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The Company:

27 branches. 48,000 satisfied clients. Alsco Uniforms has been providing professional, hygienic, Managed Rental Services throughout Australia since 1963.

The Alsco Uniforms group consists of: Alsco Uniforms, a Managed Rental Service provider of Linen, Workwear, Mats, Industrial and First Aid; Australian Linen Supply, commercial linen for the hospitality sector, accommodation, and healthcare industries; Deane Apparel, the uniform experts; Clean Room Garments (CRG), contamination and infection control solutions; and Fresh & Clean, Managed Washroom services. The passion of our 2,200 employees in Australia is the driving force behind our success.

Why You Should Join Us:

• Permanent full time - Job security working for a market leading company, Internationally recognised and national footprint. Essential service provider during COVID time
• With an outstanding market reputation, a significant market share, and a comprehensive product portfolio, we stand as a formidable presence in textile cleaning industry.
• Safe working conditions
• Great career progression opportunity for an experienced/ready Engineering Manager. And a good career pathway for senior role within Alsco Uniforms organisation domestically. Join a winning team that values your growth, benefit from on-the-job training and ample opportunities to develop your skills in an organisation filled with success stories.
• Ongoing Training and Development: Elevate your career path with access to extensive leadership training programs. Receive continuous technical training and support from our centralised engineering team, staying abreast of the latest technologies. Empower yourself for sustained professional growth through these valuable learning opportunities.
• Head of department: Lead a team of engineering professionals to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of our branch.
• Experienced and Supportive Management: Work under the guidance of experienced and supportive managers who genuinely care about your success.
• Financial and Strategic Planning with full leadership support – bringing your career to next level.

The Role

Reporting to the Branch General Manager with a dotted line to the General Manager, Engineering & Production Services, the plant Maintenance Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a team of effective, efficient, and pro-active maintenance technicians to ensure maximum efficiency and up time of all equipment at the branch. The role will be based at Enfield.

The key responsibilities are:

• In partnership with Production, you will ensure that all plant and equipment is running efficiently and in safe work order;
• Ensure that preventative maintenance is completed in line with the schedule and tracked in CMMS;
• Endeavours to keep all machinery downtime to a minimum to support the achievement of DIFOT at the branch daily;
• Work is allocated to each team member in a manner that both programmed and adhoc jobs are completed safely and to the right standard and in a timely fashion;
• Proactively engages in regular plant assessment to identify efficiency improvement initiatives and improved automation opportunities and the creation of supporting Capex submissions
• Leads upgrade and installation projects in partnership with regional engineering team and contractors to ensure that Capex requirements and costs are achieved
• Ensures that the financial management of work is aligned to budgetary requirements each month
• Ensures that the management of contractors on site is completed in line with the WHSMS and budget measures
• Ensures compliance with Wastewater, fire, electricity, asbestos, and boiler regulations and safety guidelines
• Responsible for ensuring guidelines of WHS Management / Housekeeping / 5S are followed

Key Skills and Experience Required

• Tertiary qualifications or Trade qualified (either Mechanical or Electrical) with relevant experience in management of plant maintenance & projects
• Valid Driver’s License
• 5 + years’ experience in the same or a similar position
• Successful management of relationships with suppliers and research & development teams to maintain current industry knowledge and leverage advantages of new developments for the business
• Experiences with Leading and implementing corrective actions from Safety risk assessments (i.e. machine guarding)
• Working knowledge of AUS / NZ Standards for compliance and quality in the production environment
• Working knowledge of LEAN manufacturing principals
• Working knowledge of creating and completed Job Safety/Hazard Analysis for upgrades and installations

Alsco Uniforms is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability and other legally protected characteristics.

The recruitment process for Alsco Uniforms includes reference checking and pre-employment medical examination with drug screening. Proof of your Right to Live and work in Australia must be presented at interview stage.

Agencies please note: Alsco Uniforms is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Alsco Uniforms via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Alsco Uniforms. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Alsco Uniforms as a result of the referral or through other means.

Thank you for your interest in ALSCO PTY LIMITED. Our records indicate that you have already submitted an application for employment. Should your prior experience match our business needs, you will be contacted by a representative of our company.The goal of the questions that you have just answered is to help determine if this opportunity would be a good match for you and our company. At this time your qualifications do not match any of our positions. Your application will remain active for 30 days. Please do not reapply during this time period, as your application will register in the system as "Already Applied". Thank you for your interest in employment with us.