Maintenance & Facilities Manager in Grand Rapids, Michigan at American Seating Company

TITLE: Maintenance & Facilities Manager
REPORTS TO: Plant Manager
DEPARTMENT: Maintenance & Facilities
EXEMPTION STATUS: Salary Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY: Leads the maintenance and facilities function, including supervisors, technicians, and outside contractors, to deliver dependable processes, equipment, and facilities to the manufacturing organization. Owns the department’s strategy, budget, and performance, driving continuous improvement in machine up-time, production efficiency, safety, and overall plant productivity. Responsible for the condition, compliance, and long-term planning of the production facility and its infrastructure.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads, develops, and manages the maintenance and facilities team, including hiring, training, performance appraisals, coaching, and corrective action.
• Develops and executes a maintenance strategy that improves reliability and up-time on all major pieces of equipment.
• Establishes, tracks, and reports key performance metrics such as OEE, downtime, MTBF, MTTR, and preventive maintenance compliance; sets targets and drives corrective actions.
• Ensures 100% on-time completion of preventive maintenance and oversees the preventive and predictive maintenance programs and maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Prepares and manages the annual maintenance and facilities budget, including labor, spare parts, contracted services, and utilities.
• Plans, justifies, and manages capital projects for equipment, building, and infrastructure improvements, from proposal through installation and start-up.
• Leads the implementation of TPM and continuous improvement, developing people, processes, and equipment to achieve the pillars of TPM.
• Ensures compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements, including OSHA, lockout/tagout, and fire and building codes, and promotes a strong safety culture.
• Maintains and improves the physical aspects of the production facility, including buildings, grounds, and utilities.
• Manages spare parts and equipment inventory, including proper storage and critical spares planning.
• Selects and manages outside contractors and vendors, negotiates service agreements, and oversees contracted work.
• Partners with Production, Engineering, Quality, and plant leadership to resolve issues, plan downtime, and support new equipment and product launches.
• Writes reports and general correspondence, and presents department performance and plans to plant leadership.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering or a related field preferred.
• More than eight years of manufacturing maintenance experience required, including at least three years in a supervisory or management role.
• Journeyman certification in an industrial maintenance trade (such as industrial electrician, millwright, or maintenance mechanic) required.
• Experience managing departmental budgets and capital projects preferred.
  
  

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Knowledge of various manufacturing processes including metal fabrication, vacuum forming, robotics, and assembly.
• Demonstrated leadership of TPM methodology for machine maintenance.
• Working knowledge of CMMS, preventive and predictive maintenance practices, and reliability metrics.
• Knowledge of OSHA and other safety, environmental, and facility regulatory requirements.
• Proven ability to lead, develop, and hold teams accountable.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, financial, and communication skills, including presenting to leadership.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Plant environment with occasional discomfort due to dust, noise and fumes.
• Extended work hours frequently required.
• On-call availability for equipment or facility emergencies may be required.
• Work requires attention to details, pressures related to meeting deadlines, scheduling requirements and simultaneous projects. Work is frequently interrupted by distracting influences such as people, telephone calls, etc.
• Work may occasionally require heavy lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying of up to 40 pounds.

This job description is intended to describe the type and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required by a person so classified.