Engineer Process Operations

**Sibelco is a global leader in material solutions. Sibelco sources, transforms and distributes specialty industrial minerals - particularly silica, clays, feldspathics and olivine - and is a leader in glass recycling. Sibelco's solutions support the progress of modern life and serve industries as diverse as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers and water purification. The Sibelco Group operates 114 production sites in 31 countries, with a team of some 5,300 people.**

**Location**:Arija, Spain

**Positioning**:The role reports directly to Director Operations Cluster

**Role Purpose**:
The Engineer Process Operation will lead and manage reliability and maintenance activities in the Cluster mainly Arija site. Organize, optimize the activities (machines, equipment, roads, mobile equipment quarries), mechanically and electrically, in the site within the agreed cost budget to achieve the service level and the efficiency required. All this to be done in a sustainable (using planned/preventive maintenance) and safe way according to the organization's policy, guidelines and Sibelco values.

He/she will also develop and utilize effective tools and systems for measuring reliability of the production process. This includes being responsible for providing engineering support for maintenance planning/supervision, operation and maintenance of the plant, developing and implementing programmatic methods to ensure safe operation and high equipment reliability/availability, cost effective maintenance, and continuous improvement culture.

**Responsibilities**:
Including but not limited to:

- Safety leadership
- Drive Process Engineering projects in the cluster/site from idea to operational ramp up.
- Design new, innovative minerals and materials processes and adapt existing ones to improve efficiency, safety, sustainability and cost efficiency
- Support Sibelco production sites to promote operational excellence and provide technical best practices and to ensure safe (HSE-compliant), efficient, effective, innovative, scalable and sustainable operations.
- Lead and /or participate (hands-on) in activities related to the Operational Excellence (OpEX) program in the cluster. He /She leads research and develop new ideas or solutions that contribute to create plants and systems in a cost-effective and efficient way.
- Share knowledge and good practices with peers and project stakeholders by proper reporting in the relevant system
- Lead the development of the equipment maintenance strategy.

**About you**:

- A safety mindset. A safe and healthy work environment is one of the cornerstones of our sustainability strategy. Going for Zero is Sibelco's worldwide safety improvement program with the objective to eliminate all injuries from our business. It is built around three pillars: safe plants, safe systems and safe behaviors.
- Experience as a Maintenance Leader in a manufacturing or mining environment
- Engineering experience, including experience with mechanical design/testing, international quality standards.
- Experience in utility systems/management and/or facilities/plant management and maintenance.
- Ability to motivate/convince people without having the authority over them (ability to lead) and to think out of the box.
- Fluent in English. Strong communication skills, you are comfortable interacting with different levels in the organization.

**To Apply**:
Please note we will not be requiring agency services for this recruitment.

**Sibelco recognise the strength of our diverse global workforce and value difference and inclusion for all. Our rich mix of people bring an exciting exchange of ideas and knowledge to keep us moving forward and innovating new solutions. We seek talent of all backgrounds and abilities and continue to develop our leaders and our culture to help all employees to grow and reach their full potential.