Maintenance Manager

Location: Bridgeton

Who We Are:

Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day;

they are the true driving force in our operations.

Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time ng part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!

Challenge is #Quality Driven and #People Powered!

Who We Want:

The purpose of the role of Maintenance Manager is to lead maintenance employees of multiple disciplines, assign daily tasks, enforce company policies, and assist with maintenance tasks as needed. They will also develop processes to maximize stewardship, safety, quality, and productivity.

What You'll Do:

Ensure personnel follow established safety procedures and implement improvement projects. Maximize reliability, efficiency, and safety of equipment.

Manage press, weld, crib maintenance supervisors and personnel. Oversee day-to-day operations and tasks to ensure smooth performance of overall operations.

Ensure manpower is sufficient and properly trained to work in an effective and efficient manner.

Maintain effective predictive and preventative maintenance programs by use of established metrics, planning, PM program, and predictive technologies.

Ensure corporate standards are upheld and maintained.

Install and/or modify manufacturing equipment to meet production requirements.

Work with outside contractors when scope of repair is beyond in-house capabilities.

Respond to production emergencies and down equipment. Oversee maintenance and repair of production and facilities equipment.

Manage projects to provide prompt response to requests and issues from multiple departments.

Implement best practice processes to increase productivity, quality, and output.

Participate in continuous improvement activities and recommend process improvements.

Effectively communicate with corporate and plant teams to ensure effective outcomes.

Ensure all communication is clear, concise, timely, and thorough.

Ensure department participates and works effectively to meet corporate and plant cost metrics.

When and Where:

This will be a 1st Shift /6:00 AM - 4:00 PM M-F position located at our Plant in Bridgeton, Missouri.

Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.

What You Need to Have:

Associate or bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Technical Discipline strongly preferred

Three to five years’ work experience in a maintenance leadership role required covering multiple shifts.

Experience with predictive and preventative maintenance programs required

Willingness and ability to obtain appropriate (hilo, crane, lift, etc.) operating licenses

Automotive industry experience preferred

Computer literacy required, including MS Office (Excel) and ERP/MRP system (Plex is a plus) experience

Strong team building, decision-making, organization, multi-tasking, and people management skills

Has high standards of performance for self.

Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes.

Is thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks; demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work.

Takes positive action to objectively resolve conflict by listening, staying focused on issue to find resolution, and monitoring progress.

Maintains positive relationships by constructively resolving conflicts.

U…