Maintenance Manager

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

Job purpose

 

The Maintenance Manager role is responsible for the day to day availability and reliability of the facility and equipment and for the supervision of assigned personnel and contractors to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtimes, and approach maintenance as an investment with a goal of reducing costs over the long run.

 

Duties and responsibilities

The primary job duties and responsibilities are:

• Drives a planned and predictive, failure elimination, data-based organization to maximize line performance.
• Provides expertise, maintenance and repair of mechanical, electrical and electronic components.
• Responds to problems in a timely manner utilizing the Process Interruption Rapid Response Process and keep plant management informed of special occurrences.
• Assures credibility of the maintenance functions by meeting committed downtimes, turning equipment over those functions properly, providing information as needed, and fostering a data driven organization utilizing a CMMS.
• Oversees Pre-PM’s and Kitting/Staging activities to be through, effective, and efficient to promote successful planned maintenance downtimes.
• Promotes precision maintenance, PM optimization, and the growth of PdM by optimizing the use of condition monitoring techniques, i.e., vibration, infrared, ultrasound, motor circuit evaluation, oil sampling.
• Conducts routine audits of maintenance execution work to review EHS, PMS and GMP adherence, completeness, work order accuracy, time allotment, and sponsor and promote 5S housekeeping.
• Utilizes problem solving techniques including PDCA to solve problems to root cause, implement actions that prevent re-occurrence, improve operations, etc.
• Directs the operation and maintenance of facility systems to provide uninterrupted service, i.e., plant power, plant compressed air, plant vacuum, plant chill water, plant fire protection, and support energy conservation initiatives.
• Adheres to maintenance budget by managing monthly spend to the given forecast, lower maintenance spends from previous year month to month, and explain variances as requested.
• Drives a zero EHS incident culture, support and participate in incident investigations to determine root cause and identify preventive actions, correct unsafe conditions and acts immediately, and use every incident or near miss as a teaching moment for subordinates and others as necessary.
• Attends all Tier meetings and utilize the Pactiv Business System (PBS) to promote continuous improvement, i.e., A3, 5S, SMED, Standard Work, Problem Solving, etc.
• Owns the spare parts inventory by adjusting min/max levels appropriately, maintaining the items, reducing inventory, when possible.
• Oversees and support design and process changes, installations, troubleshooting, completing repairs, and providing data to improve maintenance and reliability processes.
• Interprets drawings, diagrams, schematics, specifications, PLC ladder diagrams, etc., and understand hydraulics, pneumatics, electric circuitry, electronics, and electromechanical concepts, both AC and DC.
• Maintains excellent housekeeping standards to maintain a safe work area.
• Maintains effective communication with operators and plant supervision.
• Immediately addresses and reports safety issues or hazards.
• Maintains excellent safety record.
• Maintains excellent attendance record.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

 

Experience

Experience required:

• Demonstrated industrial maintenance experience.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in a manufacturing environment; including successful completion of jobs or similar activities.
• At least five (5) years of leadership experience in the maintenance field.
• Demonstrated self-comp