Maintenance Manager
Carlisle Construction Materials

Job Info

A Maintenance Manager at our CWT CCW Terrell location is responsible for assuring that the facility and production equipment are properly maintained and designed to safely perform specified tasks in a cost-effective manner. Included in the execution of these responsibilities are: identification, justification, and execution of capital projects; monitoring of machine functioning to include repair/downtime history and planning/execution of necessary/cost effective preventative maintenance activities; maintenance of stock room inventory that adequately reflect the parts needed of the operation in a cost effective manner; direct supervision of professional engineers, technicians, department supervision and clerical personnel; indirect supervision of hourly maintenance craftsmen to include skilled electrical and millwright personnel; maintenance of physical facility to serve its intended use in a safe/cost effective condition; assure that the equipment meets necessary safety characteristics as specified by various regulatory bodies (e.g. Occupational Health & Safety Administration, National Fire Protection Association, industrial insurance carrier, etc.); monitoring of discharges (e.g. air, noise, sewer, etc.) to assure that proper permits are in force and emissions are maintained within prescribed limits; interface with other plant departments to identify, justify, and execute projects that improve safety, reduce manufacturing costs, improve production, enhance repair of equipment breakdowns and/or facility problems; development, justification and adherence to annual operating expense budget; outside interface/support with various company groups (e.g. R & D, Central Engineering, etc.) to complete projects/activities targeted at improving productivity.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Departmental management - Provides leadership and direction for plant's maintenance functions. Focus of efforts include preventative maintenance, maximization of equipment utilization, parts inventory control, energy management, waste minimization/management, concurrent engineering, project identification and justification, craftsmen development, vibration analysis, process/machine troubleshooting, failure analysis, equipment design/fabrication/installation, fire/loss protection, and budget development/justification/maintenance. Establishes direction for plant maintenance department to professionalize practices to reflect state-of-the-art developments in manufacturing maintenance engineering and management. Responsible for developing departmental budget needs, justifying such and maintaining costs within budget. Expected to understand interrelationship between machine functioning and proposed equipment projects with company's "cost of goods sold" results.

* Supervision - Directly supervises hourly maintenance mechanics and develop/modify systems to enhance productivity and/or reduce maintenance downtime/costs. Serves as SME (Subject Matter Expert) for electrical, mechanical and basic PLC. Supervisory duties include hiring, terminating, promoting, coaching, counseling, work prioritization, goal setting, and performance appraisal. Assures department meets appropriate governmental guidelines and requirements related to personnel issues.

* Project management - Coordinates specification, planning, justification and execution of capital projects and major maintenance activities. This includes determination and documentation of need; coordinated development of proposed equipment/facility required to address need; technical specification of required equipment/facility functioning/component; review/recommendation of vendor/contractors; actual project management during execution (often through a subordinate intermediary) and ultimate completion. Activities must be completed in a safe manner, consistent with regulatory body and insurance contractor demands, with a minimum disruption of plant production within specified time periods and within budgeted costs.

* Plant engineering support - Supports project engineer acting as SME (Subject Matter Expert) and liaison between departmental staff, the plant manager, other departmental managers, line supervisors and other plant personnel in matters relating to equipment design and functioning. Works with production and quality/technical service departments to improve process functioning by making justified equipment modifications and/or changes. Assists R & D, Purchasing and Central Engineering personnel as needed to better understand equipment capabilities/functions, especially as they relate to product/process requirements.

* Coordinates project activity, including equipment design/introduction, with project engineer and Central Engineering. Supports plant SES (Safety Env & Security Supr) with waste management, pollution control and administrative requirements.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

* Organizational Structure:

# Employees Job Titles Reporting to Incumbent

3 - Maintenance Mechanics

* Tasks:

-Monitor performance of employees in supervisory, technical, clerical, and professional positions.

-Establish employee goals, objectives, and provide general priority guidance.

-Define projects and coach with respect to attainment of desired outcomes.

-Listen to problems/concerns and recommend courses of action.

-Provide scientific and professional expertise and guidance to subordinates to assist them with more complex projects, problems, etc.

