The Automation Manager function is to manage the day to day activities of the Automation Department, Automation Contractors and Technical Cleaners. The Automation Manager is responsible for maintaining site automation in respect to planned maintenance, cleaning schedules and all statutory inspections.
Main Objectives and Responsibilities
- Control and accountability for all parts, materials and equipment used by the engineering and technical cleaning departments, ensuring all critical spares are in stock as required at all times. Operating within engineering account budgets as outlined by your line management.
- Manage reactive repairs and replacement of the automation machinery to minimise downtime for operations.
- Ownership of the engineering health and safety management system, working in partnership with H&S to ensure compliance to the company’s statutory obligations and ensure we meet our duty of care to all staff. Carrying out risk assessments and generating Safe Systems of Work for all engineering and technical cleaning activities
- Prepare and update engineering maintenance records including asset register, operating and maintenance manuals and record drawings.
- Day to day leadership of shift members including prioritisation and allocation of workload; deploying labour based on the demands and requirements of the task against the competency and capability of resource.
- Management and development of department processes; including shift handovers, briefs, and defect reporting/resolving
- Review the performance of plant and equipment constantly to minimise unplanned downtime, proactively anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner and identify opportunities for overall system availability, Improve efficiency and reduce waste (non-value added process) through lean process design, review, planning and implementation (Continuous Improvement)
- Maintain the computerised maintenance management system (ARMS)