Plant Maintenance Manager

Pratt Industries • New York, NY

1d • $120,000 - $135,000

About The Position

The Plant Maintenance Manager coordinates maintenance and repairs for production and processing machinery and equipment to minimize downtime, and helps maintain the building and facility. The role includes checking, setting up, and operating production tools and equipment before approving them for production use. The manager oversees maintenance personnel, inventory, preventive maintenance, vendors, and equipment-related projects, while supporting company policies, safety programs, and good housekeeping. The position is on call 24 hours a day and reports to the Plant Manager.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Computer and data-entry skills.
• Demonstrated personnel management skills.
• Four years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing plant.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to read a tape measure accurately and calculate percentages, measurements, volume, and rates using high-school-level mathematics.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or graphic instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Knowledge of equipment design and capabilities, cost issues, quality standards, and regulatory requirements, including wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization requirements, company policies, personnel requirements, OSHA, DEQ, and EEO.
• May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License and/or other appropriate certification for work in certain areas or on certain equipment.
• Superior time-management skills, including managing multiple issues concurrently.
• Strong crisis-management skills and emotional control.
• Excellent employee-relations skills, including active listening.
• Demonstrated confidence and a consistent leadership style with an acceptable level of professional assertiveness.
• Regularly stand, walk, and talk or hear; frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and occasionally sit.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• College and/or related technical courses.
• Five years of experience in the corrugated box industry, with substantial experience in electronics, mechanical systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, and electricity.

Responsibilities

• Report to the General Manager and Plant Manager any information that may impede plant operations as soon as it becomes known.
• Monitor warranties and service guarantees, and notify personnel of impending expiration dates.
• Conduct monthly selective inventory and verify it against computerized maintenance-parts and supplies inventory.
• Take utility meter readings and record usage in the computer.
• Locate original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket distributors to obtain competitive parts costs or improved service.
• Order parts and supplies and oversee bar-code scanning of parts inventory.
• Initiate and/or maintain a cost-effective preventive maintenance program.
• Oversee and plan contract work and installations performed by outside vendors.
• Improve career skills through seminars, technical courses, and related college courses.
• Be on call 24 hours a day.
• Assist in the selection, evaluation, and installation of capital and expense projects.
• Implement, maintain, and support company policies and procedures, safety programs, and good housekeeping.
• Recruit, hire, train, and supervise maintenance and electrical technicians.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by management.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation plans and a full benefits package.
• Paid vacation and paid holidays.
• Benefits eligibility within one month of hire, including medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, FSA-dependent care, prepaid legal, and identity theft benefits.
• 401(k) with company match after 90 days.
• Wellness reimbursement program within one month of hire.
• Nine paid holidays annually with no waiting period.
• Paid vacation days after six months.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED