What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Excellence Leader position at HWI?
Job Overview
HWI, a member of Calderys, is the largest supplier of refractory products and services in the United States. We serve virtually every major industry that requires refractory solutions to enhance production and protect assets.
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Physical Demands:
HWI, a member of Calderys, is the largest supplier of refractory products and services in the United States. We serve virtually every major industry that requires refractory solutions to enhance production and protect assets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive maintenance excellence by planning, training, and implementing maintenance activities.
- Oversee and assist in increasing equipment reliability, reducing downtime, and maintaining quality while ensuring safety compliance.
- Schedule and provide work assignments for preventative maintenance of equipment and/or repair of equipment; coordinate maintenance with production staff; record repairs and maintenance performed; source replacement parts and manage spare parts inventory.
- Ensure correct and safe operation of equipment and machinery using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
- Analyze equipment for root cause failure to prevent future problems; identify faulty equipment through observation and testing metrics.
- Recommend improvements in equipment, quality, and working environments.
- Promote and actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
- Identify key gaps in development of skilled trades such as electrical, electrical controls, general maintenance, and skilled trades; develop tactical plans to close key resource gaps in the maintenance team skill set.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
- Four (4) - six (6) years of plant maintenance and supervisory experience in an industrial manufacturing operation.
- Strong computer operation skills, preferably MS Word and Excel, as well as in-depth knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence and motivate others.
- Familiar with maintenance management and maintenance excellence techniques such as Preventive Maintenance (PM)/Predictive Maintenance (PDM).
- Knowledge of local state, and federal laws and regulations relevant to maintenance as well as OSHA safety standards.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Standards Quality Management Systems.
- Knowledge of LEAN Manufacturing and LEAN Management principles and experience in working towards Lean production while driving continuous improvement.
Physical Demands:
- Requires more than 2/3 of time talking or hearing; 1/3 to 2/3 of time standing, walking, and/or sitting; and less than 1/3 of time using hands and fingers, reaching, climbing/balancing, stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling; and/or tasting/smelling.
- Lifting: Requires lifting sometimes in excess of 100 pounds less than 1/3 of time.
- Vision: Requires accurate close and distance vision, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
- Environment: Requires 1/3 to 2/3 of time working near moving mechanical parts and less than 1/3 of time exposed to fumes or airborne particles, working with explosives, in an office setting, working in high, precarious places, exposed to outdoor weather, extreme heat, vibration, and/or the risk of electrical shock.
- Noise: Requires exposure to moderate noise.
