Maintenance and Facilities Manager

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

Description

Job Type

Full-time

Job Title: Maintenance and Facilities Manager

Reports to: Manufacturing Operations Manager

Exempt Position

Location: East Canton, OH

The Maintenance and Facilities Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day activities of maintenance and facilities team members within the Manufacturing Operations Department to ensure facilities and machinery support the ability to meet customer requirements while maintaining an environment that focuses on the Knight Material Technologies How We Work Principles of Safety and Compliance, Customer Focus, Respect, Integrity, Problem Solvers, and Teamwork.

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

Requirements

Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 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.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience in ceramics, continuous-process, high-temperature, or similar industrial manufacturing.
• Experience developing predictive maintenance and equipment reliability programs.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, spare-parts inventory, contractors, and facility or capital projects.
• Acknowledge of industrial controls, combustion systems, utilities, or high-temperature equipment.
• Experience using maintenance data and KPIs to reduce downtime and improve performance.
• Technical degree or relevant skilled-trade certification.
• OSHA 30, CMRP, or Lean/Six Sigma training

Physical Requirements: (With reasonable accommodation)

• Extensive walking and standing
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a computer working
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds
• Must be able to access all areas of the facility

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Facilities Team Members
• Electrical Maintenance Techs
• Mechanical Maintenance Techs
• Preventative Maintenance Techs

Competencies:

• Drives Results
• Ensures Accountability
• Directs Work
• Plans and Aligns
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Manages Complexity
• Builds Effective Teams
• Communicates Effectively
• Situational Adaptability

Benefits: Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and paid parental leave.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.