Maintenance Lead
CorningAbout the role
Requisition Number: 70479
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Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.
At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.
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Corning’s businesses are ever evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, and automotive markets. We are changing the world with:
- Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
- Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
- Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
- Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences
- Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation
The purpose of this position is:
- Coordinate and facilitate the daily activities of the maintenance repair function.
- Ensure that equipment operates efficiently through the effective use of preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
- Collaborate with operations leadership to determine priority and ensure communication is clear.
- Collaborate and coordinate internal projects with engineering team
This position includes significant duties such as:
- Troubleshoot equipment failure and perform root cause analysis.
- Facilitate root cause analysis in a team environment.
- Provide technical assistance, coordinate maintenance activities, and direct workflow to effectively support production operations.
- Verify personnel complies with safety and environmental policies.
- Create, review, complete, modify, reclassify, and cancel work orders in CMMS as required.
- Interface with CMMS Administrator to improve spare part inventory.
- Plan and schedule preventative maintenance and repair work that require equipment downtime.
- Interface with production department to communicate any problems/ issues.
- Responsible for dispatching and directing maintenance personnel to ensure equipment is in proper working condition.
- Participate in team meetings with engineering and production.
- These meetings could include, but are not limited to production planning meetings, engineering process reviews, maintenance planning meetings or reviews, and equipment improvement teams (EIT).
- Work with engineering to best determine necessary maintenance support and resources for projects.
- Coordinate the maintenance requirement specifications for the design of new machinery and/or upgrades/ improvements to existing
equipment. - Assist in planning, and in some cases conducting training for maintenance technicians.
- Procure needed parts, supplies, and fabrication material for projects or machine repair as required.
- Assist in tracking critical maintenance metrics.
- Examples include overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), Mean Time Between.
- Failures (MTBF), scheduling compliance for repair/project/preventative maintenance work, and overall maintenance costs.
- Work in a team environment that fosters safety awareness and mutual respect.
- Support the Maintenance Master Trainer with the training of maintenance personnel on troubleshooting and equipment repairs.
- Attention to consistent material handling procedures with an awareness of safe material transport according to environmental and hazardous materials protoco
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