Maintenance Lead - Arkansas City, KS

Kansas Ag Connection; Arkansas City (KS); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Maintenance Lead to oversee asset management and ensure the optimal functioning of operations. In this pivotal role, you will drive productivity improvements while minimizing downtime. You will be responsible for implementing maintenance strategies, managing a dedicated team, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, where your leadership and expertise will foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. If you are passionate about maintenance management and eager to lead a team to success, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Industrial Maintenance Management or Supervision.
• Experience in continuous manufacturing, preferably in food production.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety policies and procedures.
• Manage preventative maintenance and reliability activities.

Skills

Industrial Maintenance Management

Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)

Mechanical Systems Troubleshooting

Electrical Knowledge

Predictive Maintenance Tools

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Relevant Technical Certifications

Tools

Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

Maintenance Software

Job description

Job Description

Maintenance Lead - Arkansas City, KS
This is a full time , non-exempt position

Position Summary:
The Maintenance Lead has overall responsibility for the material condition of the facility and all assets. In this dual reporting role, the Maintenance Lead reports to the Maintenance Superintendent and Plant Manager in all matters that impact the safety, environmental, quality and administrative issues and to the Regional Maintenance and Reliability Manager for technical operational performance and asset management issues.
This position is responsible for the strategic and tactical oversight of asset management strategies within the plant, with the goal of improving productivity and operational efficiencies while minimizing downtime for the business. Activities include the alignment and implementation of Maintenance and Reliability practices, programs, processes, operations effectiveness, continuous improvement techniques, proactive maintenance and repairs, product design and planning, contractor management, vendor and spare parts management, best practice applications, training and support.

Job Responsibilities:

• Proactively work to ensure that all ADM employees, visitors, vendors and contractors understand and comply with the ADM safety policies and procedures.
• Support and engage in Performance Excellence activities in the facility.
• Support the production departments in the areas of safety and quality, including audit compliance.
• Align, deploy and execute the ADM Maintenance and Reliability vision/strategy.
• Manage and implement preventative maintenance and reliability activities.
• Lead and support root-cause analysis processes within the maintenance team in regards to failures, EDT and execute plan to correct.
• Develop, review, and analyze maintenance/reliability maintenance metrics and performance.
• Assist the production leadership staff in training operations personnel on proper operations, cleaning, lubrication, trouble shooting, and adjustments on the production equipment.
• Drive effectiveness of the storeroom and spare parts inventory to ensure that needed parts are available.
• Coordinate the maintenance program to schedule work with/around the production schedule.
• Maintain an effective equipment history, work history, and preventative maintenance program using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Ensure that all maintenance work is documented.
• Manage ongoing maintenance and reliability related projects (asset reliability and defect elimination).
• Responsible for people management and development including retention, recruiting and team engagement.
• Identifies training opportunities, needs and facilitates training sessions for maintenance personnel, focusing on precision skills training and development, safety practices and work standards. May provide ad-hoc technical support as needed.
• Takes an active role in managing the maintenance team and coaching employees to reach their fullest potential by providing feedback in a manner that is effective, consistent and fair.

Experience:

• Five (5) or more years of experience in Industrial Maintenance Management or Supervision of a maintenance department incorporating Safety & Health, Environmental, Quality, Production and Project management..
• Experience leading teams in Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) processes.
• Experience in continuous manufacturing/production environment (preferably in food production, feed, milling or chemical industries).
• Ability to communicate both verbally and written with colleagues at a various levels of the organization.
• Ability to communicate courteously with fellow employees, vendors, and contractors.
• Strong ability to install, inspect, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems and equipment.
• Electrical experience/knowledge a plus.
• Demonstrable experience in the use of predictive and preventive maintenance tools and software.
• Demonstrable experience training and mentoring employees on predictive and preventative maintenance processes, tools, programs, software and safe work practices.
• Ability to use computers and various types of software for purchasing, shipping & receiving, inventory control, scheduling, recordkeeping, asset management and business communication.
• Ability to research problems and understand diagrams, and written and oral instructions.
• Thorough knowledge of the occupational hazards and corresponding safety precautions necessary for the safe performance of assigned duties.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. walk long distances, stand for long periods, climb stairs and ladders, work at heights, bending, kneeling, working with tools and work in extreme temperature conditions
• Flexible schedule, willing to accept on-call rotation and after-hours trouble calls, including nights and weekends

Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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