Facilities & Maintenance Manager - Manufacturing Operations

Knight Materials, LLC; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Knight Materials, LLC in East Canton, OH, is seeking a Maintenance and Facilities Manager to lead the day-to-day maintenance and facilities team within the Manufacturing Operations Department. You will ensure facilities and machinery support customer requirements while upholding safety, compliance, and our How We Work Principles.

You will plan, assign, and supervise preventive maintenance, manage vendors and service contractors, drive continuous improvement, lead ISO and 5S initiatives, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Experience supervising multi-craft maintenance in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, HVAC, boiler, combustion, hydraulic, pneumatic, and compressed-air systems.
• Experience planning preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance.
• Proficiency with CMMS and maintenance management software.
• Knowledge of OSHA requirements, lockout/tagout, and safe maintenance practices.
• Strong leadership, communication, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to support urgent maintenance needs across multiple shifts.

Responsibilities

• Leads and maintains an environment that puts Safety and Compliance first.
• Develops and maintains a team that prioritizes delivering consistent maintenance and facility support for the East Canton site.
• Actively assigns work to ensure the best use of all available resources and a high level of efficiency daily.
• Ensures on time completion of preventative maintenance and work orders through tactical, hands-on leadership of team members.
• Upholds primary responsibility for performance evaluation of direct reports in a timely manner.
• Communicates well with vendors to ensure proper procurement of components and works closely with Purchasing team to maintain company policies for procurement are followed.
• Organizes and manages service contractors, ensuring safety and compliance are a priority and results meet expectations.
• Holds regular meetings with teams to ensure clear communication of expectations and team alignment.
• Works with Manufacturing Operations Manager to manage headcount within the assigned area to support customer demand and company strategy.
• Maximizes resource utilization by evaluating and enhancing processes, tools, technology, and human resource capabilities working closely with plant leadership to ensure success.
• Analyzes and utilizes data from Maintenance Tracking System for performance evaluation relevant to assigned area, ensuring any variance to plan is addressed and corrected for sustained success.
• Plans, enacts, and ensures documentation of all training within assigned team.
• Actively works to always improve preventative maintenance strategy.
• Maintains inventory, through direct reports and individual inputs, of all maintenance stock using Maintenance Tracking System.
• Uses front line presence and hands on approach to lead the team in developing control over maintenance performance.
• Supports the administration of assigned area to ensure all team requirements are completed in a timely manner, as assigned by leadership.
• Works closely with the Manufacturing Operations Production and Materials teams to ensure consistent performance from machinery and facilities.
• Drive culture for ISO standards and ensure conformance throughout assigned team.
• Drive 5s culture through assigned team.
• Performs additional duties as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Troubleshooting

Decision-making

Safety compliance

Team leadership

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Technical degree or skilled-trade certification

OSHA 30, CMRP, Lean/Six Sigma training

Tools

CMMS

Maintenance Tracking System

Job description

Knight Materials, LLC in East Canton, OH, is seeking a Maintenance and Facilities Manager to lead the day-to-day maintenance and facilities team within the Manufacturing Operations Department. You will ensure facilities and machinery support customer requirements while upholding safety, compliance, and our How We Work Principles.

You will plan, assign, and supervise preventive maintenance, manage vendors and service contractors, drive continuous improvement, lead ISO and 5S initiatives, and