Site Engineering Manager

 
Site Engineering Manager

As a Site Engineering Manager for Shanghai Site in company, you will lead the Engineering and Maintenance function in a manufacturing site with the objective to achieve maximum plant availability and reliability in response to operational activity needs for the local unit.
In this exciting role you will:
Strategy design and execution
Provide input to the local Operations business plan and related objectives with regards to e.g. engineering projects, production capacity, critical maintenance activities, changes in equipment’s, spare parts inventory, etc.
Define Site Engineering annual targets and objectives based on functional strategy and leads and monitors their achievement.
Function management
Lead a team of Maintenance & Engineering technicians, as well as contractors, working on different assignments within engineering and maintenance field.
Work with Global and Regional Engineering functions to ensure proper analysis, planning and implementation of global strategies, plans or best practices.
 Establish site master plans to capture all Capex, engineering and maintenance plans and lead their execution to address internal customer
 requirements in the short, mid and long term.
Provide input to global or regional Capex initiatives to anticipate impact on local activities and resources.
Identify, propose and implement local Capex projects (when approved).
Manage all routine engineering and maintenance activities, track progress against plan(s) and implement corrective actions in case of deviation.
Apply best practices and continuous improvement programs to optimize processes and use of resources.
Deliver best in class engineering and maintenance service to clients through maintenance work, local projects and coordinate capital investments on site.
Maintain compliance of all assets with applicable legal or company standards, as well as harmonization of standards within the departments.
Implement Group Engineering initiatives, guidelines and directives and organize regular trainings to ensure adherence to these as well as other guidelines/directives/standards (e.g. EHS).
Maintain contact to local authorities.
Propose budgets and levels of service for engineering and maintenance activities and execute these within approved limit(s).
People management
Oversee the execution of annual human resources processes for the local Engineering & Maintenance teams and validate related results.
Work with local Operations and regional/global E&M management teams and HR Business Partner(s) in developing a local talent pipeline for the function.
Drive the development and promotion of talents within and outside the function.

Your professional profile includes:

Bachelor or above degree in engineering of mechanical, electrical or chemical.
Overall work experience of 7 years and above in manufacturing or plant operations, including exposure to factory engineering and maintenance strategy and operational maintenance of production equipment.
A good performance records on engineering management and people development strategy.
Strong people management and communication skill.
Fluent written and spoken English.
Proficiency in industrialization and engineering projects including building, process installation and utilities, from design stage to hand-over.
Good knowledge of project management.
Good knowledge of TPM, KPI, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and project controlling tools.
Good knowledge of stakeholder management and communications.
Good knowledge of process mapping and design.
Good knowledge of EHS rules and guidelines.
Good knowledge of financial concepts (e.g. OPEX, CAPEX) and tools (e.g. SAP).