Maintenance Manager

Careers•Boston, MA

96d•$115,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

New England Sheets, an affiliate of Schwarz Partners and a corrugated manufacturing industry leader, is hiring a Maintenance Manager in Devens, Massachusetts. The role is responsible for overall plant and equipment maintenance, including repairs to machinery and buildings involving electrical, plumbing, and hydraulic systems. The Maintenance Manager also has direct control of the facility’s parts inventory. The Maintenance Manager coordinates the maintenance program and preventive-maintenance schedules, supervises maintenance crews, directs maintenance projects, and oversees project quality, timing, costs, safety, and housekeeping. The role analyzes maintenance reports to improve efficiency and reduce equipment downtime, manages maintenance spending within budget, oversees purchasing and MP-2-related items, and assigns technicians to appropriate jobs. The manager may support other plants with MP-2 training and perform additional duties such as assisting with plant startups. The position requires weekend work, extended hours, and 24-hour on-call availability. New England Sheets describes its workplace as valuing employees and their families and emphasizes a family-oriented culture, excellence, customer-focused reliability, diversity, and inclusion.

Requirements

At least 7 years of related experience.
At least 3 years of management experience.
Background in steam boilers.
Ability to read blueprints and instruction books.
Knowledge of computers and automated machines.
Strong maintenance, plumbing, and electrical background, including AC/DC motor controls, troubleshooting, and electrical wiring codes.
Ability to speak, hear, see, walk, stand, climb, twist, bend, grasp, reach, pull, stoop, and lift up to 50 pounds.
Ability to work weekends and extended hours and be on call 24 hours a day.

Nice To Haves

Post-secondary education.
Work experience in the corrugated industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and implement the overall maintenance program, ensuring equipment is on the preventive-maintenance program and schedules are completed according to the system schedule.
Supervise and direct maintenance crews carrying out repairs and projects in mechanical, fabrication, plumbing, and welding functions.
Participate on the safety committee and ensure plant-related safety items are addressed in a timely manner.
Schedule and coordinate routine fault-finding, testing, replacements, isolation, modifications, inspections, improvements, installations, repairs, and electrical services for plant and equipment.
Interpret and work with specifications and drawings to ensure maintenance projects are completed efficiently and on schedule while minimizing waste and downtime.
Maintain and analyze maintenance-program and project reports to improve efficiency and limit equipment downtime.
Manage maintenance-project spending, keep expenses within budget, and oversee the spending spreadsheet.
Determine when overtime is required and make appropriate requests; post weekend schedules.
Maintain equipment to OEM specifications or better.
Comply with company policies, procedures, applicable laws and regulations, environmental requirements, OSHA safety and health rules, fire and electrical safety codes, manuals, and SOPs.
Perform maintenance functions and troubleshoot problems to address inefficiencies and prevent equipment downtime when necessary.
Support other plants with MP-2 training and perform additional duties as assigned, including plant startups.
Manage maintenance projects, including quality control, duration, cost, process follow-up, delay resolution, housekeeping, safety compliance, and communication with workers to support efficient transitions.
Oversee the purchasing clerk and MP-2-related items, parts, and inventory.
Evaluate completed work and its quality, identify improvement opportunities, and implement procedures and issue instructions for improvements.
Assign technicians promptly to jobs appropriate to their experience.