Maintenance Engineering Manager

LaMotte Chemical Products Company • Chestertown, MD

just now • $73,299 - $127,012 • Onsite

About The Position

THIS NOTICE IS BEING POSTED BECAUSE AN APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT ALIEN LABOR CERTIFICATION WILL BE FILED FOR a Maintenance Engineering Manager. ANY PERSON MAY PROVIDE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE BEARING ON THE APPLICATION TO:

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Atlanta National Processing Center, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5311, Washington DC 20210

This notice is posted in compliance with 20 CFR 656.10(d). Any person may provide documentary evidence bearing on the application to the Certifying Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor holding jurisdiction over the location of the proposed employment referenced above.

LaMotte Chemical Products Company located in Chestertown, MD, has an opening for a “Maintenance Engineering Manager” at a minimum rate of pay of $73,299.00- max of $127,012 per year.

The Maintenance Engineering Manager at LaMotte Chemical Products is responsible for engineering, preventative maintenance on equipment, and building maintenance for the Chestertown facility.

Requirements

• The successful applicant for this position must have the minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field with chemical, mechanical, electrical, or industrial preferred with minimum of 2 years’ experience with automated equipment, ISO 90001 requirements and audit training.
• Also required is 2 year’s leadership experience with electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems.
• Must be able to transport (safely carry objects/materials within same facility/location) up to 50 lbs., operate shop equipment, power tools and hand tools.
• Requires ability to lead, mentor, and coach a diverse maintenance team with the ability to demonstrate leadership, time management and sound judgement.
• Further requirements include ability to: read and understand technical instructions and manuals; experience and skills in areas relating to building construction and modification; knowledge of total productive maintenance techniques; automation experience and the ability to learn LaMotte specific automation controls for customized production equipment; ability to service, manage, control, and monitor low humidity environments; and ability to work based on guidance and without supervision.
• The position’s work site is 802 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, Kent County, MD, with no travel required.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that Maintenance Engineering team members, contractors and other maintenance related individuals work safely and comply with all applicable safe work practices/procedures.
• Leads the Maintenance Engineering function at the Chestertown site to safely achieve the highest level of asset effectiveness, while maintaining quality standards.
• Establishes and maintains maintenance management system records, equipment histories and other data to maximize asset availability and performance (OEE).
• Works directly with new equipment manufacturers: Develop equipment specifications. Approves mechanical drawings. Resolves any issues. Develops and conducts Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) when equipment is completed, before being shipped to LaMotte. Manages and is involved in equipment installation, start up, and testing. Trains LaMotte’s equipment operators and Maintenance team on the operation and care of equipment. Troubleshoots and addresses equipment failures/issues. Aids in the development of equipment preventative maintenance (PM) practices and spare part stocking levels.
• Assures that LaMotte proprietary automation equipment is operating, has spare parts, and that maintenance personnel are trained on robotics, vision systems, controls, and custom human machine interfaces.
• Assures critical spares, subassemblies and components are available.
• Attends daily production and weekly Operations & Quality Leadership Team meetings.
• Ensures that all preventative and predictive maintenance work is completed as specified and optimized as new information is obtained.
• Ensures that all LaMotte specific humidity requirements are met for high control environmental rooms, and that all monitoring equipment properly detects out of specification conditions within the LaMotte Building Management Alarm System.
• Leads and participates in Kaizen events as needed to obtain step-function improvements in performance.
• Identifies, develops, justifies, plans and implements capital projects to improve maintenance and facilities reliability and performance, without compromising LaMotte specific environmental specifications.
• Works with R&D, QA, and Operations, investigates problematic production processes and/or products using Lean, Six Sigma, SPC, DOE and other sound engineering techniques. This may be done independently or as part of a team. Works closely with Operations to implement improvements.
• Coaches and supervises five (5) Engineering Technicians employees: a. Conducts oneself professionally and leads by example. Maintains confidentiality of company information and personnel information. b. Maintains records of each employees' attendance Reviews timecards for accuracy and approval and submits them in a timely manner to Payroll for processing. c. Assists employees with questions or problems they have regarding work assignments, priorities, safety, personnel issues, etc. d. Coaches and develops staff, fosters a team atmosphere. e. Counsel’s employees when necessary and recommends to Management such personnel actions, disciplinary action, transfer, termination of employment, etc. Documents any issues, counseling efforts, etc. f. Evaluates employees using the Company's performance appraisal system.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• LaMotte offers paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays.
• We have several employee events including holiday events, employee appreciation events, community events, employee engagement, etc.
• Full-time employees, who regularly work at least 30 hours per week, are eligible for quarterly profit sharing bonus if company meets quarterly sales and profit targets, employer-provided insurance including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and supplemental insurance.
• Full-time employees are eligible to contribute to our 401(k) plan with an employer match available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees