Blackburn, LancashireMonday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm

An established and growing FMCG manufacturer is seeking an experienced Asset Care Manager to join its engineering team at a major manufacturing facility in Lancashire.

The Role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for developing, managing and continuously improving the site's asset care strategy. You'll play a key role in ensuring preventative and predictive maintenance activities are effectively planned, scheduled and executed to maximise plant availability and minimise downtime.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing and developing the site CMMS system
• Creating and optimising preventative maintenance schedules for existing and new equipment
• Developing predictive and condition-based maintenance programmes
• Analysing downtime, breakdown and maintenance data to identify improvement opportunities
• Supporting commissioning activities and maintenance planning for new equipment
• Developing critical spares strategies and plant lubrication schedules
• Leading FMEA activities to identify and mitigate recurring equipment failures
• Maintaining equipment history records and asset lifecycle information
• Coordinating contractor activities, servicing schedules and maintenance contracts
• Working cross-functionally with production, engineering and external suppliers to improve plant reliability and performance
• Ensuring maintenance activities meet regulatory, safety and compliance standards

What We're Looking For

To be successful in this role you will ideally have:

• Experience within an Asset Care, Reliability, Maintenance Planning or Engineering Improvement role
• Strong CMMS experience (Shire experience would be advantageous)
• Engineering apprenticeship with supporting engineering qualifications such as ONC, HNC or equivalent
• Proven experience within a fast-paced FMCG manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of preventative, predictive and condition-based maintenance methodologies
• Experience conducting root cause analysis and FMEA investigations
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Good understanding of maintenance compliance and health & safety processes
• Competent user of Microsoft Office applications

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to influence and develop site-wide maintenance strategy
• Monday-Friday days-based position
• Long-term career development within a successful manufacturing business
• Collaborative engineering environment focused on continuous improvement

If you're an experienced maintenance or reliability professional looking to take ownership of asset performance within a high-volume manufacturing environment, we'd be keen to hear from you.

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