Assistant Manager – Engineering Jobs at Brandix in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

About Brandix

At Brandix, a pioneer in Sri Lanka’s Apparel industry, we develop, manufacture and market end to end apparel solutions for world renowned brands. With a purpose to deliver Inspired Solutions through Inspired People, we have a team of over 60,000 people across nine countries including India, Bangladesh, Haiti and the United Kingdom. On a journey to be the most sustainable apparel manufacturer in the region, Brandix embeds real change across every point of our operations as we care for our planet and the communities in which we serve.
In Sri Lanka, we are honored to have been adjudged ‘Exporter of the Year’ for the 7th consecutive time at the Presidential Export Awards 2020/21. We are also proud to share that our plant in Batticaloa was recognized as the world’s first Net Zero Carbon Apparel Manufacturing facility in 2019. To learn more about us and our 50-year long journey please visit www.brandix.com.

Key purpose of the Job

As Assistant Manager – Engineering, you will be reporting to the General Manager – Operations. You will be responsible for leading the Engineering function for the plant and overseeing machine maintenance and facility Engineering initiatives for the plant. This includes overseeing implementation of machine/facility maintenance activities, machine and spares availability, forecasting and ensuring adherence to plant Engineering budgets, execution of improvement projects (for example SMV reduction, cost savings) and plant facility projects. You will also be responsible for driving sustainability and automation initiatives for the plant, as directed by the Centre/Group.

Key Responsibilities

• Planning and deployment of plant Engineering requirements including objectives, budgets, improvement projects, etc.
• Overseeing effective implementation of machine maintenance activities
• Overseeing implementation of facility maintenance and improvement projects
• Managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders for the achievement of functional objectives
• Managing the Plant Engineering team

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