.You are responsible for leading a team of Maintenance Technicians to efficiently handle both curative and preventive maintenance activities.This always while using applicable procedures regarding safety & health, environment, (product) quality and order & cleanliness.Your responsibility includes handling all preventive maintenance requests including gate keeping, prioritization, work preparation, planning, execution on the assets, maintenance budgeting and maintenance cost follow up.Key Tasks:Objectively select an in- or outsourcing strategy per type of activity.Determining, managing, follow up and evaluating external partners (suppliers) in accordance with the internally applicable safety & health, environment and quality rules.Managing, developing and training the Maintenance team.Monitor the management and compliance with the specific working procedures related to your area of responsibility.Set up and manage key performance indicators regarding production-related maintenance.Monitor and provide feedback to the available ERP system of activities performed, working hours and materials consumed per equipment.Budget responsibility for all costs of your department.Administrative follow-up (via SAP PM or other CMMS) of the works and materials related to the maintenance work.Promoting and supporting continuous improvement initiatives (e.G., root cause analyses, workshops for drawing up/improving maintenance plans, stocking critical spare parts).Checking autonomous maintenance work (by operators) for timeliness, completeness and quality.Managing the technical workshop and all common and personal tools in terms of safety and quality.Manage all maintenance management routines as described in the maintenance management system.Profile:You have a degree in Industrial Engineering or higher studies in electromechanics or equivalent experience.You also have at least 7 years of executive maintenance experience in a comparable industrial environment, of which at least 3 years as a manager.Further you have expertise in:Operational knowledge of production installations and related equipment.Broad view of all aspects of maintenance (work preparation & planning, maintenance execution, reliability engineering, SHE, CMMS, budgeting, cost management).You have a technical background and like to follow the technicians on the work floor.You certainly have managerial skills but are also willing to do technical administrative work (procedures, instructions, matrices).You are flexible and stress resistant.You can work independently and solution-oriented; you also penetrate to the root cause of a technical problem.You are customer-friendly and work respectfully with our internal teams.Offer:A quality working environment; the opportunity to build up, in a rapidly growing and innovative, Belgian company