Maintenance Manager

Date : Dec 27, 2024 Employment Schedule : Full time Location :

Buggenhout, BE

Maintenance Manager

Ontex is a leading international provider of disposable personal hygiene solutions for all generations. With a global team of around 7,500 employees, we develop, produce and distribute in about 100 countries through leading retailers and healthcare providers. Ontex was founded in Belgium in 1979 and is listed on Euronext Brussels.

To reinforce our Production & manufacturing team we are looking for a Maintenance Manager.

Mission and Key Tasks

Create a world-class technical department to ensure high availability combined with compliance to SHEQ

• Lead and manage maintenance efforts and processes to meet Business needs of the plant (Savings, results).
• Define Maintenance System Capability, goals and targets
• Have a longer-term view on maintenance, reliability performance, maintenance process improvements
• Balance the financial resources to maximum availability with compliance to SHEQ regulations

Long Description

Providing leadership and direction to all your teams and their supervisors

Strive for 0 accident

Guiding and supporting all direct reports in all kind of questions and tasks, including the development of action plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of people and new technologies

Supervising and controlling all kind of technical projects (new installations, conversions, start-ups, facilities etc.) and providing active support in order to ensure machine availability in time and budget

Active communication to the plant management and the management team

Providing all required technical support in order to achieve output- and waste targets as well as quality KPI's of the production lines

supporting the organization of the preventive and curative maintenance in order to ensure the availability of the production lines

Preparing annual training plans for the technical staff in close cooperation with the supervisors of the technical teams

Supervising and supporting the availability of critical spare parts and taking the appropriate actions necessary

Controlling and managing the availability of technical documentation of all kind of technical equipment installed or in stock.

Providing all required support for executing trials (Quality, R&D, Sales)

Active communication to all kind of foreign equipment suppliers (converting and packaging machinery)

Analyzing new technologies, resource requirements and market demands and support the implementation of new technology and staff actively

Planning and directing the selection, installation, testing and operation of new technical equipment (machinery and facility)

Lead the department yearly budget process and continuously monitor performance versus budget

Background and Experience