How you will make history here…
Under the direction of the Plant Manager this position is responsible for the proper maintenance of all equipment in the Production, Logistics , Plant Services, and Maintenance departments and for providing Maintenance support to all other departments as well.
What you will do…
Maintenance Reliability - Assists with direction setting and supports Maintenance reliability KPI's. Drive root cause failure analysis.
Manufacturing Execution - Orchestrates daily Maintenance support of manufacturing at the facility. Manages all Maintenance functions as they relate to manufacturing to achieve plant's operating plan.
Continuous Improvement - Manages continuous improvement efforts within the organization to eliminate recurring manufacturing issues and meet production and efficiency goals. Identifies and implements small capital improvements.
Department Budgeting - Monitors department expense budgets for the Maintenance Department. Manages use of labor and materials to optimize department effectiveness.
Strategic Planning - Develops, recommends, and reviews long term strategies for expense and capital initiatives relating to the Maintenance Department and the successful operation of the plant. Key to the development of the strategic capital plan for the facility.
Personal Development - Develops a competent and efficient Maintenance Department workforce. Assures personnel have the experience, tools, supplies, and materials required for performing maintenance services.
10% - Health, Safety, and Employee Relations - Enforces Company procedures and policies regarding safety and employee conduct; maintaining a work environment that promotes teamwork.
Productivity increases are required to meet plant manufacturing goals. The Manager of Maintenance will work with a multi-disciplined team to identify opportunities and create a support team to achieve the goal. The solutions often involve modifying existing equipment to achieve immediate need, while providing technical information needed to create capital projects.
Equipment design modification, PLC process control, and safety issues will be reviewed. This review would result in an action plan looking at expense/capital funding, allocation of time and personnel, and production schedule.
Must be able to quickly address technical related issues that Production brings forward. Involves identifying if a problem actually exists and the most efficient use of materials and manpower to correct. Enhance present preventive equipment PM programs to a system of predictive maintenance. Form a predictive maintenance team to gather and analyze data which could be formatted to a predictive program using the latest equipment technologies (oil analysis, vibration, etc.). Utilize root cause failure analysis for problem solving.
Ensure annual plant shutdowns facilitate regulatory inspections and on-time repairs that can only be accomplished during the shutdown periods.
Who you will work with…
You will work with all departments in the facility.
What you bring to the table... (Must Have)
BS in technical discipline
6 years of experience in plant engineering and/or maintenance
It would be great to have… (Nice to Have)
Superior problem-solving skills. Presentation skills. Relationship management skills.
Capital project implementation
Financial budget experience
Experience with T.P.M. tools and plant reliability initiatives
Experience with predictive maintenance
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