Overview:

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Facilities and Maintenance Manager position is responsible for planning and implementing preventative maintenance, equipment and facility repairs and upgrades through effective management of internal and external maintenance resources.  This position is also responsible for maintaining and initiating all health, safety and environmental standards, managing projects within budget and deadlines, supervising and determining training and development needs of the maintenance team members. 

Principal Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Direct the activities of the maintenance department to ensure that all plant equipment is maintained and repaired with minimum downtime. 

• Scheduling preventative maintenance for all machines and make sure scheduling is executed. 

• Coordinate priority maintenance scheduling with production requirements in conjunction with department managers and production scheduling. 

• Enforce all safety procedures and policies and ensure work is done in compliance with State and Federal regulations including ARC Flash, LOTO, HAZMAT, etc. 

• Ensure buildings’ security is maintained at all times.   

• Establish contact with vendors as needed and take bids, approve bids (working closely with procurement) and supervise and inspect work to assure quality.   

• Budget and control of department costs. 

• Creates and implements strategic directions for reliability and maintenance. 

• Implement asset productivity improvement programs in areas of uptime, mechanical integrity and reliability engineering. 

• Oversee MRO room to insure inventory accuracy and stocking of required machine parts. 

• Manage janitorial resources and facility services, including grounds maintenance. 

• Ensure adequate catering and vending services. 

• Perform special projects as required. 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities 

• Talent management – the desire and ability to identify talented team members and foster their growth.  Manages all personnel reviews, skills matrix, training oversight and recruiting.  

• A results driven individual who has demonstrated ability working in a high performance manufacturing environment. 

• Attention to details with the ability to manage the big picture. 
• Must be able to manage multiple, complex tasks and deal easily with pressure on a day in and day out basis. 

• Ability to motivate, communicate and drive continuous improvement. 

• Critical thinker with excellent analytical skills and the ability to learn technical processes quickly. 

• Strong written and oral communication skills. 

• Solid planning, leadership and administrative skills. 

• Strong skills in lean manufacturing or Six Sigma with the ability to lead kaizens regarding TPM, uptime and safety. 

• Able to develop and foster good 6S skills within the maintenance team and department 

•  Qualifications 
  • BS degree in Engineering, Technical Field or equivalent is desired. 
  • 7-10 years Maintenance Engineering experience with industrial facilities and equipment; wire and cable experience highly desirable. 
  • Demonstrated experience leading high performance cross functional work teams. 
  • Experience with process control and new product introduction technologies. 
  • Proven project management skills. 
  • Strong record of Lean Sigma Tools implementation is desired.

Compensation

• The typical base salary range for this role is $121,000.00 to $181,000.00. Actual placement within this range will be determined by factors such as relevant, experience, education, skills and geographic location.