Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager will ensure business goals are achieved by organizing, prioritizing, and leading the repair and maintenance initiatives that support the world class production of wallcovering. The focus of this role is to maintain our equipment in a consistent manner, thereby enhancing efficiency, lowering costs, and maximizing asset utilization. This role will also be responsible for maintenance of site facilities/buildings.

• Plan and oversee the day-to-day activities of a four-member maintenance crew
• Coordinate and oversee Maintenance and Engineering purchasing
• Organize and maintain the maintenance spare parts inventory
• Act as a liaison between the Operations, Engineering and Maintenance departments in scheduling and coordinating day to day maintenance activities and executing projects
• Coordinate and lead troubleshooting activities to identify problems at the root cause and implement systemic solutions to prevent reoccurrences
• Provide feedback and support to department staff, including weekly meetings focused on safety and performance
• Ensure that all maintenance programs are appropriate and adhered to
• Regularly review and revise plans for Preventative Maintenance activity, department scheduling
• Ensure that proper Spare Parts Inventory levels are maintained at all times
• Provide emergency response to maintenance items as required
• Continually strive to improve processes to eliminate waste
• Develop strong working relationships with all staff and with all departments within the facility
• Provide training to Maintenance Team and Operations Team Members on primary and ancillary equipment
• Assist in solving problems while contributing to team building in a Continuous Improvement environment
• Communicates job expectations; plans, monitors, and appraises job results; coaches, counsels, and disciplines employees; enforces and upholds systems, policies, and procedures
• Maintains staff by co-interviewing, selecting, orienting, and training employees; developing personal growth opportunities
• Conducts performance appraisals, approves timecards, tracks attendance points, submits pay changes, and completes and presents all progressive discipline to direct reports
• Resolves personnel problems through active listening, investigating issues, identifying solutions, collaborating with HR, and recommending actions
• Collaborate with Engineering on a day by day basis, representing the Maintenance dept in Capital projects.

4 Maintenance Technicians over 2 shifts

• Associate Degree preferably in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience managing and leading people and leading in a team environment
• Knowledge of "Best practices” for maintenance coordination and supervision.
• Experience interacting with outside contractors and OEM
• Experience with CMMS, work scheduling, and preventative maintenance. (eMaint a plus)
• Strong focus on plant and equipment reliability.
• Demonstrated people management skills.
• Basic knowledge of mechanical systems.
• Basic knowledge of pneumatic systems.
• Basic knowledge of electronics, PLC’s, AC/DC motors, and motor controls
• Experience troubleshooting PLC programming.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing and/or Six Sigma methodologies desirable

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to computer screens using keyboard functions and other hand usage.