Maintenance Technician Lead

Maintenance Technician Lead

Belview, Co Kilkenny

Tirlán

Tirlán, is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands.

Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition.

A talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivers annual revenues of over €3 billion. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations.

Role Profile

In addition to your responsibilities as Maintenance Technician you will be expected to assume additional Leadership responsibilities within the team. For clarity these will include but not exclusively the following key responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Challenge standards with the shift team to ensure maximum compliance with GMP and H&S policies and systems.
• Ensure Shareknowledge compliance within the Maintenance Team
• Act as a role model to other team members in delivering on GMP and H&S requirements within the team
• Take a leadership role within the team in troubleshooting and problem solving through to conclusion
• Coach other Team Members in their overall development within the Maintenance Technician role
• Support the Shift Team Lead in crisis management within the shift
• Take a leadership role in decision making within a shift
• Take a leadership role in driving a CI culture within the team
• Drive effectiveness in shift handover by (a) ensuring incoming team is provided with all the necessary information required to be effective in their role and (b) ensuring your shift team has received all the necessary information required from the outgoing team to be effective during our shift
• Act as a role mode in completion of documentation and data management (eg SAP PM data management)

Requirements

• Mechanical or Electrical Trade Qualification
• Minimum of 24 months experience in a Maintenance / Production role within a highly automated food processing environment.
• Aptitude for troubleshooting, fault finding & root cause analysis on plant/process issues.
• Good working knowledge of GMP best practices.
• Experience operating within, and delivering on, the highest quality standards in the manufacturing sector.
• Proven ability to work effectively as part of a cross functional team.
• Ability to interact with Engineering IT process’s such as MES & SAP PM.

We offer

• Work/life balance and collaborative work culture
• Career progression opportunities

About us

Through our expertise in research and development, customer insights, food safety and state-of-the-art manufacturing we bring innovative food and nutrition solutions to a global market.  Our new and vibrant headquarters in Kilkenny City operates as a collaboration hub where multi-functional teams come together in a hybrid work environment.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We believe in the value of difference. We know that different perspectives, life experience and backgrounds can drive innovation and deliver growth.

We welcome people from all walks of life without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status. 

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Tirlán is a Values Based Organisation