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Interim Maintenance Manager (Dairy Industry) - Asturias

On-site in Oviedo·Added 7 months ago (last checked 15 Oct)

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Michael Page España

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Overview

Work mode
On-site, Oviedo
Contract
Permanent contract
Experience
10+ years
Education
University degree

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Skills

This job advert was originally written in Spanish.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Minimum experience of 10 years in industrial maintenance, preferably in the food industry.

Nice to have

  • Experience in dairy plants or continuous process plants is valued.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • We offer an initial 6-month project, with continuous on-site presence.
  • Availability to cover incidents outside working hours when necessary.
  • Direct reporting to the Industrial Management / Plant Management.

The role

The role will be responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and efficiency of the production plant's equipment and facilities. It will lead preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance, ensuring compliance with the hygienic-sanitary standards specific to the food industry, as well as the proper operation of pasteurization, curdling, molding, packaging lines, and auxiliary services.

What you'll do

Reporting to the Plant Management, you will manage a team of internal technicians and specialized external suppliers.

Main responsibilities

  1. Maintenance management
  • Plan, organize, and supervise preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance for all plant equipment.
  • Ensure the availability of critical machinery:
    pasteurizers, curding vats, tanks, CIP systems, cold rooms, molds, cutting and packaging lines
  • Control and ensure the proper operation of auxiliary services: boilers, compressed air, industrial refrigeration, steam, process water, wastewater treatment, and energy.
  • Coordinate emergency interventions to minimize unplanned downtime.
  • Coordinate the plant's OT/IT infrastructure, ensuring the proper operation of servers, networks, SCADA systems, and PLCs.
  1. Team leadership and management
  • Manage the internal maintenance technician team (mechanical, electrical, electromechanical).
  • Organize shifts, priorities, and workloads.
  • Ensure continuous training of the team in technical, safety, and hygiene aspects.
  • Promote a corporate culture within the teams.
  1. Regulatory compliance and quality
  • Ensure that all maintenance activities comply with IFS, BRC, ISO 22000 standards, HACCP, and legal health requirements.
  • Ensure specific cleaning and disinfection conditions for dairy environments.
  • Coordinate with Quality any potential impact of maintenance on food safety.
  1. Spare parts and supplier management
  • Control the stock of critical spare parts and consumables.
  • Negotiate and manage contracts with external technical service providers.
  • Control the department's annual budget.
  1. Continuous improvement and efficiency
  • Drive failure analysis (FMEA, RCA) to reduce recurring failures.
  • Propose improvements in productivity, energy efficiency, and cost reduction.
  • Lead projects for renovation, expansion, and commissioning of new lines or equipment.
  1. Safety and environment
  • Ensure compliance with occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations, safe maintenance of installations, and lockout-tagout (LOTO) procedures.
  • Supervise installations with risk: explosive atmospheres, confined spaces, cold atmospheres, steam, chemical products, moving equipment.
  • Coordinate actions related to sustainability and energy efficiency.

Summary

  • We offer a 6-month project in a growing company
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in industrial maintenance

Who are we looking for (M/F/D)?

Job requirements

Education

  • Degree in Engineering: Mechanical, Electrical, Electromechanical, Industrial, or similar.

Experience

Technical knowledge

  • Maintenance of food processing machinery.
  • CIP systems, pasteurization, and heat treatment.
  • Industrial refrigeration installations (according to RITE regulations).
  • Electrical systems, automation, PLCs, and pneumatics.
  • CMMS management.
  • Food safety regulations (HACCP, IFS, BRC).

Soft skills

  • Leadership and ability to manage technical teams.
  • Proactivity and a problem-solving orientation.
  • Organization, analytical skills, and ability to prioritize.
  • Strong results orientation and operational reliability.

Hiring process

2 steps2 interviews
  1. CV registration

  2. Consultant contact

    With a specialist Michael Page consultant

    If they see that your experience and motivations fit the values and needs of a hiring company, they will contact you to start the selection process: they will learn about your expectations, answer your questions and help you prepare for each stage of the process.

  3. Company interview

    With a client company

    If your application progresses, we will help you prepare for the interview with useful information about the company, its culture and what it looks for in a profile like yours.

  4. Final stage and negotiation · With a client company

  • The final stages are set by the client company: Michael Page acts as an intermediary, and the interview and decision rest with the hiring company.
  • Support continues after the contract is signed.
  • Michael Page cannot support every candidate; registering and keeping your profile up to date opens the door to future processes.

About Michael Page España

Michael Page is a global recruitment consultancy and part of PageGroup, one of the world's leading professional recruitment firms. The company specializes in placing mid-to-senior level professionals across a wide range of sectors, including technology, engineering, finance, sales, and human resources. With a strong presence in Spain, Michael Page operates offices in major cities and offers services such as executive search, temporary staffing, and outsourcing solutions.

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About the company & team

Our client is a multinational company with ±100 employees at the Asturias plant.

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