Maintenance Projects and Facilities Supervisor

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Group Summary:

Position Summary:   

Reporting to the Maintenance and Facilities Manager the Maintenance Projects and Facilities Supervisor is responsible for all site facilities maintenance, services, maintenance projects, and associated contractor control. 
 

The successful applicant will be responsible for direct reports including Project & Facilities Engineers and Fabricators, ensuring their teams have the skills, training, and equipment necessary to carry out their roles safely, efficiently, and effectively within budget. 

The ideal candidate would have experience in facilities management, project management, services installation, and experience leading a team of highly skilled people. 

Role Responsibilities:  

This role entails but is not limited to: 

Safety: 

Promoting the companies HSE policies across the department and plant and adhering to all health and safety environmental requirements. 

Ensuring a safe working environment through use of static and dynamic risk assessments. 

Managing contractors safely. 

Responding immediately to close out accidents, near misses, environmental issues, and internal “don’t walk by” actions. 

Implementing and promoting a 5S culture across all aspects of the maintenance function. 

Ensuring compliance to all statutory regulations and internal and external audits. 

Quality: 

Ensuring facilities schedules for CMs, CIs, and PMs are adhered to. 

Reporting back on activities away from plan, with clear catch back plans. 

Managing and reducing your sub-team’s CM and PM backlogs. 

Timing: 

Ensuring your team has the support, skills, tools, and equipment to minimise impact on safety, quality, and productivity. 

Leading and supporting large-scale projects cross-functionally, on time, and in budget. 

Escalating emergency facilities activities in line with CCUK’s escalation procedure. 

Presenting and implementing KPIs. 

Cost: 

Outlining and managing your team’s budget. Ensuring costs are kept to a minimum by promoting a right-first-time culture. 

Motivation: 

People management including return to work, absence management, timekeeping, and overtime authorisation. 

Identifying skills and training needs and maintaining team training matrices. 

Coaching and mentoring your team to develop a world class facilities department. 

Essential Experience

• Working in a safety critical environment
• Managing large scale facilities including Fire Alarm Systems, Boilers, Offices, Changing Rooms, HV/LV Systems, Cooling Tower Systems, Water Systems, Compressors, Lighting, Drainage Systems, Cleaning, Building Fabric, Air Conditioning, Air Handling Systems, Cranes, etc.
• Managing projects including scopes of requirements, justifications, quotations, timing plans, capex, contractor control, etc.
• Managing service installations including electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, water, gas etc.
• Leading/supervising/managing teams of skilled engineers, fabricators and Indentured apprenticeship.
• Good Leadership and coaching skills.
• Proven organisational skills.
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft
• Office).
• Broad engineering skills in electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic disciplines

Desirable Experience

• Managed a team in OEM or significant Tier 1 experience.
• Working in a highly demanding and fast paced environment.
• IOSH Managing Safely.
• IATF 16949 / ISO 14001.
• Knowledge of CMMS systems (Agility).
• Knowledge of RCM principles.
• Experience developing FMEA led PM’s.

Personal Attributes:

• Good interpersonal skills with “hands on” problem solving expertise
• Team player and promote a team approach to problem solving
• Strategic critical thinker
• Excellent people management skills
• Good leadership and interpersonal skills
• Work collaboratively to achieve project/company goals
• Ability to work in a face paced environment
• Strong communicator both written and verbal
• Ability in influence and manage stakeholders
• Ability to work under pressure with short completion times for projects
• Very organised
• Safety innovation
• Proactive in approach with a “can do attitude”
• Flexibility to travel extensively overseas infrequently
• Eligibility to work in the UK

Work Environment

• Plant conditions necessitate exposure to heat, cold, dust, hot objects, and loud noises within our manufacturing environment. Full Health and Safety training and PPE provided for all conditions.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.