Job Title: Maintenance and Engineering Manager

Location: Duncanville, TX

Industry: manufacturing

Status of Hire: direct hire, salaried exempt

Pay: $120-150k depending on experience

Direct reports: maintenance, engineering, supervisors, reliability team

Reports to: Plant Manager

**Relocation package available

OBJECTIVE:

Manage engineering, reliability, maintenance and facilities operations in a large facility containing multiple, complex operations and spanning multiple buildings with a focus on meeting KPI’s.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Take ownership and demonstrate leadership necessary to achieve plant goals including Safety, Quality, Service, Efficiency and Employee Development

Monitor KPIs anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of targets

Lead by example to promote and encourage employees to strongly commit to safety

Provide management of engineering services for the installation, maintenance, and improvement of machinery, equipment and facilities

Troubleshoot, analyze, identify, evaluate, propose, implement, and document maintenance plans and performance metrics

Develop and implementation of preventive, predictive, and autonomous maintenance plans

Investigate root-cause for repetitive damage and failure rates, and calculate costs that do not meet or follow the maintenance plans

Evaluate, recommend, and acquire tools for use, including process analysis software, and other physical tools and resources specific to reliability and maintenance improvements

Lead training efforts to ensure maintenance technicians have needed resources for standard operating procedures (SOP’s), work instructions, specialty tools, and updated Preventive Maintenance (PM) kits

Lead continuous improvement initiatives

Responsible for evaluating, installing and testing new equipment

Ensures that maintenance standards are compliant with statutory health and safety regulations

Direct teams to assess progress, analyze problems, facilitate solutions, identify resources and adjust plans as needed

Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of staff

Responsible for employee development, discipline, performance appraisals, and administration of policies

Requirements:

Candidate should be well versed in both mechanical engineering and maintenance, having strong leadership skills, ability to delegate, coach, and develop a team to perform at a high level. Must have minimum Bachelors in engineering or related and 7 years of engineering experience. SAP exposure is a plus.

Ideal candidate will have 8+ years of engineering, facilities, machinery maintenance and/or reliability experience, experience managing multi-shift and continuous operations, and leading lean/continuous improvement efforts.