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Production Maintenance Engineer Manager

City Valdosta

State/Territory Georgia

Work Schedule M-F (weekends on call)

Job Brief

Join our team as the Production Maintenance Engineer Manager!

Job Title: Production Maintenance Engineer Manager

Department: General Maintenance

Reports To: Plant Manager

Substitute:

FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary: The Production Maintenance Engineer Manager plays a vital role in ensuring smooth, efficient manufacturing operations within a fast-paced industrial environment. A proactive leader and strategic thinker, they uphold best practices while overseeing the maintenance and repair of production machinery and equipment. As a strong communicator and collaborative team player, they foster a positive, respectful workplace culture by sharing knowledge and promoting integrity. With a steadfast commitment to quality, customer service, and ethical standards, this leader actively works to identify and eliminate unethical practices while continuously striving for operational excellence

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Maintenance Oversight: Develop and implement maintenance strategies to ensure equipment reliability and availability. This includes routine inspections, preventive maintenance, and quick responses to equipment failure.

• Team Management: Lead and manage a team of maintenance technicians. Assign task, provide guidance, ensure that all team members are well-trained and adhere to safety standards and company protocol. Grow team skills to meet changing demands. Mentor individual growth …

• Budget Management: Create and manage the maintenance budget. This includes forecasting cost of repairs, spare parts, maintenance programs and capital expenditures.

• Process Improvement: Analyze maintenance processes and work to improve efficiency and effectiveness, potentially through the implementation of new technologies or methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, Predictive Maintenance.

• Reporting and Documentation: Maintain detailed records of maintenance activities, equipment performance, and any relevant data to help inform decision-making and continuous improvement efforts. Utilize Company systems such as EAM, SharePoint, Qlik, Oracle to maximize efforts and consolidate information.

• Collaboration: Work closely and in a positive manner with production manager, engineering manager, facilities maintenance and other stakeholders to minimize downtime and ensure that production goals are met. Ensure team members embrace a positive collaborative environment with production and engineering teams to meet production goals.

• Inventory and Parts Management: Ensure that the necessary spare parts and inventory items are available and properly organized to support maintenance and repair activities efficiently. Activities include maintaining accurate records to prevent shortages and overstocks, sourcing and purchasing right parts and materials, forecasting demand, organizing and securing storage, quality control of parts, cost management, recordkeeping, preventative maintenance support.

• Contractor Management: Oversee contractor management processes, including selection, onboarding, compliance, performance monitoring, and safety assurance to ensure alignment with company standards and project goals.

• Compliance: Ensure that maintenance activities comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements such as OSHA, OSHA Bakery Standards, Ammonia, Refrigeration, etc.

• Training and Development: Identify training needs for the maintenance team and coordinate training sessions to enhance technical skills, capabilities and knowledge.

Supervisor Responsibilities:

Leadership and Guidance: Provide direction, support, and motivations to team members. Lead by example and create a positive work environment.

Performance Management: Monitor employee performance, provide feedback, conduct performance evaluations, and set individual and team goals.

Task Delegation: Assign tasks based on team members’ strengths and competencies, ensuring a fair distribution of workload.

Conflict Resolution: Address and mediate conflicts or issues that arise among team members, fostering a cooperative team dynamic.

Communication: Maintain clear and open communication with team members and other departments. Share important information and updates relevant to the team’s work.

Compliance and Standards: Ensure that the team members adhere to company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Promote safety and ethical standards.

Team Building: Foster collaboration and teamwork through team-building and activities and initiatives that strengthen relationships among team members.

Resources Management: Oversee the allocation and use of resources (e.g. time, budget, equipment) effectively to achieve team goals.

Reporting and Documentation: Keep records of team activities, performance data, and incidents as necessary. Report on team progress and outcomes to higher management.

Feedback and Recognition: Provide constructive feedback to team members and recognize their accomplishments to enhance morale and motivation.

Strategic Planning: Contribute to the development of team strategies and objectives that align with boarder organizational goals.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in production engineering, product engineering, manufacturing engineering

• Five years of leadership experience preferably in industrial/manufacturing processes and equipment

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Valid Passport book or the ability to obtain one within 3 months of hire.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Knowledge of the following software: Design, Enterprise Asset Management, Budgeting, Predictive Analysis, Microsoft Office, etc.;

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in troubleshooting and repairing machinery, understanding of automation systems, and familiarity with maintenance management software.

• Problem-Solving: Ability to analyze complex technical problems, develop solutions, and implement changes effectively

• Safety Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of safety regulations and practices related to maintenance and manufacturing

• Project Management: Skills in managing projects, timelines, and resources effectively, often required in maintenance and engineering roles

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, clients, customers, vendors, and the general public.

Reasoning Ability:

• Analytical Skills: The ability to break down complex information or problems into smaller, more manageable parts to understand their struct and relationship.

• Critical Thinking: The capacity to evaluate information and arguments, identify biasis, recognize assumptions, and draw logical conclusions based on evidence.

• Deductive Reasoning: This involves deriving specific conclusions from general principles or premises. It’s useful in situations where the rules are clear, and the conclusion can be logically inferred.

• Inductive Reasoning: The ability to formulate general principles based on specific observation or cases. This skill is often used in forming hypotheses or theories.

• Logical Reasoning: Understanding and constructing valid arguments, identifying logical fallacies, and establishing valid conclusions.

• Quantitative Reasoning: The ability to understand and work with numerical data, interpret graphs, and perform mathematical calculations to draw conclusions based on quantitative information.

• Judgement and Decision-Making: The ability to make well-informed decisions based on evidence, weighing the pros and cons, and considering both short-term and long-term implications.

• Reflective Thinking: The practice of analyzing one’s own thought processes, experinces, and decision-making to improve future reasoning and problem-solving capabilities.

• Interpersonal Reasoning: The skill to understand and navigate social dynamics, empathizing with others’ perspectives and reasoning effectively in group settings.

Physical Demands:

• Strength: The ability to lift, push, pull, carry heavy objects

• Stamina: The ability to sustain prolonged physical activity

• Flexibility: The ability to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and stretch the body

• Coordination: The ability to use different part of the body together smoothly and efficiently

• Balance: The ability to maintain bodily equilibrium when moving and standing – at heights, uneven surfaces

• Endurance: The ability to perform physical tasks over extended periods without fatigue

• Mobility: The ability to move freely and easily

• Visual Acuity: The ability to see clearly and perceive visual details

• Reaction Time: The ability to respond quickly to stimuli

• Agility: The ability to move quickly and easily, adapting to changes in position and direction

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.