Senior Manager, Maintenance

Company Overview Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Business Unit BAMG
- Des Moines Management Level Management Job Category Engineering & Science Position Summary

The Des Moines, IA facility is an automated tire manufacturing plant that produces both radial and bias agricultural tires on a 24/7 basis. This is an onsite, full-time role that will require absolute commitment from the Senior Maintenance Manager to be onsite as the needs arise. Full relocation assistance is being offered for the right candidate. The Senior Maintenance Manager position is a key plant leadership role focusing on designing, planning and implementing maintenance programs to optimize the availability and productivity of manufacturing facilities and equipment.

Problems faced are often complex and require extensive investigation and analysis. This position requires the ability to influence others to accept practices and approaches, and the ability to communicate and influence executive leadership on a regular basis. This position directs, plans, controls, staffs and organizes the activities and development of subordinates to achieve the overall safety, cost, production, and quality objectives of the maintenance, powerhouse and factory storeroom areas.

Incumbent also coordinates the activities of other production and staff departments to assure continuity with plant objectives. Additionally, is responsible for all equipment, building, support staff, communication internally and externally, motivation of staff and maintenance personnel, as well as long range strategic planning activities for the maintenance area(s). Continuous success is only achieved through proper strategic planning.

• Provide a Safe and Environmentally Sound Work Environment – Promote safety awareness. Initiate and monitor safety programs. Ensure safety meetings are conducted. Investigate and countermeasure all accidents and safety violations for both maintenance and powerhouse, outside contractors and assist with the production departments. Report results. Develop plan for improvements. Meet and exceed plant and corporate goals. Assure environmental compliance with all maintenance tasks.
  
  Supports the mission of the environmental engineer as needed.
• Maintain Quality Standards – Educate and Develop all personnel in local standard practices and the BSJ Maintenance Standard QA sensor and Accuracy Control modules. Work with all production areas to reduce waste, promote good housekeeping, and secure necessary assistance in developing and implementing plans for continuous improvement.
• Ensure Cost Effectiveness – Develop the maintenance and powerhouse budgets. Direct and control all activities consistent with the plant manager's policy, budget, waste, scrap, downtime, frequency objectives. Monitor and analyze responsible department and plant performance, countermeasures adverse trend or problems areas for expected results. Obtain and develop resources as necessary to meet department and plant objectives. Establish effective cost reductions program.
  
  Manages expense budgets >$30M annually.
• Maintain Maintenance Objectives – Establish plan…