Warehouse Maintenance Foreman

ABOUT UNILEVER

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At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We dont believe in the ‘one size fits all approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do - creating a better business and a better world.

The warehouse maintenance engineer/foreman role is to ensure that engineering services, including maintenance, are provided to facilitate an efficient and safe warehouse operation. Overall responsibility for engineering projects and maintenance, including utilities and buildings. The primary objective of the job is to implement improvements contributing to Logistics targets, and to effectively maintain all operational and support elements of the Warehouse.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Developing and Aligning Strategy and Plans

Defining engineering requirements to meet corporate/business objectives/strategies.

Manages CAPEX in area of responsibility.

Manage the technical / maintenance teams responsible to deliver Projects, Innovation, Infrastructure and Services to the site. Develop, deploy, and implement plans to ensure the best utilization of assets in the sites as well as supervise and give guidance on the maintenance of such assets.

Lead the Innovation implementation on the site, differentiate between short term tactics and long-term strategy.

Align engineering and operational priorities.

Responsible for the Safety of all project-related operations within the warehouse, as well as maintaining and setting of safe working procedures; including management of Health, Safety and Environmental aspects of project management from design, equipment selection, project implementation (site safety), commissioning and final project handover.

Balancing flexibility, complexity and reliability with scale and scope economies.

Develop and manage the sustainability agenda within the warehouse operation.

Target Setting and Action Planning

Setting balanced targets for self and team in line with logistics strategy

Assessing targets in terms of benchmark data; agreeing targets with staff and departments.

Coach and develop the team across the site on technical and technology issues.

Applying process improvement techniques and fostering a continuous improvement culture.

Continuous Improvement

Create and implement plans to continuously improve site infrastructure needs such as energy, water, treatment, and all infrastructure services, contracts, and contractors.

Conducting/instigating (appropriate) data collection

Implementation and management of engineering standards

Interpreting service data (quantitative/statistical and qualitative) and make relevant decisions and implement corrective actions or initiatives.

Understand biggest energy/resource users and develop innovative ways to reduce, get

Capex approved, implement project and measure/report improvement.

Maintain Engineering Services

Ensure that all statutory maintenance schedules are updated and completed on time.

Always ensure all back up services regularly tested and available

Ensure completion of routine as well as ad-hoc maintenance to eliminate impact and operations and safety

Ensure that all SHEQ and Unilever audit actions are completed.

Ensure that that all SHEQ incidents related to equipment damages are reported, investigated, and corrected.

Makes sure that the equipment is safe and ready to be utilized at all times.

Ensure that Quality of the work conducted is to the highest possible standard and lowest cost.

Ensure that the facility is in good state and always maintained.

Optimize maintenance cost.

Scope

Manage the Projects, Innovation and Maintenance budgets. Asset care and improvement through establishing and maintaining an effective system of preventative maintenance applicable to plant and services.

Builds and maintains relationships with contractors to ensure smooth completion of specified tasks in contracts and compliance with standards.

Manage the engineering contractors and ensure statutory and legal compliance.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

ESSENTIAL

• Relevant B.Tech Diploma OR N5/N6 Electrical,
• Mechanical or Millwright
• Proficient leadership and management experience across Teams, Stakeholders and Suppliers/ Third Parties/ Contractors
• Must have lead projects from end to end, control, and project execution.
• Minimum 5 years engineering experience in a manufacturing industry and capital
• Projects
• Proven track record in managing budgets.

PREFERRED

• FMCG experience
• Understanding of Logistics principles

SAP experience

Skills

• Coaching and skills building
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to lead a team of direct reports
• Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others - both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owners mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.