Maintenance Manager

Autoneum is globally leading in acoustic and thermal management for light and commercial vehicles. The Company develops and produces multifunctional, lightweight and sustainable components and systems for interior floor, interior trim as well as engine bay and underbody. Customers include almost all automobile manufacturers in Europe, North & South America, Asia and Africa. The Company with its head-quarters in Winterthur, Switzerland, is listed on the SIX Swiss Ex-change (ticker symbol AUTN).

In this position, you will direct and manage the activities for the maintenance team, which include hourly and salary direct reports. As the manager of a team of maintenance technicians, planner and supervisors, you will be responsible for training, scheduling, and leading the team to the next level through continuous improvement. Your continuous improvement projects are driven by analysis of key manufacturing data.

You are a highly organized person that takes pride in your work and appreciates an environment where superior work is encouraged and rewarded and where individuals take ownership towards meeting organizational goals to increase machine uptime, reduce cost, perform root cause analysis for proper diagnostics, and improve the consistency of machine performance and condition.

The role also requires that you have had technical successes in previous roles in machine design/maintenance, controls, mechanical and electrical troubleshooting, including PLCs, drives, and motors, preventative maintenance, Lean Manufacturing, and development of new processes.

• Manage a team of maintenance supervisors and technicians, maintenance planner and MRO crib, including personnel and machine maintenance schedule. This is a hands‑on working supervisor/manager role.
• Set daily and long‑term tasks, directions, and goals for the team utilizing a maintenance work order system
• Design and implement a training program for maintenance technicians that span general troubleshooting procedures to specific key skills needed to solve recurring machine breakdowns efficiently and permanently
• Hire, coach, and develop our maintenance team into world class talents to include the establishment of a long term journeymen apprentice program
• Improve and schedule Preventative/Predictive Maintenance programs of manufacturing machines to be on‑time and of the highest quality and effectiveness based on data (MTTR, MTBF)
• Foster a culture of root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and discipline in the maintenance teams through regular training and feedback to team members
• Lead root cause analysis of poorly understood machine breakdown events and recurring problems to design countermeasures to prevent recurrence
• Provide support to technicians to ensure timely installation of new equipment and effective implementation of changes in maintenance process
• Day to day support to Production in timely order fulfillment through rapid response on machine breakdowns that minimize downtimes and maximize productivity
• Standardize routine maintenance work through development of clear SOPs and its implementation
• OEE improvement in increased machine uptime through scheduled/planned maintenance of machines based on data driven by MTTR and MTBF
• Collaborate with Production and Engineering teams to design and implement machine improvements that reduce cycle times or increase reliability of production machines
• Develop and maintain proper documentation of procedures, equipment changes, maintenance tasks, etc.
• Set up, maintain and update spare parts inventory through our MRP Tracking System (SAP) utilizing a min/max inventory process reorder process driven by MTBF
• Ensure compliance with all related IATF-16949, ISO 45001 and ISO-14001 policies and procedures.

• BS Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field preferred. Equivalent years of experience in high volume manufacturing accepted.
• High sense of urgency
• 2+ years experience in supervision and management of direct reports
• 5+ years experience as maintenance technician or engineering in high volume manufacturing, industrial, or military…