Utilities Manager
Reckitt
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- Utilities Manager
- City: Karachi
- We are Reckitt
- Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
- Supply
- Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.
- About the role
The Utilities Manager is responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all utility systems supporting manufacturing operations. The role leads utility asset management, energy optimization, compliance, infrastructure development, and capital projects to maximize plant uptime and support business growth.
Your responsibilities
Utility Operations & Reliability
- Manage and maintain all utility systems including HVAC, chillers, boilers, compressors, generators, RO plants, water systems, cooling towers, and ETP.
- Drive preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- Improve asset reliability and minimize unplanned downtime.
Energy & Sustainability
- Monitor and optimize consumption of electricity, gas, diesel, biomass, and water.
- Lead energy efficiency, resource conservation, and sustainability initiatives.
People Leadership
- Lead utility maintenance teams and contractors.
- Manage work planning, resource allocation, competency development, and emergency response activities.
Compliance & Safety
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, GMP, water quality, electrical, boiler, and pressure-system regulations.
- Maintain contractor safety and audit readiness.
Capital Projects
- Lead utility-related CAPEX projects including asset replacement, reliability improvements, energy reduction initiatives, capacity expansion, and infrastructure modernization.
- Manage project execution, commissioning, and handover.
- The experience we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 6 years of experience in manufacturing with a background in Engineering, Utilities, Maintenance, Projects, or Safety/Environment functions.
- Experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing technical assets, projects, or compliance programs.
- Strong knowledge of industrial utilities, reliability, safety management, and continuous improvement principles.
- The skills for success
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- What we offer
- With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
- Equality
- We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.