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Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.

Maintenance Excellence Manager – Butter Plant

Market Drayton – TF9 3SQ

Monday – Friday

Due to increased headcount we are recruiting for a Maintenance Excellence Manager to join our Butter plant at our flagship site in Market Drayton. The purpose of the Maintenance Excellence Manager is to service and repair all machinery in area of responsibility, whilst actively seeking and implementing new improvement methods to increase reliability and improve efficiencies. 

Your challenge in the role of Maintenance Excellence Manager:

Develop and drive the annual implementation plan for Maintenance Excellence Roadmap
Implement and effectively establish key engineering processes, in line with Maintenance Excellence roadmap requirements
Facilitate annual Criticality Matrix reviews
Develop enhanced usage of the site CMMS
Develop a 'top loss' analysis culture utilising site operational measures
Drive implementation of the Inventory Management Plan
Support implementation of site Autonomous Maintenance
Developing standard setup routines for critical equipment.
Drive utilisation of Root Cause Analysis techniques
Develop line performance improvement plans based on top loss analysis
Review maintenance activities and identify opportunities to improve cost effectiveness
RCA/5 why analysis/problem solving techniques.
Support the site and departmental 5s programme.
Drive and support Reliability Centred Maintenance/FMECA activities  

Maintenance Excellence Manager Responsibilities:

People management including delivery of performance review, development and coaching of team, dealing with employee relations issues
Sponsor of Operational Excellence principles in everything that we do. Delivers local site asset improvement projects to budget. Encourage engineering based OE projects.
Utilises all available opportunities, enabling others to improve the way we do things
Ensures own activities are aligned to overall business objectives and knows how current performance impacts the bottom line
Collaboratively works with other teams to improve our business  

The ideal candidate for the role of Maintenance Excellence Manager is somebody with experience in a similar position within FMCG, with a desire to implement change and a strong team player. Due to this being a new role we’re seeking somebody who is a self starter and can think outside of the box.

What do you get out of being a Maintenance Excellence Manager at Muller?

33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank hols)
10* annual bonus*
4 x life assurance
Health care cover provided by BUPA
Career development within an established business
Onsite subsidised canteen
Free secure parking
Friendly and professional working environment