Manufacturing Maintenance Mgr. / Plant Engineer

• Ensure the safety of all employees by leading a comprehensive safety process to prevent injuries. Lead plant compliance of all federal, state and local environmental and safety regulations.
• Effectively implement/maintain a reliability-centered maintenance process that drives machine uptime, improves OEE and lower operations costs by championing the Maintenance Excellence process.
• Provide department leadership to ensure the highest standards of plant condition and equipment performance are achieved and sustained.
• Ensure maintenance department personnel possess the appropriate skills and are qualified and proficient. Identify and support technical training and development for department employees.
• Scope and execute capital projects, participate in annual plant budgeting, manage department spend. Identify technical improvements to equipment/processes.
• Apply reliability tools to determine the root cause of critical equipment failures and downtime. Identify the appropriate countermeasures and solutions to improve equipment reliability and prevent recurrence.
• Perform as a key member of the plant leadership team – positive communicator and problem solver - driving for plant/process improvements, meeting objectives and setting the bar for performance standards.
• Support pillar continuous improvement activities.

• Minimum experience 3+ years of successful experience leading an industrial manufacturing environment and/or 5+ years of supervisory manufacturing experience.
• Minimum education required: Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with CMMS preferred.
• Experience in TPM or Reliability field preferred.
• Strong understanding of OSHA requirements related to equipment in-house. Ability to identify gaps and assist in implementing countermeasures to achieve Zero Safety Incidents.
• Ability to lead and develop a highly collaborative and effective team.
• Excellent organization, project management and communication skills
• Proficient in Root Cause Analysis techniques (FMEA’s, 5Why’s, ATS, etc.) and developing/implementing Countermeasures to drive Zero Breakdown culture.
• Process-oriented. Can identify gaps in any process and implement solutions.
• Basic mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, instrumentation, lubrication and predictive maintenance understanding.
• Ability to effectively learn the plant’s equipment and processes.
• Ability to manage costs and reduce/optimize where needed.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and CMMS experience

Ashley