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Maintenance Manager
Ballyragget Co. Kilkenny
Permanent
Tirlán
Tirlán, is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and Agri brands.
Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition.
We nurture a talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivering annual revenues of over €3 billion, and over 2,300 people to manage our network of 11 processing plants and 52 Agri branches. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations.
Role Profile
Based in our Dairy Processing facility in Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny, the Maintenance Manager will report to the Engineering Manager. This serves as a vital link between maintenance and production teams, ensuring the delivery of the Preventative Maintenance (PM) plan in a safe, compliant, and efficient manner. The role requires strong technical expertise, problem-solving abilities, and proven leadership in managing and coaching teams to meet the standards of the food and nutrition industry.
Responsibilities
- Participating in morning handover and weekly maintenance 3M meetings
- Participate at Level 3 & Level 2, 3M meetings in areas of responsibility (Production plants)
- Manage Daily reactive & preventive maintenance activity within Production schedules
- Delivering agreed department effectiveness KPI’s and Site KPI’s
- Support Site Audit program requirements, Quality, Compliance, Customers
- Investigations & RCA activity
- Lead Health & Safety activity in areas
- Good Saves / Area Audits / Behavioural Walks
- Responsible for Safety controls and systems for your people and your area
- Permits: LOTO, Hot Work, Confided space, others
- Contractor Management & inductions
- Ensure compliance with maintenance processes & procedures, maintenance schedule
- Act as Maintenance Lead on site projects with overall responsibility for Maintenance ORP
- Criticality analysis / New Parts Setup / PM Schedules / Design Phase input
- Promote, develop and implement “best practice” principles and maintenance systems i.e. CBM; vibration monitoring, thermal imagining, oil analysis.
- Support maintenance systems wrt Stores, Parts Management, stock setup, PM and BOM setup
- Liaise with operations and being part of the overall operations team providing technical assistance on plant issues.
- Work 1 weekend in 4 providing maintenance cover for whole site.
Requirements
- Third level qualification in Engineering/Science or a related discipline.
- Advanced organisation and planning skills.
- Experienced in people management and coaching
- Maintenance Activity & GMP requirements
- Demonstrated knowledge of RCA tools (Root Cause Analysis) and lean manufacturing techniques.
- Strong PC skills, Microsoft Office (Word, excel,), SAP (MM and PM) or other CMMS systems.
We offer - Free parking incl. EV charging – where applicable
- Bike to work scheme
- Work/life balance and collaborative work culture
- Career progression opportunities
About us
Through our expertise in research and development, customer insights, food safety and state-of-the-art manufacturing we bring innovative food and nutrition solutions to a global market. Our new and vibrant headquarters in Kilkenny City operates as a collaboration hub where multi-functional teams come together in a hybrid work environment.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We believe in the value of difference. We know that different perspectives, life experience and backgrounds can drive innovation and deliver growth.
We welcome people from all walks of life without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status.
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