Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager Carlisle PA

Reports To: Plant Manager

Originates and develops analysis methods to determine maintenance demands for components, equipment and processes. Acquires and analyzes maintenance and equipment reliability data. Prepares diagrams, charts, drawings, calculations and reports for avoiding maintenance delays and makes recommendations for improvements. Conducts analysis of maintainability problems and investigates to determine the outage required for the particular situation, with consideration given to cost limitations for equipment uptime/downtime, repair/replacement cost and weight, size and availability of materials/equipment. Determines cost advantages of alternatives and develops action plans that comply with internal/external customer demands for both timely repair and avoiding failures of processes and equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs detailed reliability studies and calculations of component/system downtime. Helps establish good maintenance practices including predictive maintenance.
• Considers impact of costs on recommend actions plans for avoiding/correcting problems during the design phase or remedial action for correcting downtime problems on installed equipment.
• Plans and performs engineering research, design development, or manufacturing engineering assignments, including responsibility for major subsections of complex projects using general engineering practices influenced by the general them of reducing downtime.
• Estimates personnel needs and coordinates the use of technicians to accomplish the objective of cost-effective outage improvements for projects.
• Monitors warranties and service guarantees. Notifies appropriate personnel of impending expiration dates.
• Locates O.E.M. manufacturers and aftermarket distributors in order to obtain competitive costs on parts or improved service.
• Oversee/Plan work and installations completed by Contractors.
• Conduct monthly selective inventory to verify with computerized inventory of maintenance parts and supplies.
• Assist in selection, evaluation and installation of capital and expense projects.
• Implement, maintain and support all company policies including safety program and good housekeeping.

Leadership Attributes:

• Superior time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently and the ability to lead an effective and efficient meeting.
• Teaching skills in order to function effective as a teacher for personnel both in the technical and administrative parts of the position.
• Excellent crisis manager who demonstrates that he/she has high emotional control under adverse conditions and can lead his/her personnel to a successful resolution.
• Excellent employee relations skills including being an active listener, understanding how to appraise personnel, applying both positive and corrective feedback, being able to resolve conflicts, understands and demonstrates positive motivational skills including coaching and delegation techniques.
• Demonstrated confidence including providing a consistent leadership style with an acceptable level of professional assertiveness.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical), Statistics, Maintenance Management. Master's degree in Business Administration preferred.
• Continuous Improvement knowledge including Six Sigma
• Electrical Automation and PLC Programming experience
• Five years maintenance experience in a manufacturing plant as well as 5 years of experience in an engineering / equipment maintenance (management) role managing complex projects.
• Demonstrated supervisory experience

Language Skills: Able to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Ability to effectively present information, respond to questions with supervision and coworkers.

Mathematical Skills: Apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands: Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Pratt is America's 5th largest corrugated packaging company and the world's largest, privately-held producer of 100% recycled containerboard, with more than 9000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt was founded in the USA more than 30 years ago and, since then, has shown dramatic growth with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than 27 states.