Maintenance Lead – Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna

Be a part of a revolutionary change:

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products with the power to deliver a smoke-free future.
With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.
Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI’s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges – in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning.

Your ‘day to day’

As Maintenance Lead you will be part of our Production Department for Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna S.p.A. and will be reporting to the Line Lead. The position will be based in Bologna.
In your role, a key responsibility will be to execute and lead the processes for eliminating losses related to maintenance and breakdowns at the lowest cost as well as building capability in the team to support in delivering the business result of the assigned lines fully applying PMI standards and policies. You will act as the lines owner of breakdown elimination, maintenance planning and scheduling and maintenance cost management Daily Management Systems (DMS), being the technical expert in problem solving and on floor troubleshooting. Finally, you will contribute to define and deploy a predictive/preventive maintenance system in the lines.

Your Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance to all PMI and legal standards, policies and guidelines related to Environment, Health, Safety, Sustainability to prevent personnel, asset or societal loss. Act and promote an interdependent and transparent safety culture fostering the utilization of preventive/predictive approach
• Participate to Daily Direction Setting (DDS), provide inputs and actions related to any maintenance activities and tasks to be completed during the following planned downtime and about Repair and Maintenance (R&M) cost measure and actions. Contribute as technical subject matter expert to problem-solving activities coaching on standard problem solving tools to solve the problems on the line(s) related to materials and processes
• Lead the scheduling and participate in the execution of the regular planned downtime in compliance with maintenance tasks. Ensure maintenance of technical documentation and spare parts are available and up to date
• Participate in developing, executing and reviewing the 90 days master plan in order to drive breakthrough result in machine performance through reducing planned and unplanned downtime. Prepare monthly and yearly Loss Analysis for Repair and Maintenance cost and propose and monitor budgets and RFs
• Promote and validate Kaizens raised by teams by executing adequate risk assessments as technical expert. Communicate in timely manner on loss elimination priorities, plans and responsibilities to ensure cross-functional alignment. Share knowledge and methods to encourage and foster benchmarking, reapplication and continuous improvement

Requirements & Skills:

• Technical School (Secondary Technical School or Technical University)
• At least 3 years of experience in Manufacturing, preferably in industries like: tobacco, pharmaceutical, chemical or similar
• Previous experience or exposure to people coordination/management activities would be an asset
• Strong communication, negotiation, ability to coach, technology & business process acumen, deal with ambiguity, managerial courage, result oriented, project management
• Fluent in English both written and spoken

Employment Type: Permanent
Relocation package offered

What we offer:
Our success depends on people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society:to deliver a smoke-free future.

Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna (PM MTB):
PM MTB is Philip Morris International’s Center of excellence, worldwide recognized for prototyping, mass-volume production and employees’ training on smoke-free products. PM MTB employs more than 2000 employees and its production site of Crespellano is one of the most advanced manufacturing venues in Italy for technology innovation, competencies development and talent recognition.