Engineering and Maintenance Manager

Located within one of the most strategic industrial hubs in the Filago (BG) area, Synthomer S.r.l. specializes in the production of synthetic latexes in aqueous emulsion (NBR and SBR). These materials are the foundation of countless applications—from paper to carpets, from rugs to non-woven fabrics and adhesive tapes, disposable and reusable gloves.

What truly sets us apart is our strong commitment to building a safer, healthier and more sustainable future. For us, protecting the environment, health, and workplace safety (SHE) isn’t an added value: it’s a core part of how we do business.

Every day, we strive to reduce our environmental impact, minimize the use of natural resources and eliminate any potential risks for those who work with us or use our products.

We believe in continuous improvement, in the power of ideas, and in the value of collaboration among diverse individuals. That’s why we are committed to fostering an inclusive, dynamic, and inspiring environment where every talent—regardless of gender, age or background—can grow and thrive.

In line with our company culture, we have implemented second-level agreements that support employee well-being and promote a healthy work-life balance.

We are proud of our certifications UNI EN ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, EMAS and WHP, which reflect our concrete commitment to quality, environmental responsibility and workplace safety.

If you’re looking for a place where your skills can make a difference and your ambitions can truly take shape, you might be the right fit for our team.

This position is open to all qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religious belief, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Purpose of the Job:

guarantee full availability, functionality and performance of plants, assets and process, to support operations in compliance with legal requirements and Company standards while meeting market requirements. Assure and manage well-trained and motivated staff. Support the Plant Manager to contain costs, identify priority investments, and ensure plant efficiency.

Main Accountabilities.

• Manage reactive, preventive and predictive maintenance proposing a yearly budget in line with the operation one. Guarantee the yearly maintenance cost in line with the budget agreed.

• Guarantee the completion of works in the needed safe condition, on time and within budget. Define appropriate KPIs to monitor and improve maintenance performance.

• Assure full compliance in safety work condition, provide second level authorisations as senior authorised person and also in relation to the role of safety manager according to Italian legislation.

• Ensure sufficient staff to carry out maintenance operations, identify staff training needs, organise appropriate staff training, and fix individual targets in order to assure the presence of adequate staff and improve staff skills, performance and motivation. Propose to Plant manager rewards based on performance for all own reports.

• Support SHE/Plant/Site manager for compulsory authorisations by public entities in compliance with applicable Italian and European law provisions and Company procedures, in order to ensure safe and efficient assets and production. Assure full compliance with engineering standards and requirements asked from SHEMS system, Company best practices and generally all legal requirements.

• Propose short and medium term investments necessary for plant improvements according to budget in relation to plant/process changes needed to sustain the continuity of the business and potentially to reduce operation cost. Co-work with project manager to prepare documents needed to ask Capex.

• Manage contractors in term of activities and cost to support internal maintenance team according to the work loads and operation needs. Co-operate with SHE department in relation to work risk assessment and legal documentation required (Duvri). Support the procurement department in relation to contractors management and release work orders and spare parts purchase.

• Manage and periodically review the spare parts warehouse, making focus on the critical ones to guarantee full reliability of the process and plants. Manage maintenance activities into SAP system to assure full traceability of cost and stock inventory and to assure compliance with preventive maintenance plan.

• Optimise plant production capacity by a continuous improvement process, addressing the team to achieve the best performance in terms of time and costs consumption, in order to increase productivity, quality, environmental and safety performance, decrease costs, and obtain a competitive advantage over competitors.

• Update work and technical documentation, manuals and SOPs, managed into document control system.

• Assure full traceability and safety assessment of all plant/process changes, managing all these changes into the dedicate MoC System.

• Support SHE team in monitoring PTWs and high hazard activities to guarantee full safety work condition and to identify gaps to be improved. Co-work in process safety assessments, risk assessment, Hazop and PHA, taking part of the assessment team. Provide second level authorisations as senior authorised person for the assigned activities, also in relation to the role of safety manager according to Italian legislation.

• Ensure accomplishment of all business activities in the area of responsibility in line with relevant SHE-regulations to achieve SHE-compliance in accordance with internal, contractual and legal regulations.

Work contract: permanent

Requirements & Knowledge and skills

• Educated to a degree level in Engineering

• Min 5 years of experience in engineering and maintenance roles, ideally in a Seveso manufacturing or process plant environment

• Understanding of ATEX, PED and other relevant regulations applicable to chemnical plants

• Experience with CAPEX project management

• Solid working knowledge MS Project and MS Office applications such as Excel, Word and Outlook. Familiarity with AutoCAD and SAP is considered a strong plus

• Solid understanding of maintenance best practices, reliability engineering and asset management

• Strong knowledge of SHE regulations and compliance in industrial environment

• Effective communication, leadership and problem solving skills.

• Fluent English at least B1 level; fluent Italian at least C1 level

Benefits

Annual company bonus

Subsidised canteen

Training

Free parking

WHP (Workplaces Health Promotion) project

Employee Assistance Programme

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Why Synthomer?

We are ambitious!
We have grown significantly – both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we’re recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety.​

We believe in high challenge, high support!
We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring and personal development planning. So, be up for an inspiring long-term career adventure.​

We personalize our approach to development!
At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.​

Perché Synthomer?

Noi siamo ambiziosi!
Siamo cresciuti significativamente sia in modo organico che non organico. Siamo una società inclusa nell’indice FTSE 250, il 22% delle nostre entrate proviene da prodotti di nuova commercializzazione e rientriamo nel primo quartile per la sicurezza nella produzione di prodotti chimici.

Noi crediamo nel principio “grandi sfide, grande supporto”!
Siamo desiderosi di farti contribuire in ruoli concreti fin dal primo giorno. Ci aspettiamo molto, ma offriamo anche molto: onboarding, induzione ed eventi di apprendimento, opportunità di networking, mentoring e pianificazione dello sviluppo personale, tra le altre cose. Quindi, tieniti pronto per una carriera che sarà una lunga e stimolante avventura.

Noi personalizziamo il nostro approccio allo sviluppo!

In Synthomer non troverai percorsi di carriera o programmi di sviluppo generici, ma un approccio assolutamente personalizzato per lo sviluppo dei dipendenti. Ti accompagneremo nel tuo percorso per assicurarci che tu faccia le giuste esperienze, in modo da costruire le tue capacità e accelerare la tua crescita professionale.