Sr Maintenance Manager
About The Position
The Senior Maintenance Manager is a fully onsite role at E.A. Sween’s Eden Prairie facility and also oversees the Annandale location. As a member of the plant leadership team, this role collaborates with the Site Plant Manager and Sr Director of Operations to lead facilities and maintenance operations, processes, programs, and budgeting across two Minnesota manufacturing sites. The position oversees equipment maintenance and staff in a three-shift manufacturing operation and is responsible for equipment reliability across facilities and manufacturing equipment. The manager develops and sustains maintenance systems, including preventive and planned maintenance, parts-room management, kitting, root cause analysis, planning and scheduling, predictive maintenance, and effective use of the Asset Essentials CMMS. The role also leads, coaches, and develops maintenance personnel; provides technical support for troubleshooting and repairs; supports production and new product development; manages maintenance spending and overtime; and ensures regulatory, permit, and safety compliance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an industrial or mechanical engineering-related field is strongly preferred; 15+ years of proven production or manufacturing maintenance experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
- 10+ years of proven leadership or management experience required.
- Knowledge of facilities operations in a production environment, including air handlers, HVAC, electrical, and plumbing.
- Expertise in mechanical and electrical machine troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance.
- Proven ability to lead, coach, and mentor a technical team.
- Strong communication and project management skills.
- Strong organizational and decision-making skills.
- Exposure to Lean concepts, TOC, layout design, cost/benefit analysis, labor productivity analysis (including time studies and standardized work), and safety, ergonomics, and human factors.
- Intermediate to advanced PC skills, including Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Nice To Haves
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
- Proven experience implementing TPM World Class Maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with maintenance leaders, planners, storeroom personnel, engineers, operators, and mechanics.
- Communicate proactively with Production about potential equipment and compliance issues, using Redzone asset data to help minimize downtime.
- Provide appropriate, timely support to help meet production goals.
- Help develop a world-class maintenance organization and support implementation of TPM pillar processes.
- Lead and provide technical support for troubleshooting and repairs.
- Provide on-call and on-site support during emergencies.
- Create a proactive work environment involving mechanics in work planning, coordination, and execution.
- Implement a zero-breakdown methodology using continuous improvement tools and processes.
- Develop an Equipment Reliability Program incorporating planned maintenance.
- Ensure full use of the Asset Essentials CMMS to support informed decision-making.
- Implement and use predictive maintenance technologies to improve equipment reliability and planned maintenance.
- Manage the integrity and maintenance of production equipment, facilities, and utility assets using the internal CAPA root cause analysis process.
- Establish maintenance prevention specifications so plant equipment is reliable and easy to maintain.
- Manage processes and procedures for preventive maintenance and repairs, equipment installation, tool and consumable ordering and control, equipment inspections, and contractor services.
- Manage spare parts inventory and maintain a robust list of critical spare parts and supplies.
- Provide technical support to R&D during new product development.
- Assess maintenance personnel skills, develop training plans, and monitor training execution and effectiveness.
- Conduct performance reviews with direct reports and support development of individual goals.
- Regularly audit maintenance technicians’ work and provide feedback.
- Report, track, and provide quarterly input for the maintenance budget according to established guidelines.
- Manage and track overtime based on production needs while staying within budget.
- Complete mandatory company training and attend external training as needed.
- Follow regulatory requirements, including hazardous waste management, OSHA regulations, LOTO procedures, and Safety Leadership requirements.
- Ensure maintenance personnel follow safety guidelines and recommendations.
- Ensure facilities maintain current permits and licenses.
Benefits
- Incentive bonus opportunity of up to 15% of annual salary, prorated based on start date.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
