Every day, in everything we do, our purpose is to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. And we have a fight on our hands. A fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Each of our products is designed to do exactly this. Our well-loved brands have b...
The Head of Maintenance will lead the site’s maintenance and asset care strategy to ensure safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective performance of manufacturing, utilities, facilities, and infrastructure assets. Drive Reckitt Production System, Asset Care excellence, equipment reliability, continuous improvement, and long-term asset performance while fulfilling GMR 2.1/2.7 statutory responsibilities.
Your responsibilities
Lead the site Asset Care strategy and long-term maintenance and reliability roadmap, aligned with RPS and business priorities.
Own RPS Asset Care standards, driving preventive and predictive maintenance, breakdown elimination, operator asset care and continuous reliability improvement.
Lead maintenance across manufacturing, utilities and facilities to deliver uptime, OEE, reliability and cost targets.
Ensure safe, efficient and compliant operation of site utilities, engineering systems and infrastructure.
Fulfil GMR 2.1/2.7 responsibilities and maintain compliance with applicable safety, quality, environmental and regulatory requirements.
Drive root cause analysis, CAPA, loss elimination and data-led improvements to equipment performance.
Lead and develop Maintenance, Utilities, Reliability and Engineering Support teams, building strong technical capability and succession pipelines.
Manage maintenance budgets, contractors and spare parts while identifying savings and optimizing asset lifecycle costs.
Partner cross-functionally and support capital projects from concept through commissioning and handover.
Represent Engineering as a key member of the Site Leadership Team.
The experience we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering.
GCC Factories (Mandatory).
Minimum 8-10 years FMCG manufacturing engineering experience.
Minimum 5 years' leadership experience managing maintenance and engineering functions.
Proven experience leading maintenance transformation and asset care systems.
Strong knowledge of RPS, TPM, World Class Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing or equivalent systems.
Experience managing utilities, facilities, and manufacturing assets.
Demonstrated leadership in safety, quality, reliability, and cost improvement.
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