Engineering Manager - Ghandour - Lebanon

Manages:
- General Maintenance Engineer
- General Utility Engineer
- Project & Safety Engineer
- Planning Engineer

Purpose:
To support manufacturing as well as quality control and assurance in day to day process issues and ensure process control procedures are in place and are done according to protocols and take lead role in solving major customer quality issues.

Accountabilities:
1. Effective and Efficient Maintenance Activities in the Affiliate
- Ensure that all maintenance activities are completed, as per required quality and quantity, safely on time, at optimum cost and within the approved budget.
- Ensure all plant machinery is maintained in optimum conditions and that they operate efficiently and safely; in compliance with statutory requirements.
- Ensure that preventive and predictive Maintenance is integrated in the maintenance program to optimize and reduce maintenance costs and machinery down-times.
- Prepare, verify, and validate overall affiliate engineering maintenance and repair budgets; capital expenditures; engineering and project team workforce plans; energy budgets; thereby ensuring conformity and compliance with quality assurance standards as well as sales forecast.
- Oversee the implementation of engineering work flow system to ensure work orders are effectively channeled for processing and that work activities are planned, coordinated, supervised, and checked effectively.
- Direct, integrate, and coordinate engineering projects and activities to ensure engineering goals and plans are accomplished on time.
- Analyze technology and resource needs to plan and assess the feasibility of various types of projects (such as marketing activities; launching and/or re-configuring products, capacity increase, production line extension etc.).
- Plan and direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and equipment to ensure timely and effective completion of all planned activities.
- Prepare feasible and effective monthly and annual budgets including budgeted maintenance & repair of plant machinery and equipment; preventive and predictive maintenance; capital expenditures for projects; spare parts consumption (local & foreign); and any other engineering activities when and as required.
- Ensure that weighing scales and measuring instruments such as temperature gauges, pressure gauges, RH gauges, flow meters and precision instruments are always calibrated and in good operating conditions.
- Liaise with the Production Manager on all aspects related to day-to-day technical and operational problems; maintenance of plant & equipment; rationalization of operations; upgrading and improvement of equipment; as well as safety of product, personnel & equipment.
- Coordinate the purchase of technical Materials and common spare parts inventory control of assets and procedures review.
- Report to the Manufacturing Manager in a timely and effective manner on investment Expenditure Report; M&R expenditure reports; energy consumption and variance; technical reports and difficulties encountered; accident statistics; safety, fire drill and environment; and any other reports as requested by the Engineering Manager.
- Ensure all contract works are properly executed and well documented according to their respective contract agreement and scope of works including fire protection systems; generator sets; weighing bridge and scales; boilers; calibration of instruments, if any, by external parties, in compliance with statutory requirements.
- Report and coordinate with the Quality Control Manager on all issues related to the manufactured products (including boiler water and/or steam, waste water control, standard operating procedures, General Manufacturing Processes (GMP), and specification related to product machinability to optimize operating efficiency.
- Liaise with external Engineering Consultants, Contractors and Suppliers for technical services and supply of equipment and spare parts and to keep abreast on the latest technical development and techniques.
2. Cost saving and expenditure overruns
- Optimize the needs within the department to complement the corporate goals, objectives and long term plans.
- Manage an efficient Tool Control program for optimum tool condition and availability.
- Plan, and review energy standards to ensure their effective usage and investigate monthly variances, and report on the same to the Manufacturing Manager.
- Optimize the stocks levels as well as re-order quantities of spare parts to avoid production line(s) shutdown while minimizing holding costs.
3. Safety and Security Systems:
- Ensure factory Safety and Security programs are implemented.
- Promote “Safety” awareness and compliance to rules and regulations by engineering personnel to provide a conducive environment at the work place for enhancement of work performance.
- Oversee the maintenance of an up-to-date and complete accident and incident report database
- Ensure emergency Evacuation Routes are clearly posted and that emergency evacuation procedures are well defined and known to all affiliate employees.
- Evaluate skills of firefighting rescue teams and ensure that fire drills are carried out as scheduled.
4. Statutory Compliance:
- Maintain close relationship with various pertinent governmental bodies and departments (e.g. Occupational Safety and Health, Environment, Electricity, as well as Fire and Civil Defense authorities) to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
- Ensure that no violation and penalties are imposed by any concerned governmental agencies and/or departments with regards to factory waste effluents (air, water, etc.)
- Follow up on all approvals issued by pertinent governmental bodies as well inspections of equipment (such as and pressurized vessels) to ensure they promptly completed within deadlines or unnecessary production shutdowns.
5. Guidelines and Procedures:
- Ensure adherence to established engineering policies and procedures as well as the company’s corporate guidelines.
- Periodically review and update Standard Operating Procedures and engineering policies and processes to ensure they are optimized, up to date, and reflect best practice.
- Propose new guidelines or amend existing ones customized to meet local needs as required to ensure compliance with statuary requirements.
- Ensure that records of works associated with the guidelines and procedures are readily available for auditing.
6. Employee Management and Development
- Ensure all maintenance personnel fulfill their assigned job roles, responsibilities, and objectives in a timely and effective manner.
- Promote spirit of co-operation and teamwork among engineering personnel for optimum productivity and efficiency.
- Motivate engineering personnel to achieve Excellency in their job performance and career path development.
- Develop effective training program for personnel development in terms of skill, knowledge and ability to maximize competence and performance.

Minimum Knowledge & Experience:
- Bachelor degree in Engineering preferably mechanical.
- Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, utilities, and Control Systems
- Project Management (PMP)
- MS Office applications / AUTOCAD
- Written and spoken fluency in English & Arabic languages.
- Minimum 8 years of experience of similar function preferably in similar industry.
- Managerial Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Problem Solving, & Analytical Skills
- Communication Skills
- Commercial Awareness
- Negotiation Skills
- Results Orientation

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