-Conduct performance appraisals & career counseling.

-Coach supervisory personnel concerning: productivity issues, work prioritization, crew development, shift/workgroup, interface issues, sound business decision making, and personnel issues.

-Hire, promote, coach, train & discipline personnel as needed.

-Identify and address opportunities to enhance employee skills through training.

Work Environment/Time Worked:

* Work Environment

Approximately 60% of time is spent in office or typical business atmosphere - meetings, project review, etc. About 40% of time is on the factory floor (or around physical facilities) and the remaining time is spent in the machine shop (boiler room/parts area). Major responsibilities fall in manufacturing environment necessitating significant amount of time standing, walking, stooping on a concrete floor. Periodically, job demands necessitate climbing on (under, over, etc.) equipment or around facility (roof, boiler room, carbon black distribution system, etc.), where the individual may get excessively dirty and/or be exposed to extreme environmental temperatures.

* Time Worked/Hours Worked:

Core hours are 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - 40+ hours/week. These core hours are necessary to interface with shift and daylight personnel. The operation runs 24 hours/day and sometimes on weekends. This necessitates regular weekend project/repair work to avoid interference with manufacturing. Given the job requirements and above demands, the incumbent will be expected to occasionally work on weekends and holidays and be in the facility during "off-hours" for several hours when emergency conditions arise.

* Days Worked:

Monday - Friday

Some additional weekends and holidays are required as projects and production demands dictate. Will not normally be allowed to use vacation time in conjunction with holiday, because of typical project scheduling.

* Shifts Worked:

Daylight

Comments:

Routine work beyond 40 hour week is necessary, normally about 50 - 55 hours per week. Must be on call to come into the plant when emergencies dictate or personnel needs technical expertise. The position often places very tight time and cost constraints on activities, creating potentially stressful situations.

Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

* Essential Full Performance Knowledge:

-Engineering principles and fundamentals - hydraulics, pneumatics, thermodynamics, electronics, etc.

-Pumping equipment (centripetal & positive displacement)

-Capital project (ACE) justification process

-Budgeting/costing

-General understanding of the hourly payroll system

-Functional understanding of hourly personnel practices

-Basic industrial engineering concepts

-Business finance and accounting in general and how concepts relate to Carlisle Construction Materials Systems

-Management Science

-Leadership/motivation/personnel management

-Legal agency requirements (Environment Protection Agency, Clear Air Act, borough sewer discharge requirements, Occupational Health &

Safety Administration, National Fire Protection Association, etc.)

-Basic understanding of general business principles (marketing, sales, cost accounting, etc.)

-Basic understanding of business law, especially as relates to vendor contracts

* Essential Full Performance Skills:

-Work prioritization.

-Public speaking.

-Supervision of personnel to include: planning and directing work, disciplining, developing personnel, appraising performance, recruiting,

hiring personnel, etc.

-Personal computer - Lotus 1-2-3, DataEase, Computer Assisted Design, FoxPro, MS-DOS, WordPerfect, etc.

-Oral communication - Able to make clear, concise oral presentations to employees and management

-Department management - Budget development and tracking, goal setting, resource justification, etc.

-Written communication - Able to write grammatically correct, concise technical reports, letters, and memorandums

-Interpersonal skills

-Work team management

-Project justification and specification

-Project execution

-Personally well-organized - Handles multiple complex tasks simultaneously

-Exhibits leadership

-Design and implementation of administrative systems to address the organization functional problems

Equipment/Data:

* Equipment Operated:

-Computer, printer, and plotter

-CAD

-Ruler, tape measure, various related measurement devices

-Scientific calculator

-Machine shop equipment (saw, drill press, lathe, grinder, etc.)

-Various micrometers and gauges

-Transit

-Various hand tools (saw, drill, wrench, level, tool and die set, etc.)

-Various electronic detection equipment (meter, oscilloscope)

-Limited interaction with plant processing machinery (Aeonic computer terminal, F-370 Banbury operators panel, bar code workstations,

AGV computer, etc.). (Not expected to run/operate - just interact with as needed daily during repair/troubleshooting.)

