Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. is accelerating the shift to American energy independence with positively ingenious solutions that transform how the world stores power. Our breakthrough Znyth™ aqueous zinc battery was designed to overcome the limitations of conventional lithium-ion technology. It is safe, scalable, efficient, sustainable, manufactured in the U.S., and the core of our innovative systems that today provides utility, industrial, and commercial customers with a proven, reliable energy storage alternative for 3 to 12-hour applications. Eos was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey.

The Maintenance Manager is accountable for meeting production deliverables, immediate communication to the management team regarding production, quality, environmental or safety issues, and managing the performance and conduct of maintenance employees. The Maintenance Manager will be a working supervisor capable of troubleshooting automation, robotics, plc, human-machine interfaces, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and HVAC systems. This position coordinates with an external service provider to provide excellent janitorial services. Weekly reports including mean time between failure, mean time to repair, and overall equipment effectiveness will be submitted to the Director of Operations to cover the scope of the week.

Responsibilities

• Supervise maintenance team members, which includes scheduling, completing performance reviews, issuing corrective action, training, timecard approvals, Maintenance Recording verification, etc.
• Measure and monitor equipment condition using maintenance software and schedule preventive, reactive, and equipment improvement maintenance activities.
• Manage all planning, scheduling, and material flow issues to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
• Act as communications hub for the team, disseminating pertinent and timely information.
• Ensures routine manufacturing functions, as well as special manufacturing needs and repair of warranty product, are scheduled.
• Monitor maintenance activity and costs, using data indicators to schedule workload, ensuring equipment availability. This includes maintenance metrics, implementing countermeasures, manage checklists, perform safety inspections and audits, conduct manufacturing investigations, and perform root cause analysis, etc.
• Maintain and boost production efficiency, initiate and implement continuous improvement projects, and work with manufacturing engineers to implement new processes.
• Assist in performing hands-on maintenance duties as needed.
• Own quality output for the team as a key stakeholder in Eos's quality program.
• Ensure team members keep a clean and organized work environment. Immediately address and resolve any clutter or disorganization to avoid errors, loss of productivity, and/or safety incidents.
• Models professional behavior and adherence to policy, as well as the ability and willingness to hold team members accountable to the same behaviors and policy.
• Develop and maintain key performance indicators for the maintenance department to measure and track costs, performance and effectiveness.
• Coordinate all maintenance activities with all manufacturing departments to ensure customer needs are being met.
• Promote and utilize Predictive Maintenance principles for long-term management of equipment health.
• Implement and sustain TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) using the 8 pillars of TPM.
• Acts as an administrator of CMMS system.
• Working times and schedules will need to correlate with Manufacturing. This can mean working second or third shift, weekends, extended hours, or on occasion, holidays.
• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic experience required.
• CMMS experience required.
• Strong knowledge of shop equipment, tools, and work safety.
• Ability to manage time, priorities and schedules for team members and self.
• Ability to motivate and influence people.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to make effective decisions in an expedient manner while maintaining extremely high-quality standards.
• Ability to appropriately prioritize resources based upon need.
• Knowledge lean manufacturing methods (e.g. Kaizen, SPC, TPM, FMEA, DMAIC, Six-Sigma) a plus.
• Good communication and organization skills.
• Solid skills and experience using Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Project management experience a plus.

Education and Experience

• Associate's degree or 2 year trade school degree required.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field, and/or 2 year trade school degree and equivalent experience preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience.
• Experience should include a minimum of 5 years' supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.

Travel

• Local Travel
• Overnight/North America Travel: Less than 10%

Working Conditions

• Office Environment - Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time and occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. May be required to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Factory - The worker may be subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, vibration, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to temperature changes or exposure to chemicals. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes, airborne particles, odors, dust, mists, and gases. The noise level in the work environment can be loud. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes. Machinery operation requires the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to eye safety glasses, hearing protectors, work boots, and lab coats. May be required to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.