Job Ref: 215797361

Date: 2022-02-11 15:08:23

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Plant Manager

Profile

The Plant Manager will possess a comprehensive range of chemical plant operational knowledge, ideally with suitable qualifications to provide a wide range of effective support.

The role will fully support the daily operations of the Production department. The role will require strong people skills with experience of training and assessing competence.

 Experience and knowledge gained working within top tier CoMAH regulations including corresponding environmental, health and safety legislative requirements is fundamental to this role.

 Role

Work closely supporting the Production Manager to ensure the site is operated in a manner conductive to good Health, Safety & Environmental practices, paying particular attention to housekeeping, completion of site checks and performing routine audits
Housekeeping standards are maintained around the plant in accordance with best practises, with particular focus to compliance with DSEAR
To provide technical support for operational teams whilst ensuring they are following all process operating instructions, test methods and technical documents to safely and efficiently operate plant and processes whilst complying with all health, safety and environmental requirements
Establish that all regular routines have sufficient written instructions and are regularly reviewed keeping them up to date to include the latest available data, guidance and best practises
Responsible for operational teams completing checks and documentation to ensure that plant / processes are safely and efficiently operated whilst complying with all health, safety and environmental requirements
Working with the Logistics & Business Processes Managers to achieve efficient and optimised performance of production plants / equipment whilst ensuring all are operated safely as per operating instructions
Manage on a daily basis the production plan, ensuring efficient and optimised plant utilisation whilst ensuring customers expectations are fully met.
Manage operational teams in conjunction with Production Manager to utilise staff whilst maintaining operational requirements to minimise delays while materials are loaded /unloaded
Ensure in-process test equipment is correctly operated as per test methods and maintained / calibrated using suitably prepared lab standards
Support development plans for the implementation of Lean and Good Manufacturing Practice initiatives such as 5S and value stream mapping to reduce non value added activities
Maximise the site efficiency through CI initiatives for production plant and equipment to increase profitability and efficiency whilst ensuring operational teams follow approved standard operating instructions
Utilise operational teams using the PROUD ethos to review and assess risks associated with everyday tasks and operations, ensuring that suitable and up to date assessments are in place
Managing operational teams to provide effective stock control over consumables and reagents to safeguard uninterrupted processing whilst balancing against inventory levels and cost
Manage day to day chemical reagents used on site ensuring that they all have valid COSHH assessments, control measures are followed and that they reflect actual methods used
Regularly review non-productive plant time aiming to provide suitable robust change over preparation to avoid contamination, or whilst handing over for maintenance work
Establishing and maintaining robust instructions to meet specific requirements with regards to performing suitable cleaning and preparation of plant / equipment prior to changing over customer materials (avoiding any contamination)
Suitable cleaning, isolations and preparation of plant and equipment through specifying adequate draining and cleaning prior to handing over for maintenance work
Compliance to the site water effluent discharge procedures and controls, ensuring operators perform required sampling, analysis requests, transfers and checks
Manage the VOC scrubbing system through compliance to site procedures and controls, ensuring operators perform required checks, sampling and actions
To make sure that all consumables, reagents and PPE stocks are maintained, with orders requested and progressed in a timely fashion to maintain suitable stock levels on site
Development of operational teams with associated progression plans. Aid development of operational team through the completion of observed competency assessments, identification of further training needs, in-house training packages and the presenting of appropriate tool box talks
Encourage good communications and reporting from shift teams to provide timely feedback on shift activities, any handover faults, breakdowns, isolations in place, accidents, incidents or near misses that have occurred, including any alarms activated
Raise Management of Change (MOC) requests in connection with operational changes or proposed CI work; completing appropriate sections to fully assess proposed changes. The MOC process must be used to control all equipment and procedural changes
Follow document control procedure to support operational teams ensuring that only current approved versions are used, and that all documents are periodically reviewed
Assist Production Manager to perform plant care audits to visually check plant equipment, including the reporting of any faults onto the maintenance system
In the event of a Major Accident Hazard scenario if the most senior person on site to act as the Site Incident Controller (SIC) or provide support to the SIC in the event of the emergency services being called to site
 Essential Skills

Strong leadership, networking, coaching and communication skills particularly across all levels of a manufacturing / chemical processing environment
Experience managing teams within an operational environment
Energetic in driving an effective Continuous Improvement Culture
Ability to develop and motivate teams
Ability to achieve business objectives
Able to focus on maintaining high quality standards
Ability to use and develop business systems for manufacturing systems
Extensive experience in using Microsoft office packages
Ability to work under pressure
Demonstrable influencing skills
Excellent communication skills at all levels
An ability to solve problems and define resolutions in a structured manner
Able to travel both nationally and internationally to other parts of organisation to share best practice and drive alignment
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency

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