REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Four year Technical/Engineering Degree
Minimum 6 years of experience in a manufacturing environment and knowledge of Utilities, Facilities or Production Equipment Maintenance – 4 years minimum experience as a Maintenance Manager
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- The Maintenance Manager is responsible for all Maintenance functions necessary to ensure efficient plant operations; manufacturing, utility services, boilers, ammonia refrigeration, compressed air, electrical services, building maintenance, etc
- The Maintenance Manager also provides coaching, mentoring and skill development to the maintenance teams in; waste elimination, risk management and life cycle asset management to sustain a proactive, planned-scheduled Maintenance programs
- Guide the team to reduce technical stoppages in equipment or areas of common occurrence (priority given to areas of highest incidence or impact)
- Ensure systematic “root cause” analysis of unforeseen; equipment, processes and utilities that are critical to the plant and those where failure can have an unacceptable impact on safety, quality and capabilities
- Monitor plant/equipment trends to ensure best possible operation and reduction of planned/unplanned downtime
- Propose and monitor key performance indicators in accordance with the Best Maintenance Practices
- Facilitate the evolution/refinement of Maintenance activities to optimize planned and unplanned PM’s, changeovers, etc
- Will safely manage multiple projects simultaneously to achieve overall company objectives to maximize operational results and insure profitability
- Ensure the implementation of all repairs/modifications resulting from plant assessments, plant audits, and notifications are executed on time and offer a high-quality workmanship
- Ensure that the job planning, material and services planning is accurate and effective
- Ensure that the equipment history data, root cause analysis are completed correctly and timely
- Develop, train and network with Plant SME’s (Subject Matter Experts)
- Evaluate the performance of team members and provide periodic feedback to ensure development
- Share LCE/TPM and other maintenance-related best practices, leadership/training guides, etc
- Collaborate with team members, suppliers, contractors, and plant partners to ensure customer needs are met and/or exceeded
- Encourage close team work between all plant functions (Productions, Quality Management, etc.)
- Conduct regular inspections of plant PM’s to seek out potential areas for improvement and solicit operator feedback
- Consolidate and analyze the Maintenance budget, drive value-added and sustainable improvements with the assistance of technical team members
- Manage the technical store (tracking of spare parts used), schedule Work Orders, PM’s and provide value-added equipment reorder data as require
- Support and back-fill the roll-out and sustainability of TPM/LCE pillars
- Assures compliance with government regulatory agencies
- Promotes, adheres, and is responsible for Food Safety and Quality
- Maintain and update engineering information (EI) documents (equipment manuals, drawings, schematics, etc.)
