Melt Cast Technical Manager

Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™. We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return. Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities.

We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and  providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship.

The Technical Manager – Melt Cast is responsible for leading and coordinating technical activities for Cast House 1 and Cast House 2, including equipment and process reliability, outage and shutdown planning, preventive maintenance coordination, contractor management, technical documentation, troubleshooting, and employee technical training.

This role serves as a key technical resource for Melt Cast operations and partners closely with Operations and Maintenance to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient equipment and process performance.

Lead and coordinate technical activities for Cast House 1 and Cast House 2.

Maintain current equipment records and ensure appropriate preventive maintenance is performed in coordination with Maintenance.

Coordinate with Maintenance and Spare Parts Inventory in planning preventive maintenance activities and equipment needs.

Schedule Maintenance work for planned shutdowns, outages, and preventive maintenance (PM) activities.

Coordinate daily and weekly maintenance work-planning activities.

Track equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and reduce downtime.

Provide technical troubleshooting support for equipment and process issues.

Read and interpret equipment manuals, P&IDs, and other technical documentation.

Manage process-control changes and ensure equipment records and process documentation are updated appropriately.

Provide on-call technical support for equipment issues as needed.

Coordinate contractors supporting technical, maintenance, and outage activities.

Train Cast House employees on Cast House procedures.

Provide technical training on equipment operation, troubleshooting practices, and applicable technical standards.

Work off shift to provide technical training and operational support, as needed.

Develop and coordinate technical training to strengthen employee knowledge, equipment capability, and process consistency.

Identify technical skill gaps and establish training priorities in partnership with department leadership.

Reinforce proper procedures and technical standards through coaching, observation, and hands‑on instruction.

Maintain and update daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly technical and maintenance reports as required.

Track and report equipment performance, downtime, preventive maintenance activity, and other department metrics.

Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, processes, maintenance practices, safety, quality, and productivity.

Recommend technical and operational improvements based on equipment and process performance.

Support continuous improvement and corrective‑action initiatives related to Melt Cast equipment and processes.

Ensure technical records and department documentation are accurate and current.

Comply with company policies and…