Maintenance Manager

MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Production manufacturing infrastructure, facilities, machinery and equipment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Responsible for the management for the entire maintenance department function activities in delegating assignments of the daily preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance across a diverse asset base including mechanical interchangeable die/cam-style coiling machines newer and older CNC cold and hot-forming coilers heat-treat furnaces, draw furnaces, powder coat booths and drying ovens, quenching oil conveyor systems, dust collection filtration units, shot peening machinery equipment, rolling tapering embossing machines, wet surface end-face grinding machinery and end-of-line coil testing, load verification, and quality inspection equipment.

· Fully owns the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to record and track work order backlog, MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance and equipment history.

· Transition maintenance operations from reactive firefighting to a structured planned pro-active preventive maintenance schedule to reduce repeat chronic machine and equipment downtime.

· Directly train, coach and mentor a multi-shift team of multi-craft maintenance technicians, supervision engineering and maintenance planning personnel.

· Manage shift scheduling, time reconciliation, emergency on-call response, and performance evaluations of all maintenance personnel.

· Foster a strong culture of safety, accountability, high technical standards, and continuous improvement on the shop floor.

· Enforce strict compliance with OSHA, EPA, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Arc Flash, NFPA fire prevention standards, and environmental regulations (specifically regarding quench oil safety, ventilation and fire suppression systems.

· Ensure the proper working of all electrical units and systems in the facility.

· Ensures the implementation and adherence to standard operating procedures.

· Works closely with production operations manager, quality assurance manager/technician and safety manager/coordinator and reports out maintenance plan of activities that aligns with operational, quality and safety objectives and goals.

· Partner with plant operations on capital installation projects construction, line relocations, equipment rigging, and commissioning during facility expansion logistical phases.

· Ensures maintenance department compliance with both corporate policies on safety regulations local regional, state and federal government agencies such as OSHA and EPA standards.

· Oversees maintenance repairs and operations critical spare parts inventory, tooling organization and critical vendor/contractor relationships of the ordering for spare parts and equipment for replacement and ascertaining the proper documentation of the same.

· Oversees the management of all equipment contract maintenance service agreements contracts including forklifts, cranes and hoists heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), air compressors, dock doors and ramps.

· Coordination in collaboration with engineering department the installation and commissioning of new production equipment.

· Troubleshoot and problem solve complex equipment failure modes without requiring external engineering escalation.

· Establishment and maintenance upkeep of routine shift-to-shift, day-to-day visual maintenance and safety checks for critical primary direct manufacturing machines and ancillary equipment and secondary indirect facilities, utilities machines and auxiliary equipment.

· Ensure all maintenance personnel are up-to-date, properly educated and trained in all aspects of maintenance electrical/mechanical skills with conformance and compliance with all safety procedures such as how to perform lock-out tag out (LOTO) and arch flash procedures.

· Oversee and administer the maintenance budgets and ensure costs controls are kept within budgetary requirements.

· Serve as a liaison between the maintenance team and the rest of the organization and advocate for the department's needs.

· Conduct root cause failure analysis (RCFA) process management when triggered to do so.

· Develops, monitors, tracks, and reports out on a wide range of maintenance department key performance qualitative or quantitative indictors and metrics to measure evaluate interpret performance track progress metrics including but limited to work order backlog, overall equipment effectiveness, preventive maintenance completion rate, percentage down/uptime, meantime between failure, meantime to repair etc.

· Department enforcement to established 5S housekeeping standards.

· Perform any other duties as necessary and at the at the discretion of senior company management.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

· Knowledge of Microsoft office and computer maintenance management systems (CMMS).

· Excellent Math, written and verbal communication skills.

· Machining, electrical, welding, plumbing, electrical power and control, pneumatics and hydraulics.

· Ability to lift, climb ladders, platforms, and work in tight spaces in and around machinery.

· Use of general hand tools.

· Forklift certified.

· Good organization skills

· Ability to manage and coordinate work of others.

· Good time-management skills.

· Excellent communication skills.

· Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

· Read and understand electrical/mechanical schematics.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required

· Associate degree or bachelor’s degree in mechanical/electrical engineering technology, industrial maintenance, or equivalent trade school or military service qualification completion.

· Minimum 7–10 or more years of industrial maintenance experience preferably in a metalworking, forging stamping, or spring manufacturing environment, with at least 3–5 years in a formal Maintenance Manager or Maintenance Supervisor or Maintenance or Maintenance Team Lead role.

· Demonstrated mechanical expertise in hydraulic, pneumatic systems equipment, gearboxes, mechanical linkages, power transmission, and precision tooling alignment.

· Strong working knowledge of industrial heating processes (gas/electric furnaces, temperature controls, combustion, and quench oil circulation systems).

· Firsthand proficiency knowledge with industrial hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, filtration, and conveyor systems.

· Solid industrial electrical troubleshooting skills (up to 480V 3-phase, motor controls, sensors, and basic PLC diagnostics).

· Experience with using and implementing or managing a structured CMMS program.

· Strong command of industrial safety programs (LOTO, Machine Guarding, Hot Work, Confined Space).

· Strong organizational leadership and technical problem-solving skills under operational pressure.

· Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve complex mechanical failure modes without requiring external engineering escalation.

· Excellent communication skills to interface between shop floor technicians, plant management, and external equipment vendors using all forms of communication competency to convey ideas clearly and effectively through verbal, non‑verbal, written, and visual means, including adapting to different media and contexts emails, collaborative communication platforms.

· In-depth knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems maintenance

Desired

· Interdisciplinary engineering field such as a certification such as Mechatronics that integrates mechanical electrical, and computer systems to design intelligent, automated machines and products.

· Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification would be a strong plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; reach with hands/arms; lift and/or lower; push and/or pull; and use hands to finger,

handle, feel and/or finely manipulate objects. The employee must frequently lift/move and/or push/pull up to 20 lbs. and occasionally lift/move and/or push/pull up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Use of vision correction is acceptable, if necessary; however, any vision correction apparatus must meet all safety guidelines for the area of activity.