Maintenance Manager

Guardian Industries is seeking a Maintenance Manager to join our team in DeWitt, Iowa!

In this role, you will lead a team that maintains plant machinery that includes glass melting furnace equipment, raw material batching equipment, utility water and compressed air systems, fans, robots, automated glass handling equipment, and plant support equipment.

We are a principled based company that relies heavily on teamwork and ingenuity. We pride ourselves on being the partner of choice for our internal and external customers.

• Lead and strategically manage the Maintenance department and all maintenance-related activities that are aligned with the plant vision
• Provide coaching and feedback to help employees recognize their strengths and weaknesses within their role to help them succeed in the organization.
• Develop solutions and make recommendations for maintenance and operations teams using analytical tools such as RCM, FMEA, and RCA.
• Generate an environment that seeks to challenge the employee to acquire and learn new knowledge that will help them to continuously improve
• Implement reliability centered maintenance management practices to ensure equipment is always in a dependable state of readiness
• Utilize maintenance data systems that support work orders, preventative maintenance, and reliability improvements
• Organize, coordinate, and lead maintenance team to successfully meet plant objectives
• Manage the diagnosis of equipment problems, determine repair/replacement needs of machinery, tear down, repair/replace defective parts and reassemble equipment
• Lead cost control and continuous improvement in your department which includes critical & consumable spare inventory in Plant storeroom.

• Experience leading and managing a Maintenance/ Reliability department
• Experience in partnering with Production leadership to resolve issues and improve plant equipment reliability.
• Experience with identification and development of leading indicators for reliability of critical assets
• Experience maintaining hydraulics, pneumatics, and industrial level electrical / PLC's, motor control centers, Utility systems, transformers, switchgears, process instrumentation.

• Experience in innovation
• Experience with condition monitoring through use of technology & sensors to monitor health of assets in real time
• Experience with robotic equipment
• Bachelor’s of Science degree in Engineering
• Experience working in a 24/7/365 operation

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: