Purpose: Manage, direct and coordinate maintenance operations activities and personnel.

Representative Duties and Responsibilities:

• Direct plant electrical and mechanical equipment maintenance programs and personnel.
• Drive a strong culture of safety and environmental performance within the Department.
• Ensure optimum machinery performance and minimum downtime, by developing a culture of root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Oversee installation of new equipment as well as alterations and overall maintenance of plant structures and grounds.
• Protect company interests under labor agreement(s) and applicable governmental regulations pertaining to safety, environment, and other employment areas.
• Coordinate interdepartmental activities with other Department Managers.
• Develop and manage operating and capital budgets and provide accurate cost forecasting in coordination with the Vice President of Finance.
• Manage spare parts inventory efficiently in coordination with the Purchasing Manager.
• Hire, develop and train employees in order to build a strong Maintenance team.

Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences or Management.
• 5 years of experience in mechanical/electrical maintenance repairs.
• Experience with MS Office and CMMS software.
• Technical schooling in the cement process, preventive/predictive maintenance, and detail machinist experience not required but recommended.
• Familiarity with cement process equipment.
• Capable of making technical evaluations of machine performance and formulating specific solutions to problems identified.

Management Skills:

• Must be able to develop and lead a successful team with a strong culture of safety, environmental compliance, root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Must practice preventative maintenance ideology and have a good appreciation for production and quality objectives and constraints.
• Must be able to set clear expectations and goals for maintaining performance through developmental counseling.
• Ability to drive employee responsibility and accountability.
• Ability to guide individuals and groups toward goal achievement.
• Ability to minimize/manage conflict.
• Possess excellent organizational skills.
• Attention to detail in repair procedures to reduce rework.
• Good negotiator with the ability to reconcile conflict and differences in a manner that gains agreement or acceptance of all parties without damaging, hampering, or expressly ranking functions.
• Excellent communication skills.

Personal Characteristics:

• Capable of changing attitudes/practices so as to meet immediate compliance in safety and environmental areas.
• Attributes and values that influence behavior when confronted with changes, ambiguity, adversity, or other pressures.
• High resistance to stress.
• Capable of handling daily stress, deadlines, personnel interactions.
• Excellent tolerance of ambiguity and be flexible and adaptable to demands of varying environments.
• Resilient
• Persistent in motivational efforts.
• High ethical behavior.

Posted On: Friday, August 30, 2024