We are currently looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Desford team in the position of Maintenance Coordinator.
The primary purpose of this role is to oversee and control the management of all site assets, ensuring they are maintained effectively and operate efficiently. The role is responsible for managing the Preventative Maintenance (PM) system to ensure all planned maintenance activities and scheduled work are delivered on time.
This includes ensuring full compliance with all legal and company requirements relating to health & safety, as well as maintaining high quality standards across all maintenance operations.
Your duties would include but not limited to the following:
- Develop, maintain and control the preventative maintenance plans. Ensuring the plans run to schedule by prioritising and issuing work orders incorporating labour and materials planning. Liaise with production and engineering and chair weekly planning meetings.
- Develop, maintain and control the CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System) on site, including maintaining the asset register and checking data integrity and accuracy.
- Manage and optimise the effectiveness of the work order process.
- Maintenance strategy – Ensuring that the strategic elements of maintenance planning are integrated into the planning operation.
- Ensure service contracts are carried out according to description with zero impact on the site, whilst ensuring records are kept and their effectiveness reviewed.
- Maintenance spares availability - Set up and effective operation of maintenance stores, ordering and maintaining spare part stocks and expediting shortages or emergency needs.
- Analysis and reporting of CMMS system including all Engineering KPI’s and life cycle costs of assets.
- Sustainability - Ensure that the HS&E elements of the maintenance operation are followed.
- Assist in the management of contractors ensuring contractors comply with company health and safety policies, insurance indemnity forms. Method statements and risk assessments are completed prior to commencement of work
- Responsible for daily/weekly/monthly planned maintenance activities
- Responsible for planning maintenance shutdown periods
- Responsible for ordering spares for planned activities and working with the Engineering team to ensure critical spares are always available.
- Support production of 180 million bricks annually
About You:
- Ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Specific functional knowledge and experience
- ONC/HNC/HND/Degree in appropriate engineering subject
- Experience in CMMS systems required
What We Can Offer You:
- Competitive Salary and Benefits package
- Life Assurance and Company Pension Scheme up to 10% employer contribution
- Generous holiday allowance
- Gym benefit and Cycle 2 Work Scheme
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme for self and family members
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Service Awards
- Sharesave Scheme eligibility
- Holiday Exchange Scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Program
- Personal development and opportunities for progression
- Company Annual Bonus Scheme
We are a leading manufacturer of a diverse and trusted range of concrete and clay building products used extensively within the construction sector, with instantly recognisable brands including Thermalite block, Bison Precast and the iconic London Brick.
Our complete product range comprises of clay bricks, aircrete blocks, aggregate blocks, precast concrete, flooring products, permeable paving and chimney, roofing, and flue systems.
Forterra’s purpose is to build lasting legacies, manufacturing a range of products from the ground up to support customers with their construction projects.
We are proud to be at the forefront of the industries’ safety standards and are committed to achieving zero harm in our workplaces.
