Maintenance Leader

Owens Corning•Ocala, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Leader will lead the Maintenance Team of hourly and salary employees. The Maintenance Leader is responsible for building a culture with an unconditional stance on safety. The position is accountable to deliver stable and reliable plant operations with a focus on safety, people development, quality, productivity, and cost. The successful candidate will be responsible for the leadership, training, development and engagement of all maintenance employees. In addition, they must demonstrate a proven track record of leadership and sustained performance associated with plant maintenance programs and operations. Excellent interpersonal skills, leadership, driving change and achieving results through employee engagement are required.

Requirements

A minimum of 5 years of industrial manufacturing/maintenance assignments and experience
Bachelor’s degree preferably in Engineering, Science, Operations or Business
Ability to lead small – medium sized capital installations
Experience implementing TPM systems to drive equipment / process reliability
Ability to prioritize and adapt to a rapid changing environment while balancing multiple responsibilities
Ability to build strong team alignment and communication
Ability to coach and guide for results
Leads through safety and corporate vision
Possesses strong change management skills
Strong organizational skills
Able to anticipate risks and propose practical plans to mitigate them
Data driven decisions
Strong business acumen
Intelligent, creative, analytical
Highly motived and results driven with a high energy level – has a bias for proactive action
Forward thinking leadership abilities, including the ability to motivate, lead by example, encourage teamwork and effective communication

Nice To Haves

Mechanical and Electrical background
Experience, knowledge or trained in Six Sigma, TPM, CMMS
Experience with extrusion or pultrusion processes and equipment
Ability to create and drive change
Leading change management efforts
Demonstrated success coaching and leading teams in an inclusive environment
Managing and delivering results through projects and initiatives
Multilinguals English-Spanish speaking candidate are a plus

Responsibilities

Ensuring a safe, clean environmentally complaint work environment and building a culture where safety is always the number 1 priority
Lead and support safety initiatives and processes to drive to zero incidents
Training and developing employees to safely perform their jobs
Monitors and hold self and others accountable for safety
Determine Performance Objectives for the plant and maintenance department (Safety, OEE, Cost)
Ensure maintenance strategy aligns with business strategy and operations plans
Improvement plans to drive plant operating performance and equipment reliability
People Strategy including talent development and training
Maintains maintenance budget including labor, repairs, and replacements
Partners with relevant stakeholders to identify and address process improvement opportunities to eliminate waste, enhance safety, reduce cost, increase capacity / productivity, and improve the end product
Working with Plant Leader and other plant Leadership determine capital needs to support growth and expansion as well as improvements to meet customer expectations.
Work closely with division capital leaders to build annual capital plans that coincide with division goals and objectives.
Partner with relevant stake holders to identify critical capital needs for the site and build a capital plan that will help plant achieve annual objectives.
Manage capital projects from inception to completion ensuring projects are completed on time and on budget.
Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans to be shared with business leadership.
Continuously improve safety and housekeeping
Lead Ocala Maintenance Department to achieve growth expansion plan
Control/Reduce Operating cost, identify opportunities to enhance efficiencies, streamline processes and leverage resources in order to achieve growth plan
Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis on chronic maintenance issues or repairs
Builds and leads effective teams who are aligned on goals, increase plant performance and work together to win
Builds open, trusting environment that promotes listening, respect, winning and fun
Communicates effectively throughout the plant and ensures people have the right information to win
Partners with shift resources and other relevant stakeholders to ensure maintenance personnel are well trained and remains current on any required certifications to perform full scope of expectations
Ensure people have the skills and capabilities to be successful
Holds people accountable and coaches to high standards and expected performance
Effectively staff the organization to support plant operations
Attract, develop and retain top talent
Invest in growth and development of identified high potential talent