Simonds Farsons Cisk plc

Farsons Group is located on the island of Malta in the heart of the Mediterranean. Established in 1928, the Group is engaged in the brewing, production, sale, and distribution of branded beers and beverages, the importation, wholesale, and retail of food and beverages including wines and spirits, the operation of franchised food retailing establishments, and property development. As a leading group of companies with an annual turnover in excess of €88 million, we believe that innovation and exports will drive our ongoing growth and success. With a robust Malta base, our vision is to grow both our local and international businesses to become a regional players in the food and beverage business. With an exceptional portfolio of food and beverage brands, the Group is proud to have been entrusted to represent some of the finest names in the industry which include its own iconic and award-winning range of beers and beverage brands: Cisk Lager, Blue Label Ale; Hopleaf Pale Ale, the Kinnie range of soft drinks; San Michel table water and others.

About

Technical Trade Leader (Workshop)

The selected candidate will be responsible for the planning, organisation and general overall supervision of work across Energy Centre and the Workshop to ensure that workflows are completed according to established procedures, in a timely manner and within all quality and safety parameters. This will be achieved through day-to-day effective leadership of his / her team/s to achieve established objectives and deadlines, meet KPI targets and strive for continuous improvements in the process/es s/he is responsible.

Key objectives include:

Lead, motivate and develop teams to ensure planned output requirements and quality standards are met whilst all Health and Safety guidelines are adhered to.
Review team performance regularly to identify areas for improvement and encourage progress of individual team members through onsite inspections, performance review, and agreed personal development plans.
Plan and supervise works with direct subordinates to ensure that daily essential services are relative to production / operational needs and schedules.
Prioritize plant breakdown intervention, maintenance, overhaul and repair relative to time schedules, production and manning requirements.
The ability to trouble shoot and resolve technical service and plant issues that arise, following up and liaising with production managers and other sections as required.
Actively participate in the implementation of Continuous Improvement systems within the areas of his / her responsibility
Ensuring regular communication / briefing between employees and management to provide the team with the relevant information to carry out their tasks to maximum effect.
Monitor, maintain and evaluate continuous data logging compilation and collection of operational parameters (log sheets) in a timely and according to established procedures.

The selected candidate will:

Have a leadership / management / technical Diploma; employees in possession of wireman licence A & B will be favourably considered.
Have experience working in a technical services environment.
Preferably have a 2+ years of leadership experience.
Have working knowledge of quality systems and processes.
Be self-motivated, possessing strong leadership, interpersonal and coaching skills, team facilitation and problem-solving skills.
Show initiative and creativity and being able to work on a team and lead projects.
Be an excellent communicator both verbally and written, possessing good analytical and presentation skills.
Have good analytical acumen and be able to respond to results.