Ensure Safety and Productivity: Monitor and maintain site services and ancillary equipment to uphold safety, quality, and productivity standards.
Lead Maintenance Operations: Coordinate maintenance activities across three shifts, reporting directly to the Plant Manager, to ensure efficient handling of preventative maintenance, equipment installation, and breakdown repairs.
Implement Strategic Practices: Enhance equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and contribute to seamless operations through the implementation of strategic maintenance practices.
Foster Efficiency and Collaboration: Implement effective maintenance strategies, ensuring sustained equipment efficiency, while fostering a collaborative environment within the maintenance team.
Position is responsible for adhering to all Company safety, health, and loss control policies and procedures. Participates in safety, health and loss control training so that at a minimum a general knowledge of applicable ISRS elements, OSHA, and state requirements is maintained.
Responsible for ensuring all direct reports receive required safety, health and loss control training and monitors employee's performance for compliance along with time and attendance for all shifts.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Operate with a "safety first" mindset prioritizing the maintenance and operations teams' safety, including but, not limited to, proper PPE, training and awareness of hazards, etc.
Ensure the maintenance team achieves their allocated work priorities to meet Safety, Quality and Delivery (Production) requirements, thus minimizing production down time.
Willing and able to work with the team on equipment, as needed, to support, lead and train.
Identify and procure (with Purchasing support) materials and stock to ensure part availability for machine PMs and repairs.
Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, generate reports, and provide regular updates to senior management.
Train, motivate and monitor the performance of maintenance personnel to ensure fully acceptable standards and maximum flexibility and cover for production shifts working.
Collaborate with the management team to develop and manage the maintenance budget, ensuring cost-effective operations.
Manage and resolve day-to-day issues, escalating issues to Plant Manager (as applicable) and keeping plant leadership informed of issues likely to have an impact on manufacturing output or engineering resource.
Manage shortcomings in attendance and performance and take appropriated agreed action within the Company's procedures.
Work to continuously improve uptime and processes by modifying PMs and recommending process improvements with Quality, Engineering and Operations.
Effective organization, administration and supervision of a group of maintenance employees with Safety as the priority.
Work generated mainly by production maintenance/breakdown priorities or by work allocated by superior. Situations assessed and agreed by Plant Manager
Recommends spare parts and tools to purchase to ensure minimal downtime
Organizes direct reports to meet priorities to ensure flexible coverage for shift operations.
Allocates work and priorities of maintenance personnel, checking quality and output
Assists in selection of personnel, trains new starters, motivates and monitors performance to ensure acceptable work standards.
Recommends appropriate actions in the event of less than satisfactory performance.
. EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, or related field
KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
Electro-mechanical skills and the ability to apply experience flexibly.
Proven experience as a Maintenance Manager in a manufacturing environment (preferred)
Strong knowledge of compound plastics manufacturing processes and equipment (preferred)
Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing preventative maintenance programs.
Leadership skills with the ability to motivate and manage a diverse team.
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
Ability to motivate team to be effective and efficient.
Organization and administrative skills.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Minimum of 7+ Years maintenance experience in supervisory role in relevant environment.
