Hindustan Unilever Looking for Maintenance Engineer at Mecca Full Time

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Scope: Local

Location: Jeddah Factory BUL (Binzagr Unilever Limited), KSA

Terms & Conditions: Full Time

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the one size fits all approach and instead, we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

The Maintenance Engineer role is critical to the development of our factories to World Class, which means zero defects, zero waste and zero losses. This role will focus on preventative maintenance throughout the factory with a combination of execution of preventative maintenance for the general facilities and improvements in the preventative maintenance for the operating equipment. The Maintenance Engineer role will focus on elimination of breakdowns and maintenance of basic conditions through use of Focused Improvement methods including implementation of countermeasures that simplify processes, standardize procedures, utilize predictive/preventative maintenance effectively and introduce increased automation and controls.

Working directly with the line crews and cross-functional teams the Maintenance Engineer will lead improvements to eliminate breakdowns and ensure equipment basic conditions are maintained. In addition, act in support of technical training for maintenance teams and provide coaching in phenomena identification, root cause analysis and the establishment of countermeasures.

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, So If you have a passion for preventative maintenance and the FMCG industry then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Maintenance cost budgeting, tracking, and forecast preparation.

• Guarantee the expected machines and equipment reliability in production areas to meet the requested production capacity and accordingly with the budget.

• Define and plan all necessary maintenance activities according to the budget.

• Organize, update, and archive the documentation regarding maintenance of machines and equipment.

• Analysis of breakdown reasons and preventive actions consisting of modifying the maintenance plan to avoid the failure reoccurrence.

• Support maintenance teams during problem-solving concerning machines and equipment reliability.

• Definition and implementation of SMP.

• Definition and supervision of spare parts and their availability in the warehouse.

• Collaborate to define the specific indirect materials supply for maintenance department machines and equipment.

• Continuous collaboration with Operative Maintenance in the production area and with Product Engineering.

• Make sure that the equipment and machines maintenance plan includes activities to meet the expected safety and quality level.

• Develop and implement new technical solutions and managerial methods to improve machines and equipment reliability and maintainability to improve equipment performance and reduce maintenance costs.

• Support Product Engineering during tests on production areas.

• During the acquisition of new equipment, participate in reliability analyses (EFMEA) at the design phase and try out.

• Participation in acceptance of machines and equipment (new and after modernization)

• Cooperate to define and plan the proper training for maintenance technicians.

• Contribution to continuous improvement activities regarding processes and services.

• In the range of executive autonomy take the needed decisions and make the proper actions to improve tasks regarding the environment.

• guarantee the confidentiality of the documentation.

• Make sure that maintenance third-party companies operate accordingly with the company’s policy.

KEY DELIVERANCE

• Eliminate Loss according to the UMS (Unilever Manufacturing Systems) prioritization process using PM (Preventive Maintenance), FI (Focus improvement), and QC pillar tools and methodologies.

• Implement preventative, predictive maintenance and design/automation improvements to maintain basic conditions and increase MTBF.

• Develop standards to sustain improvements.

• Train maintenance crews on technical standards and sustainability of basic conditions

• Identify and extend good practice to other lines.

• Key Performance Indicators (as driven by Cost Deployment Analysis):

  • PM compliance.

  • Breakdowns (PM Loss).

  • MTBF / MTTR

  • Maintenance Cost.

  • Spare parts cost reduction.

Experiences & Qualifications

• BSc in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering with 2-3 years experience in a similar field.

• Able to visualize clearly what the ideal production system is.

• Able to clearly understand operating principles and establish correct operating standards.

• Able to present findings and rationales clearly so that the whole factory team can understand.

• Able to make logical decisions based on data.

• Possess a challenging and pioneering spirit.

Skills

• Consumer and Customer Focus. Building world-class factories will eliminate losses and ensure that we do not pass on the cost of inefficiencies to our customers and consumers.

• Bias for Action. By providing consistent and near real-time information, decisions can be taken quickly which leverage our resources.

• Building Talent & Teams. Our vision is to move to semi-autonomous teams, and we require Maintenance Reliability Engineers with a passion for achieving results through great teamwork, an ability to teach new tools and methodologies, and ensuring that you and your colleagues are fully aligned and drawing on one another’s strengths.

• Accountability & Responsibility. Taking responsibility for building your team’s performance and sharing your best interventions to help support other lines in their improvements.

• Growth Mindset. By building world-class factories, we will become more competitive in the marketplace and set the standards to which others aspire.

• UMS. Apply the full set of UMS methods and tools to identify root causes, define countermeasures, and validate their effectiveness Establish standards to support line operators and mechanics sustain new basic conditions.

• Process and Organizational Design. Leverage technical knowledge and a systems approach to ensure factory lines and processes are optimally resourced (e.g. manpower ratios are efficient and sustainable).

• Analytical capability. Collect and analyse complex data to penetrate problems phenomena and understand root causes.

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, and spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviours

  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.

  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own well-being and resilience.

  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always look for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, and 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.