Maintenance & Engineering Manager

Position Summary: The role of the Maintenance & Engineering Manager will be to develop and execute the business strategy through maintenance and engineering teams.

The focus will be on equipment maintenance and improvement, manufacturing building moves, flow optimization, Lean principles, and process improvement.

This position is a key leadership role in implementing improvements including but not limited to deployment of current and new equipment to future and existing facilities supporting the expansion of the business.

This role will also support the design, implementation, and improvement of processes within our facilities.

Main Duties:

Maintenance and Facility


* Promote a safety-first culture by ensuring a secure working environment for all employees.


* Manage predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance efforts as required to improve constraint/critical equipment availability and reliability by utilizing CMMS (MaintainX).


* Analyze/trend maintenance costs, prioritize improvement activities.


* Conduct timely/competent root cause analyses.

Recommend/implement innovative, efficient, and effective corrective actions resulting in stable and capable processes.


* Support vendor negotiations, including purchasing of spare parts, equipment, and service contracts.


* Demonstrates high level of facilitation skills to reach consensus; works toward win-win solutions for business benefit.


* Establish and monitor weekly preventive maintenance schedules for effective mechanic support.


* Manage spare parts inventory to meet operational demands and maintain accurate records.


* Recruit, onboard, and manage maintenance personnel, ensuring effective training and performance.


* Conduct annual EH&S audits and ensure compliance with safety regulations.


* Lead facilities planning and machine movement, including cost estimations.


* Manage facility repairs and improvement.

Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing and Flow Optimization:


* Leverage strategic thinking and a strong technical background to drive continuous improvement initiatives with a bias for action.


* Lead and facilitate cross-functional teams on continuous improvement projects, utilizing lean manufacturing principles, process control, automation, and capability enhancement.


* Develop and implement process improvements for fabrication and assembly operations while providing ongoing technical support for both new and existing manufacturing systems.


* Analyze current workflows to identify optimization opportunities, focusing on waste reduction and cost savings.


* Ensure project accountability by delivering results on time and within budget.


* Apply Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to streamline processes and enhance overall operational efficiency.


* Implement visual management tools and performance metrics to effectively monitor and track progress.


* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to st...