LHH Recruitment Solutions has a Head of Maintenance opening for our client in York PA. This direct hire role allows you to elevate your career by maintaining safety and managing the daily operations of the facilities and equipment. Candidates must be a change agent and an initiative-taking, collaborative individual. Proven experience in implementing, adhering, and maintaining ASTM, ISO and global standardization processes and procedures is required as is lean manufacturing principles experience. This on-site position requires a minimum of 8-10 years of experience in a field such as industrial manufacturing combined with as well as a bachelor's degree in facilities management or engineering. Qualified candidates will have Gant chart experience, MS Project experience and well as extensive root cause analysis experience. Must have EXTENSIVE TPM experience.
Salary range $150-170k
Responsibilities:
- Design, create and implement product qualification programs.
- Identify, hire, and train/evaluate maintenance personnel, promoting a culture of safety, teamwork, and high performance.
- Own, maintain, and improve maintenance master data/BOMs
- Create and promote a culture of safety within the maintenance department.
- Continuously improve and ensure adherence to the preventive maintenance program to reduce emergency repairs and maintain plant efficiency.
- Conduct regular inspections of equipment and systems to predict potential failures, limit downtime and schedule preventive maintenance.
- Design, implement and utilize engineering and product documentation.
- Develop technical proposals with the collaboration of other engineers.
- Oversee and ensure all equipment/procedures are operating and maintained in accordance with legal and company policy.
- Prioritize focus on process and equipment safety.
- Supervise external vendors and contractors to ensure compliance with HSE requirements as well as company policies and procedures including but not limited to site and safety orientation.
- Collaborate with other departments to aid in decision-making and continuously improve safety, quality, reliability, production, and efficiency.
- Identify investment opportunities for equipment, safety and maintenance and prepare capital applications; manage capex budgets.
- Oversee and ensure that projects and initiatives are planned and executed on time and within budget.
- Identify, develop and maintain a Management of Change system for plant operations as needed.
- Regularly communicate, present and collaborate with the team and key stakeholders to identify and resolve problems.
- Assign work activities and projects; monitor workflow; review and evaluate work methods, procedures, and results.
- Create, review, update, and maintain the preventive maintenance program, including planned maintenance and cleaning, and equipment calibration.
- Ensure all maintenance tasks, activities and upgrades are carried out in a timely manner to reduce downtime.
- Inspire, lead, coach, mentor and develop personnel.
- Create, implement and maintain KPI reporting metrics.
Requirements:
- B.S. in Engineering and/or Facilities Management.
- 8-10 years of experience in a related field.
- In depth experience in ASTM, ISO programs, and experience in global standardization process and procedures.
- Minimum proven 8 plus years of experience as an maintenance engineer in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Minimum 8 plus years of experience leading, developing, and growing a team.
- Lean Manufacturing certifications/relevant experience.
- Must be able to behave ethically whilst making clear decisions with a sense of urgency and the organization's best interest.
- Must have proven leadership and management experience.
- Must be able to work collaboratively with engineering and design staff, R&D staff, lab staff, etc. in a positive and efficient manner.
- Must possess strong detailed attention as well as highly analytical skillset.
- Must have proven clear and effective communication skills written and verbally.
- Must be willing to work closely with management to consistently improve process and procedure, costs savings, schedule planning, maintenance, and safety methods.