LifeMade - Manager, Reliability Automation
About The Position
LifeMade Products LLC, a Jadex Inc operating company, provides tabletop solutions for retail and foodservice industries. The Manager, Reliability Automation leads plant maintenance, equipment reliability, automation, and controls across a 24/7 injection molding operation. The role is responsible for maximizing machine uptime and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), reducing maintenance costs, and transitioning the facility from reactive maintenance to proactive and predictive practices. The manager directs maintenance and controls technicians, manages outside vendors and service partners, and advances automation to improve equipment capability, extend asset life, and support production needs. The position oversees preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; reliability strategies; automation and controls; downtime analysis and root-cause corrective action; predictive maintenance capabilities; maintenance budgets, spare parts, and capital projects; and plant auxiliaries in partnership with vendors. It also evaluates facility equipment needs, recommends technology and equipment improvements, and ensures equipment is ordered and installed in time to meet customer requirements. The manager supports staff training and development, ensures compliance with OSHA, safety, environmental, quality, and ISO requirements, and contributes to continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives. Other duties may be assigned by management.
Requirements
- 7+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience with injection molding.
- 3+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance teams.
- Strong knowledge of PLC control and programming, HMIs, VFDs, servo systems, robotics, and industrial networking.
- Experience with reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), total productive maintenance (TPM), and predictive maintenance programs.
- Proven success reducing downtime and improving equipment reliability.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to push and pull up to 40 pounds.
- Ability to stand and carry consistently.
- Ability to wear required PPE, including hearing protection, safety glasses, and safety-toed shoes.
- Ability to work near or with machinery and hand tools.
- Adequate ability to hear, see, and speak.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Industrial Maintenance, or a related field is preferred.
- Experience in injection molding, packaging, food processing, or high-speed manufacturing environments.
- Experience with multi-platform press fleets such as Netstal, Arburg, and Sumitomo, and integrated automation.
- Experience with CMMS systems.
- Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, or reliability certifications such as CMRP or CRL.
Responsibilities
- Lead preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to maximize machine uptime and OEE.
- Develop and implement machine reliability strategies to reduce downtime and extend asset life across the press fleet, automation, and plant auxiliaries.
- Manage maintenance technicians, controls technicians, and outside contractors, including job analysis and assignments, training and development, and personnel management.
- Oversee automation and controls systems, including PLCs, HMIs, servo systems, robotics, vision systems, and end-of-line automation.
- Develop, implement, and continually improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for all equipment.
- Analyze downtime data and lead systematic, data-driven root-cause corrective actions.
- Build predictive maintenance capability using condition monitoring, vibration analysis, and thermography.
- Manage maintenance budgets, spare parts inventory, and capital improvement projects.
- Maintain plant auxiliaries in partnership with outside vendors, improving system capability and reliability and developing cost-effective plans to extend system life.
- Evaluate facility equipment needs and recommend improvements to existing and new technology, including equipment purchases; ensure timely ordering and installation ahead of customer requirements.
- Develop training and development recommendations for self and direct reports to keep personnel current with new technologies.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, safety, environmental, quality, and ISO requirements, and manage in accordance with company policies and directives.
- Support continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives.
- Perform individual assignments as directed by management and other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
