Maintenance Project Manager - Kinston, NC

AIT is the world's largest provider of automation, factory integration and tooling solutions dedicated to the global aerospace, defense, and space launch vehicle industries.

AIT offers a competitive compensation package (including free medical options for employees and their family), casual work environment and excellent growth opportunities.


Summary:
The Maintenance Project Manager directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, completion of productive equipment Troubleshooting & Maintenance activities by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate AIT or contract employees in a customer plant within the framework of a Maintenance Contract with the customer.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for planning and execution of Preventive Maintenance activities to ensure equipment availability in the customer plant.
• Leads a team of skilled technicians (an AIT Technical Support Team) in the customer plant in all Troubleshooting and minor repair activities.
• Utilizes work experience and knowledge of PLCs, CAN Bus or other diagnostic and programming tools to keep automated equipment running. Performs root cause analysis of the equipment failures.
• Monitors and controls costs by effective scheduling of the available internal and external resources.
• Attends customer production and planning meetings, per customer requirements.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and advises the customer on the course of action.
• Answers or returns customer calls within a required time 24/7, assigns technicians available at the plant or comes in after hours to help the customer with an emergency equipment breakdown repair.
• Makes sure Maintenance tasks are performed in a safe manner and is responsible for Maintenance team members’ safety.
• Performs skills assessment and develops cross-functional on-the-job and formal classroom training for Maintenance Technicians.
• Effectively leads AIT on-site Maintenance team to provide excellent service to the customer.
• Acts as a face of AIT in the customer plant – ethical, competent, polite, willing and able to generate new business opportunities by identifying problems within or outside the contracted scope of work and offering solutions to the customer.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Work Experience:
• High School Diploma or GED Required.
• Minimum of a two-year technical degree.
• CPMM Certification or a trade school apprenticeship are a plus.
• Team Leadership and Management experience preferred.
• Effectively works with CMMS (SAP, MAXIMO, e-Maintenance, etc.) to create work orders, set up maintenance schedules, manage spare parts, analyze data, generate reports for the customer.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance Requirements:
• Must be able to obtain, maintain and/or currently possess a Secret security clearance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
List of needed knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully accomplish the duties and responsibilities of the job.
• Performs routine maintenance on equipment and determine when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Reads and understands blueprints, schematics, and/or measuring devices.
• Behaves consistently and predictably; is reliable, responsible and dependable in fulfilling obligations and diligently follows through on commitments and consistently meets deadlines.
• Achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved.
• Clear and effective communication skills in both written and spoken forms.
• Understands how to use the computers, including such tasks as turning the computer on and off, locating and opening files, navigate to websites, perform searches, and download files.
• Knowledge of computer applications including email, databases, word-processing program and spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Office).
• Respond and follow up to a customer’s inquiry or problem in a timely and effective manner.
• Identifies problems and review relevant information to develop options, then implement the solutions.
• Works effectively with different levels of management, team members and customers.

Work Conditions:
Environment Type:
• Indoors. Production and office environment. Temperature controlled, unless products and/or equipment is located outdoors.
Exposure Types:
• Cuts and/or burns
• Dirt, dust, grease and/or oil
• Noisy environment
Work Hours:
• Standard work schedule, overtime may be necessary for meeting deadlines, required travel, and emergent conditions.
Travel Requirements:
• Remote - perform job responsibilities from customer work sites.