Maintenance Manager

Position Summary:

Develop strategy for maintenance related initiatives while directly supervising and coordinating the activities of the maintenance personnel ensuring maximum efficiency of daily workflow.  Ensure that facilities, machines, and equipment are both functional and safe.  Create plans to guarantee proper set-up and changeover of all production machines.  Identifies and leads continuous improvement projects, planning and organization of maintenance department, implementation, and upkeep of CMMS, and assures the development of sound management practices that lead to optimal preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, maintenance KPI development, profitability, and cost performance. 

Duties:

• Owner of execution and upkeep of CMMS at Administrator lever.
• Ensure MaintainX full integration in daily maintenance department activities.
• Create an asset management program to include barcoding and maintaining accurate records of all company assets. Responsible for long term re-build and predictive maintenance.
• Establish, execute, and monitor weekly PM schedules to effectively allocate mechanic support of setting-up, repairing, and maintaining machines and equipment.
• Formulate maintenance needs and requirements within established budget process to execute maintenance strategy short and long-term.
• Establish and maintain machine vendor relationships to ensure maintenance goals are exceeded. Requires the ability to negotiate contracts to ensure tools and parts are on-hand when needed.
• Evaluate, budget, and execute spare parts inventory to meet operational demand.
• Experience recruiting, developing, on-boarding, and managing maintenance teams while collaborating with other team members in different departments.
• Establish short- and long-term strategic R&M plans within expected deadlines.
• Meet and exceed budgeted R&M spending.
• Construct and execute annual EH&S audit and compliance program.
• Respond to operational equipment outages and/or confers with appropriate individuals to arrange for scheduled operational equipment downtime to be released from service for inspection, service, or repair.
• Formulate SOPs and establish policies for inspection, maintenance, and repair of operational equipment.
• Provide oversight and expertise for inspections of production equipment to determine issues, troubleshoot and implement corrective actions.  Assist in diagnosing malfunctions in machinery and equipment based on knowledge and apply past experiences.
• Build inventory management program and maintain inventory levels and accurate records for machine/equipment spare parts, materials, tools and arrange for purchase as needed.
• Lead facilities planning, space allocations, machine movement, and cost estimations for equipment.
• Assigns and directs activities of maintenance department personnel in alignment with repair schedule.
• Consult with vendors, suppliers and/or equipment representatives regarding operation, servicing and maintenance of respective machines/equipment.  Obtain quotes and negotiate for repair services not performed internally.
• Investigate and evaluate cause and extent of damage to operational equipment and plant facilities.   Report findings to appropriate personnel.  Make recommendations and/or initiates actions for improvement.
• Develop, revise and/or recommend standard maintenance or operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards. Determines best practices and institutes improvements.
• Resolve worker issues/complaints and/or refers to higher authority for resolution.  Compiles, stores, and retrieves maintenance data.
• Instruct, teach and/or demonstrate troubleshooting methods of pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems.
• Review and monitor department budget and costs.
• Support and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and programs.
• Ensure effective employee management such as, but not limited to, absenteeism, training, performance management, employee relations, etc.  Provide proper employee coaching following company policies and procedures.
• Identify, hire, train, supervise, motivate, develop, and recognize maintenance mechanic personnel.
• Oversee and ensure a clean, neat, and orderly maintenance shop area.
• In addition to the accountabilities listed above, individual may perform other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience

• Degree: bachelor’s degree in engineering, administration or facility management or equivalent experience of 10 years in maintenance management role.
• Working knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems
• Familiarity in drafting and understanding blueprints and