Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for overseeing the maintenance requirements of production, facility, and utilities for a 24/7 manufacturing environment. Design, implement and manage programs for effective maintenance operations.

Responsibilities are to be completed with consideration of safety, cost, efficiency, timeliness, and production of a quality product within specifications. This is a highly collaborative position requiring strong organizational, follow up and communication skills.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish plans which support company maintenance and performance objectives and communicate these effectively to the plant teams and all levels of employees.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to aid in the accomplishment of objectives and develop a knowledgeable and efficient maintenance team.
• Identify and lead root cause analysis of maintenance failures.
• Support problem resolution and decision-making.
• Manage reliability requirements as determined by the Corporate Reliability Manager.
• Establish systems to collect data, analyze productivity and set targets to meet department goals
  • Changeover targets
  • Overall Equipment Efficiency
• Establish and meet corporate key performance indicators
• Assist with preparation and management of maintenance budgets to meet set objectives.
• Implement and utilize visual and structured communications through a well implemented and sustained Tier process.
• Establish an environment that prioritizes the response to outages and the restoration of equipment functionality.
• Ensure utilization of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), LEAN tools and computer applications to:
• Improve Operational Equipment Efficiencies (OEE) percentages and reduce equipment downtime.
• Track key performance indicators on an ongoing basis.
• Identify and communicate issues to plant management.
• Implement appropriate corrective actions to deliver departmental results.
• Identify predictive maintenance opportunities and ensure timely completion of changeovers, set-up, and preventative maintenance requirements
• Maintain accurate records of maintenance operations
• Support management and prioritization of work orders

• Use a comprehensive and methodical project management approach to ensure successful implementation from inception through to completion.
  • Prepare and present timelines and budgetary requirements.
  • Manage internal and external participants for successful completion of objectives, through project status meetings focused on on-time and on-budget delivery.
    • Work directly with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
    • Maintain Operations team involvement with and knowledge of the project through effective communications including status and debriefing meetings.
• Manage and develop a highly skilled maintenance staff that is process driven and excellence motivated.
• • Hire and train a team of maintenance employees to conduct a full range of responsibilities at the manufacturing site.
  • Identify roles and responsibilities with the maintenance department.
  • Coach and develop existing employees within a pay-for-skills environment.
  • Identify, implement, and manage effective training programs and procedures in the maintenance area and ensure training requirements are met.
  • Develop employees for next level opportunities to ensure your and their progression within the organization.
  • • Conduct timely skills evaluations.
    • Translate plant goals into functionaland individual goals.
• Facility maintenance and monitoring that is focused on providing a safe and work friendly environment at an acceptable cost.
• Maintain improvement year over year in kWh per finished good pounds.
• Through the application of LEAN tools such as 5S and Gemba walks, supervise the activities of the building/utility/mech upkeep ensuring personnel maintain a clean and orderly facility.
• Ensure that employee work and non-work areas are structurally sound, functional, safe, and environmentally compliant

• Manage and monitor the completion of day-to-day maintenance responsibilities.
  • • • Perform daily and weekly inspection of facility to ensure smooth Operations.
      • Demonstrate a year over year improvement on Maintenance Scorecard as evaluated during Operations Review process.
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