Maintenance Manager

Bodycote North America • Hartford, CT

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Bodycote is the world’s largest provider of thermal processing services and is seeking a Maintenance Manager to join their team. This position is safety-sensitive due to the nature of the business and the heavy industrial market. The Maintenance Manager, based in Berlin and South Windsor, CT, will perform essential job functions related to heat treatment under the direction of the General Managers to meet customer specifications, including assisting other employees as needed at both locations. This role leads and manages the mechanical maintenance department, acting as the Subject Matter Expert for repairs and maintenance of mechanical process equipment. The Maintenance Manager will provide daily maintenance support and capital project support, manage contractors, assess plant capital equipment needs, and manage the CapEx budget. Responsibilities include advising and instructing maintenance technicians on proper repair procedures, tracking maintenance via the work order system (including a PM program), managing the parts stockroom, ordering parts, and creating/revising engineering drawings for plant equipment.

Requirements

• Must satisfy ITAR compliance requirements, therefore candidates must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Resident Card Holder.
• Four-year college degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology or a related discipline.
• Five (5) yrs. supervisory experience.
• Ten (10) yrs. cumulative maintenance experience in an industrial environment.
• Deep and thorough knowledge of industrial manufacturing systems and heavy duty piping and plumbing.
• Experience with cooling water systems and treatment of water.
• Experience with cryogenics and high pressure gas systems.
• Basic electrical troubleshooting skills.
• Basic hydraulic troubleshooting skills.
• Computer proficiency.
• Ability to report for work on time, follow directions, interact effectively with co-workers, understand and follow rules and procedures and accept constructive criticism.

Responsibilities

• Supervises employees who perform maintenance and install equipment used in thermal processing applications.
• Monitors, reinforces and oversees health, safety and environmental (EHS) performance of department and employees.
• Resolves chronic or acute equipment issues.
• Identifies, selects, assigns and supervises contract personnel who perform specialized maintenance work or who supplement department work.
• Monitors progress of employees in terms of skills training and identifies/assigns specific training as required.
• Directs the scheduling of daily and monthly routine and preventive maintenance activities as well as working with operations department to determine scheduling of equipment that requires shutdown.
• Utilizes the computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) for maintenance work order management, documenting equipment information and managing preventive maintenance requirements.
• Creates, edits or revises less complex engineering drawings using computer aided engineering software.
• Works closely with equipment vendors and suppliers on identifying and ordering specialty equipment or parts, and objectively reviewing vendor or supplier performance in terms of service quality and timely response.
• Evaluates and gives performance feedback both informally and through the use of the formal performance management system.
• Manages capital projects by initiating Capital Asset Requests, initiating purchasing requests for CapEx project related items, and supervising installation and project milestones and timing.
• Maintains a high degree of fiscal budget responsibility for the plant and department through organized management of purchase orders and competitive supplier bidding.
• Owns the assessment of facility conditions and initiates facility repair and/or maintenance activities.
• Maintains argon and nitrogen gas inventories and paper work with every delivery.
• Prepares month-end reporting, and updates facility maintenance and Environmental Management System KPIs.
• Performs duties in a safe and responsible manner to prevent customer loss or damage to customer inventory.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager