Maintenance Manager

Wabtec • Las Vegas, NV

12d • $95,808 - $126,900

About The Position

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us. Who are we? Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! Who will you be working with? The Facility Maintenance Manager will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of a comprehensive site maintenance program to include direct management of the site’s maintenance team. This key staff position will help drive LVR’s preventive maintenance program, support the production team by responding to and limiting equipment downtime, and coordinating both equipment OEM and contractor maintenance visits. How will you make a difference? This role is responsible for forecasting and managing annual plant maintenance budgets. This role will drive structure, rigor, and process improvements into the maintenance team and into the plant’s maintenance practices. In this role, you will interact cross-functionally with plant staff, our workforce, site maintenance technicians, business-level resources, and numerous equipment OEM’s and vendors that support the facility.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in an Engineering / Maintenance / or other technical discipline, OR a High School Diploma / GED with at least 8 years of facility/maintenance management.

Nice To Haves

• A safety focused leader, with ability to assess risk for non-standard activities.
• Experienced with developing and enforcing LOTO procedures.
• Experience/familiarity with the TPM system and concepts, including Lean principles.
• Demonstrated analytical skills and strong problem-solving history.
• Demonstrated performance managing multiple detailed projects simultaneously.
• Time management skills, ability to adjust to changing priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to influence others.
• Wabtec knowledgeable, Unit Exchange facility experience preferred.
• Proactive attitude and a sense of urgency with meeting role objectives.
• Experience with remanufacturing operations.
• Demonstrated experience managing maintenance for a facility and/or operation.
• CNC and/or other relevant machine programming experience.
• High sense of urgency with demonstrated ability to prioritize.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.
• Proven hands-on mechanical skills, ability to work on machines or equipment.
• Project management experience.
• Experience with equipment installation and facilities modifications, including management of capital and expense projects
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and function calmly and effectively in stressful situations.
• Experience using Maximo or similar maintenance ERP system.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and coordinate all maintenance activities throughout facility.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are performed in accordance with all site and OSHA policies and practices.
• Manage maintenance and other associated budgets, seek opportunities to reduce cost.
• Request quotes, place and manage purchase orders for maintenance and facility related items.
• Manage and maintain critical spares for machines, minimizing downtime and overall repair cycle.
• Institute preventative maintenance program on critical machines as defined by operations team.
• Utilize sensor enabled machines to prevent failure, reduce downtime, and aid in machine troubleshooting.
• Lead in hiring, training, supervising, and managing Maintenance Technician team.
• Develop a team that is focused on working together to solve complex problems.
• Facilitate budget and annual spend estimates, to include managing P&E budget.
• Monitor the selection, contract placement, safety, and ongoing control of all contractors on site.
• Maintain status of building equipment documentation to include failure statistics and analysis.
• Manage and control of operation of outsourced contracted services.
• Open availability during off-shifts as needed for priority calls from the facility staff.
• You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Benefits

• This role is also eligible for a performance bonus.
• More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, is available at mywabtecbenefits.com .
• Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.

What This Job Offers

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