Maintenance Manager

We create the finest building blocks with renewable timber resources. Each day we explore new opportunities to transform possibility into reality. We empower our people to find the smartest way to work, driven by the desire to do the right thing for a sustainable future. We build positive partnerships to evolve the use of timber as the natural choice. We are connected with our community and strive to give more than we take. We want you to love timber as much as we do.

Highly competitive compensation package
Base Pay: $180k to $300k
Full relocation package
Housing allowance or free company housing

The Maintenance Manager’s mission is to plan, organise and coordinate the engineering and technical operations of the maintenance team to provide innovative solutions to improving equipment reliability and productivity along with coaching and mentoring your team to deliver successful solutions for the plant.

Key Outcomes

• All our people go home in the same condition they came to work; safety before production.
• Work collaboratively with the site management team to ensure continuous improvement, reliability and

productivity of plant.

• Coach and inspire team members to achieve objectives with a well-balanced, multi-skilled, high performing team.
• Implement the site maintenance and engineering strategy and actively seek ways to improve it by interpreting

plans, drawings and specifications, and providing advice on methods and procedures to achieve production
requirements with 90% uptime in each area of the plant.

• Determine, implement and monitor maintenance and engineering strategies, policies and plans to support the

plant with key stakeholders.

• Ensuring conformity with specifications and plans, and with laws, regulations and safety standards.
• Ensure standards of quality, cost, safety, timeliness and performance are observed.
• Oversee maintenance and engineering requirements to optimise efficiency
• The Code of Conduct, Values and Field Leadership principals are alive in your behaviour and the support for your

colleagues.

Competencies

• Teamwork: Reaches out to peers and leads by example with engaging, trusting, collaborative working relationships.
• Flexibility/adaptability: Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions. Copes effectively with complexity

and change.

• Calm under pressure: Maintains stable performance and approach when under heavy pressure or stress.
• Honesty/integrity: Does the right thing when no-one is watching. Earns trust and maintains confidences. Does

what is right, not just what is expedient. Speaks plainly and truthfully.

• Organisation and planning: Plans, organises and schedules in an efficient, productive manner. Focuses on key

priorities.

• Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and articulately without being overly verbose or talkative. Maintains

this standard in all forms of written communication, including e-mail.

• Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner. Gathers and analyses information and uses

reason to develop alternative solutions.

• Strategic thinking/ visioning: Able to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way. Determines

opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends.

Key Experience

Within the context of the role described above, the successful incumbent will possess the following attributes:

• Safety management – Demonstrated ability in developing and delivering safety management strategies in a

manufacturing environment that contribute to operational safety performance.

• Organisation and Planning- Demonstrated ability to plan and organise daily / weekly work load and develop

schedules and timetables with clear, specific milestones and deadlines.

• Commercial Acumen – Proven ability to apply rigorous and structured analysis to complex problems, identifying

options, and recommending defined courses of action.

• Communication and interpersonal skills – Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills and the ability

to establish collaborative business partnerships and positively influence and negotiate with others to achieve
significant business outcomes.

• Innovation – Proven ability to develop and implement innovative approaches to optimising manufacturing

performance and service delivery targets and priorities.

• Leadership – Strong track record of leadership abilities in delivering business outcomes within a manufacturing

oriented environment, inspiring and leading others and continually promoting the desired culture and values.

In addition to the key attributes above, the successful incumbent will also bring the following knowledge, skills and
experience to the role:

• Appropriate Tertiary qualifications or Trade qualifications with appropriate related competencies in electrical or

mechanical discipline or associated field.

• Significant experience in safety management practices and implementation.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to coach and mentor staff and engage with all levels of the

organisation.

• Operational experience leading a multi-skilled team within a manufacturing plant including demonstrated

experience in reliability centered maintenance processes, application of root cause analysis and elimination,
maintenance budgets and computer maintenance management systems.

• Experience in Lean Manufacturing and/or TPM type methodology would be advantageous.

FOR IMMEDIATE ONSIDERATION PLEASE APPLY NOW OR SEND RESUME DIRECTLY TO tasha.glasscock@jobot.com