Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager ensures that equipment and labor objectives are met for the maintenance department, establishes and plans maintenance priorities with input from operations management, provides direction and approval to contractors and champions a safety conscious workforce. This includes staff motivation, evaluation, environmental health & safety (EHS), training, staffing levels, equipment needs, scheduling and employee relations issues.

Duties and Responsibilities

These responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work safely and follow safe working practices.
• Act to correct or report unsafe working conditions and behavior.
• Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.
• Attend and complete Company required training.
• Assist maintenance planning and reliability maintenance with CMMS / Ivara system.
• Monitor and improve processes, procedures and equipment to reduce or eliminate safety hazards and risks, with a goal of achieving a zero OSHA recordable case rate.
• Manage, direct, coach, mentor, lead, train and motivate subordinate personnel to achieve departmental goals and objectives in a timely and safe manner, while continuously striving to improve subordinate skills and manufacturing effectiveness.
• Develop and implement maintenance training strategy to enhance core skills and competencies of craft personnel.
• Maintain a high level of internal control over the maintenance processes and implement controls to adequately manage business risks consistent within Company expectations. This includes preparing and monitoring performance of plant wide maintenance spending to budget.
• Manage, set priorities and lead all maintenance activities and processes to meet customer requirements and plant goals for safety, quality, quantity produced and cost effectiveness.
• Establishes staffing levels, equipment needs and maintenance schedules to ensure quality products, and timely and cost effective deliveries.
• Develop and implement overall Maintenance Strategy and work with Reliability to ensure maximum equipment operational availability.
• Function as primary contact for mechanical and electrical contractors on shut downs, capital and major maintenance projects.
• Maintain and foster positive employee relations and communications both within the Maintenance Organization and among the plant’s various departments.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the General Manager.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications required to successfully perform this role.  These are the qualifications that are necessary for someone to be considered for the position.   A reasonable accommodation may be allowed for some aspects of the role as determined by Human Resources.

This position is a “Safety-sensitive position” per the definition of MN Statutes, meaning: “a job in which impairment caused by drug, alcohol or cannabis usage would threaten the health or safety of any person.”

Minimum qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum of five years working in fast paced, multi-tasking industrial manufacturing environment
• Minimum of three years of supervisory experience, including conducting personnel reviews, hiring and firing
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in an industrial maintenance function.
• Advanced computer skills including MS Office software
• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and the tools associated with failure detection (i.e. vibration analysis, oil monitoring, thermography) as well as the software associated with them
• Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge and aptitude
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Outstanding benefits package including:

• Benefits starting Day 1
• Competitive starting pay
• On-the-job training
• A culture that strongly believes in promoting from within
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K with company match
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid vacations and holidays

Location:   BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA

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