About the Role:

• Lead maintenance department to ensure all plant equipment is maintained and repaired with minimum downtime
• Scheduling preventative maintenance for all machines and make sure scheduling is executed
• Coordinate priority maintenance scheduling with production requirements in conjunction with department managers and production scheduling
• Ensure building security is maintained at all times
• Establish contact with vendors as needed and take bids, approve bids (working closely with procurement) and supervise and inspect work to assure quality
• Budget and control of department costs
• Creates and implements strategic directions for reliability and maintenance
• Implement asset productivity improvement programs in areas of uptime, mechanical integrity and reliability engineering
• Oversee MRO room to ensure inventory accuracy and stocking of required machine parts
• Manage janitorial resources and facility services, including grounds maintenance
• Ensure adequate catering and vending services
• Perform special projects as required

Qualifications: 

• BS degree in Engineering, Technical Field or equivalent is desired
• 7-10 years Maintenance Engineering experience; wire and cable experience highly desirable
• Experience leading high performance work teams
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Experience with process control and new product introduction technologies
• Proven project management skills
• Strong record of Lean Sigma Tools implementation is desired