being addressed in a timely manner without the need for re-work or repeat intervention
- Adopting a maintenance approach that has a strong focus on condition monitoring and ensuring inspections meet target completion rate each month
- Managing the operational maintenance activities through your team activities to conduct the following key activities to a high standard: Planning & Execution of the 7-day and Planned Shuts, plus ensuring adequate breakdown response alongside shift teams.
Note: This role is part of a callout rota, you will be on call 1 week out of every 6 with the expectation that you’ll provide support on any escalated issues.
About you
- Significant mechanical engineering experience
- Understanding of E&I and craft engineering
- Experience in manufacturing industry
- Competent management skills, with demonstrable experience leading a diverse team
- Driven and self-motivated, always looking for improvements in the way we do things
- Accountable and wanting to take full ownership over your area of expertise
- Structured and organised
- Able to maintain an already excellent team dynamic, always demonstrating DS Smith’s values
- Salary up to £70,000, dependent on experience
- Discretionary bonus
- Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
About Us
DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable fibre-based packaging worldwide, which is supported by recycling and paper making operations. We play a central role in the value chain across sectors including e-commerce, fast moving consumer goods and industrials.
Through our purpose of 'Redefining Packaging for a Changing World' and our Now and Next sustainability strategy, we are committed to leading the transition to the circular economy, while delivering more circular solutions for our customers and wider society - replacing problem plastics, taking carbon out of supply chains and providing innovative recycling solutions. Our bespoke box-to-box in 14 days model, design capabilities and innovation strategy sits at the heart of this response.
Headquartered in London and a member of the FTSE 100, DS Smith operates in 34 countries employing around 30,000 people and we are a Strategic Partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Our history can be traced back to the box-making businesses started in the 1940s by the Smith family.
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