Utilities Engineer

Unilever is currently hiring for
Utilities Engineer
Function: Supply Chain > Engineering
Reports to: Projects and Engineering Service Manager
Scope: Local
Location: Tema HO and Factory
Terms & Conditions: Full time
About Unilever
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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.
Job Purpose
The Utilities Engineer is responsible for managing and maintaining total site utility assets and systems to support factory operations. He is to ensure efficient management of chilling, Cooling tower and Effluent system. Also manage the distribution of steam, compressed air, and water to ensure equipment reliability of same through periodic maintenance of Factory site Plant and equipment. The role ensures that all processes led by the engineer are delivered safely within aligned time, cost and the right quality standards in line with Unilever’s business targets and sustainability goal agenda.
Key Responsibilities

• Manage the utility technical crew team on site
• Lead as the competent technical person for utility systems and programs on site, ensuring that all relevant safety objectives and legal requirements are observed across site.
• Liaises with area engineers and production managers to ensure steam, water, compressed air, cooling tower and chilled water is released to factory on need basis.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in maintaining plant utility systems, such as cooling tower and chilled water systems, heating, ventilating, water supply system, steam generating system, compressing air units, effluent treatment plant, and its related pipe and structural systems.
• Inspect above systems to determine preventative maintenance needs.
• Manages contracts for servicing & maintenance of above systems. The
• Schedules, coordinates and provides field supervision of activities and staff responsible for utilities operations functions
• Determines and keeps inventory of critical parts/items to facilitate maintenance of these systems and related buildings, while keeping stocks value in check.
• Ensures On-site management of third-party service providers/suppliers of relevant services related to steam are kept and payments are affected.
• Leads the preparation of plans, specifications, administration of contracts for the maintenance of utility generation & distribution and wastewater systems.
• Maintain records and prepare reports. Responsible for all legal and statutory compliances for utilities systems, due inspections and certifications on time and ensures recommendations raised are closed.
• Coordinates with Governmental organizations like Ghana water, and other service Providers and Kpong Head works to anticipate water shortages, water interruptions, and make provision for water for factory operations to go on without interruption.
• Ensures management of SHE aspects, Risk assessment, Hazards, non-conformances, operational controls, emergency procedures and SHE awareness of Boiler Technicians.
• Track energy consumption of site and plants to control consumption and drive energy reduction projects to annual savings target
• Leads staff performance evaluation, and employee development; participates in employee selection, disciplinary action, and complaint resolution. Provide training of assigned personnel in work methods, use of tools and equipment and safety practices.
  

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS(KPIs)

• Work order Compliance (PM Compliance) per target
• EWO creation and closure compliance per target
• EWO closure compliance per aligned target
• Electrical Tags closure compliance per aligned target
• Maintenance