Lead Manager – Maintenance

Role Overview

• Ensures all programs reflect thorough application / understanding of policies, procedures and corporate/regulatory standards.
• Ensures compliance with safety, housekeeping and product quality standards and ensures regulatory and ISO (or similar certifications if required) requirements are met.
• Manage production or maintenance activities to meet production demand, quality and cost requirements.
• Provides leadership to direct reports, contractors, and third parties to meet manufacturing goals and supports strategic direction of function.
• Track and analyses performance metrics and uses data to recommend improvements and identify process changes.
• Ensure project management is embedded in program execution.
• Participate in change management processes and help others to understand reasons for change.
• Demonstrate and drive high performance for team and functional areas.
• Communicate performance expectations, evaluate performance against goals and communicate results.
• Drive collaborative efforts within own function; solicits others' ideas and perspectives to solve problems; uses external resources to identify best practices.
• Use sound judgment in decision making by understanding how all functions of the business fit together.
• Provides input for business case development and lead team members in applying to functional work activities.
• Alignment of maintenance staffing to perform daily maintenance tasks, prioritize work orders, and oversee their completion to ensure minimal production disruption.
• Development of training plans to support equipment, process changes, individual and team capability development
• Work directly with OEM vendors to drive equipment part improvements for longer life, obsolescence changes, machine upgrade modifications
• Ensure and develop maintenance strategies to prevent breakdowns and extend equipment life
• Monitor, adjust, and ensure proper set-up of equipment spare parts to achieve maintenance strategies and production
• Manages Repairs and Maintenance budget to track cost and continuous improvement
• Cross shifts point of contact for production on escalations for safety, quality, utilities, and maintenance issues

Requirements

• High School diploma or G.E.D. required and 7+ years progressive work experience Management, or related field and 5+ years progressive experience.
• Demonstrated track record of high performance in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent leadership, communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to make sound and timely decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven self-starter who generates new ideas and challenges the status quo.
• Self-motivated, energetic, flexible and adaptable to change.
• Good computer skills, including Microsoft Office Professional Suite and other system driven controls and data.
• Associate’s degree in Technical, Business, Management or related field and 6+ years progressive work experience; or bachelor’s degree in Technical, Business Management, or related field and 5+ years progressive experience.
• Experience managing production employees in a manufacturing setting.
• Experience in an FDA regulated work environment.
• Strong background in electrical and controls applications in a manufacturing environment

Benefits

• 401(k) plan that offers opportunity to save on pre
• and post-tax basis up to 50 percent of eligible compensation.
• Company matches 100 percent of employee pre-tax/Roth (401k) contributions up to six percent
• Company contributes an additional three percent to 401(k) whether employee participates or not
• Comprehensive health
• and welfare-benefits package (including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drugs)
• Health Savings Account start-up contribution for employees who elect the high deductible health plan
• Flexible spending accounts for both Health Care and Dependent Care allowing employee to use pre-tax dollars to pay for qualified expenses during the calendar year
• Employee assistance program offering 8 free counselling sessions, per issue, each calendar year for employees and their dependents
• Company paid life insurance of 1x annual base pay ($50,000 minimum)
• Company paid accidental death or dismemberment insurance of 2x annual base pay ($50,000 minimum)
• Voluntary insurances offered at group rates: employee and dependent life insurance, AD&D insurance, critical illness, accident coverage, disability buy-up, and auto & home insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan support
• Dependent Scholarship Programs
• Free confidential personal financial counselling service
• On-site health centers and 24/7 fitness centers at certain company locations
• A charitable giving matching grants program that enables employees to direct and double their donations to qualifying charitable organizations of their choice
• Health-care concierge service
• Volunteer service opportunities
• Extensive training opportunities
• Company vehicle for eligible employees
• Mobile phone allowance for eligible employees
• Sick and Personal Time
• Vacation
• Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Funeral Leave
• Short-Term Disability Leave
• Long-Term Disability Leave
• Jury Duty Leave
• Military Leave
• Released Time for Children’s Education
• Community Outreach Leave