Site Maintenance Planner

Unilever is currently hiring for Site Maintenance Planner

Reports to: Site Engineering Manager

Scope: Local

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

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.

SUPPLY CHAIN FUNCTION  

Unilever Kenya has four factories: Foods, Homecare, Beauty and Wellbeing and Personal care. To support the factories, there are utility sites, sub-stations and warehouses.

The function has different departments- Engineering, Production (Make), Planning, Logistics, HR and Finance

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.  If you are looking to: develop and coordinate preventive, condition-based and predictive maintenance to ensure equipment runs optimally with minimal downtime; acting as a link between technicians, engineers, production teams and external service providers, ensuring work is well-planned, resources are ready and tasks are completed safely; creating detailed schedules, allocating tools, parts and labor and managing machines spares inventory,  then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Review and optimize the spares inventory for machines.
• Efficient planning and scheduling of preventive maintenance activities.
• Ensure predictive maintenance inspections and follow-ups are executed.
• Continuously improve maintenance strategies based on equipment history and failure analysis.
• Timely review and prioritization of incoming maintenance work orders ensuring they are accurate, detailed, and completed on time.
• Track and update job progress in the ledgers and available maintenance management system.
• Timely ordering and preparation of spare parts, materials and tools ahead of maintenance work.
• Coordinating with engineers, suppliers and contractors for specialized jobs.
• Ensure all required permits and safety documents are prepared before work starts.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records and reports.
• Monitoring maintenance KPIs - equipment downtime, maintenance backlog, work order completion rate etc.
• Maintenance process recommendations and improvements to enhance reliability and reduce costs.
• Safety - Utilize all appropriate safety and environmental procedures for people, processes, materials, products and equipment to ensure a safe working environment for the whole team.
• Workplace Hazards – Full knowledge of the workplace and hazards within it. 
• Utilise appropriate safety and environmental procedures for people, processes, materials, products and equipment relevant to the task.
• Environment - Reduce costs due to waste and minimise impact to health, safety and the environment through working to eliminate waste and through the correct management of waste and hazardous materials.
• Quality - Ensure that all aspects of Quality within the area of responsibility are in accordance with local Quality procedures to protect and promote the brand and product.
• Leadership - Promote the development of a highly effective team through strong communication, leading by example whilst keeping focused on goals and targets. 
• Great teams and great leaders will achieve superior performance.
• Continuous Improvement - Use performance measures to identify and prioritise losses in production area. 
• Apply rigorous Cost Deployment and the Zero loss concept to eliminate losses.
• UMS - Knowledge and understanding of the key principles of UMS and the impact this has on the Key Performance Indicators at the site (PQSCDMI)
• Must understand the critical inter-relation between all the key pillars under UMS. 
• Problem Solving - Has the ability to identify, prioritise and address problems using appropriate tools and techniques that eliminate recurrence.
• Decision Making - Makes and implements technical decisions which can impact the plan for the week and month.
• Project Management – Achieve the desired outcomes of the project in line with agreed plans using appropriate project management tools and techniques to ensure the efficient use of technical, financial and human resources.
• Business Awareness - Understanding of the need to meet changing demands and the role of marketing and product innovation in growing the business and increasing the company's share.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/electrical engineering or equivalent
• High level co-ordination and maintenance planning skills
• Displays strong leadership and people management
• Experience of working as part of an extended team within the manufacturing sector.
• Strong knowledge of industrial equipment, preventive maintenance and safety regulations.
• 1+ years of experience in maintenance activities in a busy manufacturing environment

Preferred/ Desirable

• Experience of manufacturing in a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Company.
• Experience as a team member within a project Management team with an awareness of project management tools, safety and techniques.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking
• Self-starter with ability to think on your feet and flexibility to adapt to different scenarios 

Skills

• Leadership skills
• Trouble shooting and Problem solving
• Project and time management
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven analytical skills.

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, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • 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 wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, 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. 

The role is based in Nairobi; Kenya and it will be office-based.

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.