Utilities Manager

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Position Description:

To lead the Utilities team and ensure that the routine operational requirements are met and that there is a focus on continual improvement.
Act as leader and coach of the Utilities team providing direction and support to:
- Ensure that the Utilities are produced and distributed in a manner that meets the Safety, Quality, Cost, environmental and service requirements.

- Ensure access to equipment in order that maintenance activities and programs are carried out in proactive and compliant manner to improves Safety, Reliability, Quality, and Efficiency.

- To oversee all aspects of the Utilities, shift operations function including, labour resource management that ensures operational standards and key result areas are achieved via Shift Leader Group.

To ensure 100% service and continuous utility supply to the internal customer 24hours per day, 365 days per year.

The role of Utilities involves being a point of contact for our internal customers in the event of any interruption in utility supply.

Good communication with internal customers is an essential element.

Functions, Duties, Tasks:

- Leadership and Direction setting: Establish clear goals and expectations for team and provide inspiration and consistent encouragement to meet goals including measurement against achievable targets.

- Manage: Performance management process, ensure all members of the operations team have clear objectives, agreed development plan and progress is tracked through regular 1:1 and formal check ins.

Manage Pro-time and OTS and absence management of operations team.

Provide contractor assessments for temporary employees.

Assign and review learning plans for all operators and ensure all are fully trained to carry out their jobs.

- Coaching: Serve as the coach for a substantially self-directed team by developing capabilities of team members and supporting team needs through role as representative of the team to the site and other groups.

- Financial: Ensure optimum production and distribution of the site utilities, having responsibility and management c...