Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager oversees all maintenance activities within the production facility, ensuring machinery and equipment operate at peak efficiency by implementing preventative maintenance schedules, managing repairs, leading a team of maintenance technicians, and working closely with other departments to minimize downtime and optimize production output.

The Maintenance Manager will report to the Plant Manager and lead the plant maintenance team to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair the plant equipment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise and lead the plant maintenance team
• Practice, train, and enforce safe and best practices with employees
• Ensure employees are trained on job specific assignments
• Train plant personnel to assist in basic maintenance and PMs
• Audit plant performance at completing maintenance tasks.
• Develop and refine maintenance planning processes; and preventive maintenance programs for mechanical and electrical equipment
• Evaluate and ensure the quality of maintenance performed by internal plant maintenance teams and external vendors.
• Identify plant performance issues and provide recommendations for equipment and design changes to correct them.
• Manage equipment vendor relationships with major equipment suppliers; global spare parts program; spare parts inventory order parts as needed, determine and manage stocking levels
• Oversee maintenance of forklifts and front end loaders
• Perform hands-on escalated maintenance troubleshooting and repairs; periodic preventive maintenance checks as required; basic electrical troubleshooting and repairs
• Support Continuous Improvement initiatives; emergency repair processes; provide plant managers and plant maintenance teams with first-line escalation support during equipment failures.
• Track equipment status, redistribute maintenance and spare-parts assets, and expedite high-priority repair efforts to maximize plant uptime performance.
• Weld and fabricate, as needed, patch holes in steel chutes and transitions
• Other Duties as assigned

Qualifications and Requirements:

• 3 to 5 years of industrial manufacturing maintenance experience in a supervisory role
• Able to work safely and efficiently
• Ability to lead and direct the work of others with excellent communication skills
• Ability to manage time and prioritize tasks effectively
• Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings and schematics preferred
• Advanced mechanical and electrical maintenance skills, including three-phase electrical troubleshooting
• ERP systems and TPM Maintenance Program experience, preferred
• Strong computer and plant controls skills with analytical problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Rigging of motors, conveyor pulleys, and other heavy components
• Strong experience with mechanical conveyors
• Strong welding and fabrication skills, i.e., stick and/or wire welding

Education:

• High school diploma, or equivalent, required
• Lean Manufacturing experience, 5s, and/or Six Sigma certification a plus
• College Degree or technical training in industrial maintenance and repair preferred
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• MS Office required, including Excel, Word, and Outlook

Working Conditions:

• Will be exposed to dusty and noisy conditions periodically
• A mixture of light, moderate and heavy physical activity

Physical Requirements:

Ability to occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. 50 % bend, stoop, twist, reach, and climb steps. Up to 75% walking or standing required. Employee is regularly required to use hands to troubleshoot equipment, and large and small mechanical parts, regular fine hand manipulation, and may be required to write and type on a computer keyboard.