Maintenance Manager at Ascentech Services Limited

Responsibilities

• Coordinating the maintenance team and assigning work areas to them.
• Ensuring there is no breakdowns or disturbances in the production processes and focusing on areas like cost reduction and improving overall productivity and efficiency.
• Utility improvement implementation and 5s implementation
• Maintain the Utilities like Chiller, Dryer, Cooling tower, Generator and Compressor.
• Develop maintenance schedules and enforce them amongst the maintenance team.
• Carried out troubleshooting of problem areas and create a clear plan of action for fixing necessary parts.
• Create and implement measures to minimize breakdowns and repairs (performing qualities checks of all machines, tools, equipment etc.)
• Ensuring that the machinery and equipment are being used to full capacity and that production is optimum.
• Plan prevent maintenance and service activities in a way that it does not hamper the production process.
• Conducting regular routine inspections and ensuring the upkeep and functionality of all the production machines and auxiliary tools and repair of breakdown machinery in the factory in a cost effective manner.
• Ensure that safety norms and regulations are adhered to.
• Enduring the proper working of all electrical equipment and systems in the factory
• Keeping records of all service maintenance and refurbishing works carried out on the machinery and especially calibration certification records of all the machine as and when due.
• Placing orders for spare parts and equipment for replacement and ascertaining the proper documentation of the same.
• Authorizing material request for service or repair work on machinery.
• Managing time-lines and work priorities and allocating resources to meet the assigned factory time-lines and goals.

Other Accountabilities:

• Prepared Shift, weekly and Monthly report and direct the work of all employees in the maintenance unit
• Oversee the care and management of all the company’s physical assets and facilities in the factory.
• Reviewing the performance of all staff within your department and identifying training necessities for them
• Maintain maintenance records and especially calibration certificates/records periodically as and when due.
• Carry out other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the Management
• Prepare daily machine performance report, Monthly expenses report

Machines Handled:

• Twin screw extruders
• Injection molding machine
• Kneader machine
• High speed mixers, DFC and under water pelletizer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree / MBA in Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering
• Professional qualification is an added advantage
• Minimum of 8 to 10 years’ work experience in masterbatch and compounding machinery industry with 5 years being in managerial position.
• Should have both Electrical and Mechanical knowledge of Maintenance of Masterbatch.
• Good Experience in machine and repairs
• Excellent knowledge of production, maintenance, troubleshooting, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical panel boards and PLC
• Must possess a high level of emotional intelligence and managerial skill particularly planning, organizing, and controlling etc.
• Excellent skills of root cause analysis, solving production and quality problems
• Analysis of machine breakdowns and poor performance of machines
• Emergency maintenance, preventive maintenance planning, utilize maximum efficiency of machines.
• Technical expertise solving machine design problems, modification of machinery, develop new products, erection and commission of new machines, modification of Mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical circuits.
• Good expertise of team supervision, minimization of down time and ensure proper maintenance of all company machinery.
• Motivate team members and documentation
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good time management and planning skills
• Good organizational and administrative skills
• Good Technical Skills
• Computer Skills – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Leadership, effective time management.