Maintenance & Engineering Manager at Lakeside Book Company in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Job Description:

Work Hours: Standard Working Hours

Location: Harrisonburg, VA

As our Maintenance + Engineer Manager, you will:

• Ensures all safety equipment, guards, and devices are always in place, and follows safe work procedures and safety rules. Ensure cleanliness and organization of the area assigned. Makes sure area/machine of work is clean after finishing up repairs or PM.
• Train all employees to necessary standards of Operation and oversee the training program for the skilled trades in partnership with Human Resources.
• Oversee Installs, maintenance, and repairs to equipment. Locates and diagnoses trouble in production equipment.
• Oversee the repairs of assembling and disassembling all tools and dies, along with all assigned machinery and equipment. Understand and follow blueprints,
• Analyze the process for out-of-control limits for cause and take corrective action where possible.
• Responsible for the downtime performance to meet plant efficiencies to budget
• Ensures compliance to standards; and recommends modifications of existing equipment to achieve optimal performance to achieve site KPI objectives
• Communicates all pertinent information between departments and between shifts on changes to equipment, production schedules, production obstacles or any other related information.
• Responsible for ongoing PM&R E-Maintenance and equipment check program adherence
• Analyze data on parts usage, tooling usage, raw material usage, etc. to develop and implement process or preventative maintenance improvements
• Completes and/or administers documentation such as area or machine-specific reports

• Bachelor degree in discipline related to functional work or role with 8+ years of relevant work experience OR demonstrated ability to meet the job requirements through a comparable number of years of applicable work experience.
• Able to apply broad work experience and knowledge when analyzing complex problems. Must be able consistently identify critical elements, variables and alternatives to develop solutions.
• Must be able to organize/prioritize existing resources and incorporate new information, as needed, to implement the most effective solutions.
• Able to apply excellent functional computer knowledge in utilizing Microsoft Windows, MAC, or other technical tools in completing assignments.
• Able to apply expertise in all the tools or applications used to complete work assignments.
• Able to explain programs policies and procedures in language that is understood by others. As well as, mentor junior level team members in the use of tools and/or systems in the position. .
• Must be able to modify communication style both formal and informal to match the appropriate level of the audience targeted.