Job Description
The Maintenance Manager is responsible for providing leadership and development of the maintenance team. This includes promoting a strong safety culture and support for reliable plant operations.
Maintenance Manager Responsibilities:
- Determines performance objectives for the plant and maintenance department
- Ensures maintenance strategy aligns with business strategy and operations plan
- Develops improvement plans to drive plant operating performance and equipment reliability
- Executes people strategy including talent development and training
- Maintains maintenance budget including labor, repairs, replacements
- Partners with relevant stakeholders to identify and address process improvement opportunities to eliminate waste, enhance safety, reduce cost, increase capacity and productivity, and improve the end product.
- Prepares capital budget forecasts and effectively manages all capital projects/installations
- Leverages both internal and external resources to improve the life of current and new equipment
- Drives continuous improvement, leads root cause failure analysis, and implements countermeasures in accordance with once-and-done strategies
- Uses analytics to identify opportunities in maintenance costs and machine performance
- Executes effective PM and work order programs using predictive and preventive technologies
- Develops and execute TPM & RWP plans
- Ensures maintenance employees are well trained and current on any required certifications to perform the full scope of their job expectations
- Establishes clear and measurable performance expectations and holds team members accountable for delivering the goals
Maintenance Manager Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s degree preferably in Engineering, Science, Operations, or Business
- 5+ years of Maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
- Track record of promoting and ensuring a strong safety culture
- Experience with TPM preferred
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage team members at all levels
- Strong process, engineering, and technical abilities
- Capital project execution
- Continuous improvement mindset