Job Description
Job Summary
The Manufacturing Maintenance Manager oversees the maintenance team to ensure optimal performance and reliability of manufacturing equipment and processes. This role involves developing and implementing maintenance strategies, managing repair and upgrade projects, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The manager collaborates with production teams to minimize downtime and improve operational efficiency while leading continuous improvement initiatives. Strong leadership, technical expertise, and project management skills are essential to drive productivity and support the company's manufacturing goals.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Safety
Considers safety throughout the operation a top priority and ensures all personnel are adhering to set policies and procedures
Continuously analyzes processes for safety improvement opportunities
Ensures compliance with all local, state and federal regulations
Maintains a safe and clean working environment
Troubleshooting and downtime minimization
Personally, or through the direction of subordinates, troubleshoots, diagnoses, and repairs a variety of shop machinery and equipment, including, but not limited to, Shears, Press Brakes and Turrets, often with the use of electrical and hydraulic schematics
Troubleshoots PLC systems and Robotic equipment by utilizing programming logic when required
Maintains ongoing communication with all relevant departments regarding equipment downtime
Ensures maintenance support is available during all manufacturing hours including night and weekend shifts
Facility Maintenance and troubleshooting
Performs basic and routine facilities maintenance, construction, and repair tasks according to service, quality, and safety standards
Evaluates current and potential external service contracts for building and grounds maintenance where appropriate and provides recommendations to management team
Preventive Maintenance
Maintains equipment, parts, and supplies inventories by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed equipment, parts, and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt
Ensures the proper operation of machinery and equipment by ensuring scheduled and assigned preventive maintenance tasks and work orders are completed on time
Maintains accurate and comprehensive records through the development and use of maintenance software
Product and Process Optimization
Evaluates equipment downtime, capacity, efficiency and safety data to recommend improvement or replacement
Provides recommendations and analysis of annual department and capital budgets
Evaluates and tests new equipment and technologies as needed
Prepares and implements full qualification and onboarding plans for all new equipment – Installation, Operation and full Process testing
Serves as project manager for multiple projects, creating timelines and cost projections, organizing collaborative meetings, allocating resources and ensuring projects comply with specifications, timelines, and budgets. Effectively collaborates with vendors and internal departments, such as scheduling, to minimize impact to shop productivity
Supervises all maintenance and manufacturing engineering personnel. Responsible for employee training, development, engagement and retention.
Recruitment
Participates in recruitment preparation/job scoping, review resumes, participate in interviews and selects candidates to ensure the department is fully staffed in cooperation with Human Resources.
Training and Development
Develops, implements, maintains, and revises, effective training documentation and schedules for every position in the department
Ensures training plans encompass a comprehensive understanding of equipment and technologies to effectively provide support to production teams during all hours of operation.
Ensures that training for all employees is up to date and maintains a schedule for refresher training as needed
Provides ongoing feedback regarding expectations and performance timely to ensure training is effectively applied
Personally, or through the direction of subordinates, provides training to production workers on routine preventive maintenance techniques and monitors compliance
Performance Management
Evaluates employee performance for productivity and quality
Actively addresses employee conduct and performance issues in a consistent and timely manner
Completes performance reviews in a timely and thorough manner and provides continuous feedback to all direct reportsâ¯
Accountability
Resolves employee issues and works with Human Resources and leadership to develop and carryout appropriate actions. Prepares documentation as appropriate
Administers disciplinary action and performance improvement plans ensuring performance standards are met and enforcing all company policy and procedures, in cooperation with Human Resources
Administration
Manages employee’s time; reviews, updates and approves employee timecards and/or paid-time-off requests and ensures accuracy
Expectation to understand, participate in, and support company COS initiatives, with focus on developing a lean mindset.
Other duties as assigned
Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Ability to assess, problem-solve, and trouble-shoot mechanical issues
Effective problem solving, judgment, and independent thinking skills for troubleshooting, solutioning and resolving challenging issues
Demonstrated experience with the practical application of continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen
Must have strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with and positively influence all other functional areas including Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Scheduling, Shipping/Receiving and Safety
Able to handle frequent interruptions, meet tight deadlines and handle conflict in an effective manner
Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
Excellent mathematical and analytical skills
Education and Experience:
Required:
Ten (10+) plus years of related experience and training
Forklift certification and prior experience
Experience programming and troubleshooting PLCs, HMIs and related equipment
Experience making repairs to, and conducting maintenance on, robotic equipment
Preferred:
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical/Automation engineering
Experience with Microsoft Office products
Working Conditions:
Duties will involve frequent movement between plant office, loading docks and manufacturing floor. The individual will experience moderate factory noise, welding illumination, and occasionally work outdoors during loading. The incumbent will typically work independently and without direct assistance or supervision. PPE must be worn as required including but not limited to Steel toed shoes and safety glasses. The incumbent occasionally performs work-related travel, less than 10% of the time. Additionally, some special projects, initiatives, or intermittent business needs may require the flexibility to work on alternate day or shift hours for extended periods of time.
Physical Requirements:
OCCASIONALLY
FREQUENTLY
CONTINUOUSLY
(0-30%)
(31-60%)
(61-100%)
LIFTING OR CARRYING
1-10 LBS
X
11-20 LBS
X
21-40 LBS
X
41-50 LBS
X
51 OR MORE LBS
X
PUSHING OR PULLING:
1-40 LBS
X
41-50 LBS
X
51 OR MORE LBS
X
BENDING OR STOOPING
X
REACHING ABOVE SHOULDER LEVEL
X
DRIVING AUTOMATIC EQUIP. VEHICLES
X
OPERATE MACHINERY OR POWER TOOLS
X
CLIMBING (LADDERS, STAIRS, ETC.)
X
WALKING
X
STANDING
X
SITTING
X
WORKING IN EXTREME TEMPERATURES
X
REPETATIVE MOTION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: WRISTS, HANDS AND/OR FINGERS)
X
VISION
X
HEARING
X
DEXTERITY
X
HAND EYE COORDINATION
X
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