Electrical Maintenance Supervisor

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

In Spain, Montmeló (Barcelona), we have a lactic acid and derivative plant, which services all of our markets; Food, Biochemicals and Pharma.

As our electrical Maintenance Supervisor, your main responsibility is leading the electrical maintenance staff to support effective equipment and system maintenance and operations.

You are part of a larger team of dedicated, innovative and creative Maintenance professionals, each with their own specialization, and you report to the Maintenance Manager.   As a team you take part in the Global Maintenance Platform where you will internationally share knowledge and best practices. The maintenance department is continuously exploring new initiatives and new technologies to improve asset reliability such as Industrial Internet Of Things (IIOT) and predictive analysis devices.

You also play a key role in the site Continuous Improvement program where your team takes responsibility for the Asset Care pillar and supports other teams with their respective pillars.

Responsibilities

• Keep the plant operative by repairing any electrical/pneumatical equipment and instrument breakdown.
• Carry out and supervise the necessary preventive, predictive and corrective electrical / pneumatical / instrumentation maintenance, including calibration programs, in accordance with the reliability engineer.
• Lead the Planning and the Scheduling process within electrical maintenance and coordinate external maintenance services to minimize shutdowns and cost repairs.
• Control and manage the store of electrical spare parts and instruments.
• Collaborate with all Reliability, Continuous Improvement and cross-functional activities, and give support to the Maintenance Platform activities.
• Trouble shooter for appearing complex problems, reoccurrences and high cost failures on the site related to electrical, pneumatrical and instrumentation issues.
• Maintain in optimum conditions electrical plant services:
  • High voltage connection and safety and measure cabins.
  • Transformers and protection cabins.
  • Low tension distribution cabins.
  • Equipments to compensate reactive energy.
• Ensure safety, health, quality and environmental rules, procedures and instructions compliance that affects your own job and department.

Requirements

We are looking for a skilled people manager with a drive for improvement.  A successful candidate will meet the following essential requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering
• 3 years’ experience in Chemical industry (or Pharma)
• Leadership skills and experience in managing people
• Experienced on electrical and instruments troubleshooting
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English/Spanish

In addition, your experience and education is complemented with one or more of the following:

• knowledge of Low tension regulation (RD 617/2001), ATEX ISM level 1 electrical, Legionella, Work permits and LOTO
• Legal safety permit (Basic level course PRL 50h)
• Experienced on Continuous Improvement programs or initiatives
• Knowledge on Food and Pharma regulations
• Hazop’s, RCA and SIL
• Maintenance management software skills (CMMS)
• Experience on packaging lines and filling machines

Our offer

We offer a local leadership position with international exposure.

In addition:

• competitive remuneration and benefits
• Culture to empower people and where your initiatives and ideas make a real difference
• International focus with truly diverse teams
• Unique possibility to be trained by our internal expertise in the world of bio-based products.
• Training on the job and a developing plan ready for you. We invest in relevant training courses related to your particular discipline, that will give you the opportunity to grow into an industry expert
• Friendly, informal culture in a demanding professional environment

We actively embrace diversity in how we work together and contribute towards our shared objectives and values. By joining Corbion, you will become an employee in a company where you can feel pride in your achievements and develop your career with global prospects.

About Corbion 
 

Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and a leading supplier of emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins, and algae ingredients. We use our unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production, health, and our planet. For over 100 years, we have been uncompromising in our commitment to safety, quality, innovation and performance. Drawing on our deep application and product knowledge, we work side-by-side with customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Our solutions help differentiate products in markets such as food, home & personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2023, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,443.8 million and had a workforce of 2,727 FTE. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com

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