* Data Used:

-Work orders and associated reports

-Productivity and production performance

-Quality, defect, scrap, rework information

-Cost reduction report

-Expense budget reports

-Machine blueprints, specifications, and technical reports

-Memorandums, narrative/statistical reports

-Plant 4 Goals & Objectives

-Technical literature - especially from engineering and rubber processing fields

-Machine breakdown/failure mode reports

-Statistical analysis (e.g., statistical process control, process development statistics, sheeting physical characteristics, etc.

* Materials Used:

-Technical literature

-Machine blueprints, specifications, and technical reports

-Memorandums

-Narrative/Statistical reports

-Statistical analysis

* Interactions with Others:

-Engineers -Government officials

-Technicians -Customers

-Craftsmen -Vendors/contractors

-Managers -Consultants - subject matter experts

-Officers -Insurance inspectors/auditors

-Hourly personnel -Local residents

-Clerical/administrative

-Other departments (accounting, purchasing, central engineering, IRD, etc.)

* Education:

-B.S. degree

-College level course work in business management, finance, and accounting

-Professional engineer certification is desired

* Equivalency:

-Baccalaureate degree in natural science (physics) with all normally required engineering curriculum completed with passing grades, including calculations.

-Also, completion of business courses outlined above.

* Experience:

-Five to Seven years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing engineering and maintenance

-Chemical industry background desired or similar industrial experience

-Previous supervisory experience with both technical and hourly personnel

Physical Requirements:

* Sitting - desk, meetings, PC.
* Standing - observing process, equipment functioning craftsmen/contractor work observation.
* Walking - around 100,000 sq. ft. plant facility, around Ritner office complex and between buildings. Includes roofs, equipment scaffolding and other confined areas with limited headroom suspended above plant floor.
* Lifting - up to 50 lbs. - handling tools, parts, motors, bar stock, etc.
* Stooping - to observe plant equipment functioning pick up parts, use measurement tools, move around equipment, etc.
* Bending - to observe process function, examine equipment, take measurements, etc.
* Climbing - around plant equipment, ladders to facilities roof, ladders to equipment platforms and mezzanines.
* Travel - by airline - visit vendors, customers, attend conferences.
* Typing - using PC, CAD, work master keyboard.
* Driving - between facility buildings, to vendors local machine shops, etc.
* Eyesight - must be able to read gauges, take measurements, observe equipment functioning.
* Hearing - must be able to interact with verbal instructions, hear equipment moving (for own safety) and listen for equipment anomalies.
* Touch/feel - must be able to feel texture of mechanical components to identify wear patterns, stock (rubber for consistency, etc. Should be able to determine temperature differences within about 10F.
* Speech - give verbal instructions and caution personnel of potential safety situations.
* Pulling/Pushing - Removing tight fitting equipment components, testing equipment functioning, etc.
* Eye/hand coordination and manual dexterity - To use machine shop tools and "test operate" production equipment. Also used with some of measurement devices employed and PC.

What else do you get?

Time off -Hard work should be rewarded. You'll receive paid vacation, sick time, a generous number of paid holidays.

Healthcare- Your healthcare with us starts the very first day you're with the company! Choose one of our healthcare options that best fits your lifestyle and CCM even picks up a generous amount of the cost.

Retirement Fund- Save for your retirement with a traditional or Roth 401k. We'll match a portion of your contribution starting on your first day of work.

Training- We believe in being lifetime learners, so we offer dozens of training programs in the classroom as well as online.

Tuition Reimbursement- We invest in your growth, while you invest in ours. Ready to get the degree? We'll pick up 90% of your tuition cost.

Idea Teams- You can be part of helping us solve some of our toughest challenges or developing the next break-through innovation.

Unlimited Coffee & Flavorful Teas- Caffeine fuels some of the best ideas just as much as natural energy.

When you join CWT, you'll become part of a team that looks out for you, listens to your ideas and appreciates your work. We believe we have something pretty special here, and our employees seem to agree.

"We raise the roof of expectations here at CWT, come home to quality."

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