Maintenance Manager

Job Description

Job Description

• Use technical knowledge, equipment documentation, safety procedures, and maintenance schedules to improve and develop preventative and routine maintenance programs.
• Directly supervise maintenance workforce personnel and salaried staff, including mechanics, electricians, laborers, hoist operators and planners/buyers across 3 shifts per day. This includes responsibility to be on call as needed on off-shifts and weekends.
• Has a safety focused approach to gaining results in all areas of responsibility and administers the company's safety program to ensure a safe work environment including proactive solutions, timely corrective actions of hazards, and proper housekeeping.
• Ensure proper maintenance practices are followed to minimize repeat failures.
• Supervise in a manner that creates a positive labor relations climate. Interprets the contract and management policies to supervisory team.
• Develop a team environment, encompassing staff at all levels and expertise that utilizes individual, site and corporate strengths to meet daily business needs, solve problems, develop and implement long-term goals and objectives.
• Responsible for ensuring accountability standards are maintained within the maintenance department.
• Accountable for identifying and executing cost reduction projects.
• Ensure weekly schedules are adhered to for production equipment to remain reliable.
• Responsible for overall oversight of electrical projects/work and infrastructure.
• Prepares operating cost center budget and constantly monitors expenditures to stay within plan.
• Investigates and resolves problems related to engineering and maintenance.
• Monitors the purchasing of spare parts and inventory of spare parts, as well as setting minimum and maximum quantities.
• Instills a proactive approach to maintenance, being the champion for change and continuous improvement for the maintenance team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.