Maintenance Manager

POSITION PURPOSE:

As a key member of the Milford Plant Leadership team, the Milford Maintenance Manager plans, directs, and monitors activities of team members to safely minimize production downtime related to the facility and all related equipment. This role is responsible for the site’s total productive maintenance program, including preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance, and predictive maintenance activities.

The scope of this role includes maintenance of all production equipment, tool & die, fixtures, material handling, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, heating-ventilating-air conditioning, roofing, and grounds maintenance for the BAC Milford site. This person will direct a team of mechanics and technicians across all shifts and will also manage third party contract activities as needed to execute on maintenance deliverables.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing experience, including 2 years of team leadership, preferably in a lean, just-in-time, production environment.
• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and control systems for production equipment and building systems
• Capable of reading and interpreting mechanical and electrical drawings and schematics
• Experience in machine monitoring and downtime response protocols
• Proven experience as a strong communicator both internally to the site as well as externally
• Experience in implementing project schedules, planning, and scheduling of maintenance and overhaul projects.
• Experience in an internal support role and as a liaison with contractors, equipment suppliers and vendors
• Proven experience creating teams and leading through change.

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering preferred.

CRITICAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Planning and organizing
• Decision-making
• Communication skills
• Influencing and leading
• Delegation
• Teamwork
• Negotiation
• Conflict management
• Adaptability

NATURE & SCOPE:

The Plant Maintenance Manager reports directly to the Milford Plant Manager. This position will have accountability for the maintenance activities as well as the availability of the site’s production equipment and building systems. As a member of the site’s leadership team, this role will have significant interactions with the leadership team and their direct reports. However, this role is seen as an internal support role to all front-line teams and will play a key role in their success.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Manage the Total Productive Maintenance program for the site: preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance, and predictive maintenance activities.
• Lead teams of mechanics and technicians to safely execute maintenance needs across all shifts of operation. Manage the teams’ performance in support of the site’s objectives.
• Ensure the maintenance team is trained on key equipment maintenance requirements, including OEM-specific recommendations.
• Plan and lead major equipment maintenance and overhaul projects.
• Support the site in executing against standard processes and Key Performance Indicators (KPls) as defined in the global operating standard established in BAC Excellence (BAC-X).
• Ensures the team complies with all local, regional, national, company, and all other applicable standards, laws, and procedures.
• Manages the maintenance budgets for the site to meet operational goals and provide for effective management of resources.
• Communicate the status of upcoming or ongoing maintenance activities to enable plant operations.
• Prepares reports as necessary or requested to show performance to plans.
• Performs miscellaneous duties and projects as assigned and required.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk up to 75% of the time. Working conditions include those of an office and plant environment. This is a normal manufacturing environment, with normal hazards associated with metal working equipment. This position requires occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs and travel occasionally up to 15% of the time.