POSITION OVERVIEW

The Maintenance Lead promotes a safety culture and demonstrates servant-based leadership to achieve breakthrough production results on their line/system. The Maintenance Lead works to eliminate top losses on a 24-hour, multiple shift cycle through a rigorous Daily Direction Setting system, specifically through ownership of defect handling (DH), breakdown elimination (BE) and planning & scheduling (MP&S). This position leverages the process discipline of continuous improvement tools. The Maintenance Lead supports building technical capability for the assigned maintenance and operating teams, particularly equipment/component level expertise.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Equipment/Component level owner for the line/system
• Leads portions of the daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly DDS meetings, including: Daily reporting and prioritization of defects found/fixed
• Daily reporting of breakdowns
• Execution of the plan for the day
• Weekly BE dice chart overview and development of Line Team through sharing BE learnings
• Weekly tracking and reporting of maintenance measurement data - Backlog, PM Completion, etc. (Indicators of the planning and scheduling system health)
• Owns the following for the assigned line/ system: Identifies and address safety risks related to maintenance activities (standard and non-standard) and prioritizes safety risks identified through DH
• Maximo data integrity and adherence to Maximo standards
• Health of DH system: Leads documentation of standards and coaches the Line Team, operators and maintenance team through the identification, prioritization and resolution of defects
• Breakdown Elimination: Identification of triggers, tracking of BE's through dice chart, ensuring completion of BE's and implementation of countermeasures
• Planning & Scheduling: Plans, schedules and assigns all work (corrective and preventative maintenance) for the line. Prioritizes work as it relates to addressing top stops/losses, including shutdown planning
• Deliver parts, service and labor costs
• PM Systems for the line/system
• Supports development and leads execution of 90-Day improvement plan to deliver glidepath through loss elimination
• Build capability of the Line Team, operators and mechanics to understand their equipment at component level in addition to identifying and resolving defects
• The Maintenance Lead will directly manage the maintenance team on the system they own, these additional accountabilities apply:
• Manage the shift/daily staffing
• Directing work of mechanics
• Shift Hand-offs
• Workbrain
• Onboarding of employees
• Team Development
• Performance management and incentives
• Own accuracy and timeliness of performance metrics for shift
• Execution of shift specific improvement plan actions
• Coordination/execution of shutdown activities

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related degree with applicable experience or extensive relevant work experience
• Understanding of mechanical processes, both hands on and theory

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Technical mastery of equipment and develops it in others
• Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems
• Understanding of maintenance and reliability performance metrics
• Demonstrated skills in servant leadership, problem solving, coaching and training
• Ability to work 1st shift and short-term coverage for Process Leads and Lines Leads if needed

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.

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