Maintenance Manager

Dewittiowa; Iowa, Northern (LA, KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Industries is seeking a Maintenance Manager in DeWitt, Iowa, to lead a team that maintains glass production equipment, including furnaces, batching lines, utility systems, robots, and handling equipment.

You will guide maintenance strategy, coach staff, and implement RCA, FMEA, and RCM to improve reliability and plant performance in a 24/7 operation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a Maintenance/Reliability department.
• Experience partnering with Production leadership to improve equipment reliability.
• Experience developing leading indicators for asset reliability.
• Experience maintaining hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical/PLC systems, MCCs, utilities, transformers, switchgear, and process instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Maintenance department to align with plant vision.
• Coach and give feedback to team members to enable growth.
• Develop solutions using analytical tools such as RCA, FMEA, and RCM.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
• Lead reliability-centered maintenance to keep equipment ready.
• Utilize maintenance data systems for work orders and preventive maintenance.
• Organize and direct the maintenance team to meet plant objectives.
• Diagnose equipment issues and determine repair or replacement needs.

Skills

Leadership

Plant reliability

Collaboration with Production

Diagnostics problem solving

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Guardian Industries is seeking a Maintenance Manager to join our team in DeWitt, Iowa!

In this role, you will lead a team that maintains plant machinery that includes glass melting furnace equipment, raw material batching equipment, utility water and compressed air systems, fans, robots, automated glass handling equipment, and plant support equipment.

Our Team

We are a principled based company that relies heavily on teamwork and ingenuity. We pride ourselves on being the partner of choice for our internal and external customers.

What You Will Do

• Lead and strategically manage the Maintenance department and all maintenance-related activities that are aligned with the plant vision
• Provide coaching and feedback to help employees recognize their strengths and weaknesses within their role to help them succeed in the organization.
• Develop solutions and make recommendations for maintenance and operations teams using analytical tools such as RCM, FMEA, and RCA.
• Generate an environment that seeks to challenge the employee to acquire and learn new knowledge that will help them to continuously improve
• Implement reliability centered maintenance management practices to ensure equipment is always in a dependable state of readiness
• Utilize maintenance data systems that support work orders, preventative maintenance, and reliability improvements
• Organize, coordinate, and lead maintenance team to successfully meet plant objectives
• Manage the diagnosis of equipment problems, determine repair/replacement needs of machinery, tear down, repair/replace defective parts and reassemble equipment
• Lead cost control and continuous improvement in your department which includes critical & consumable spare inventory in Plant storeroom.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience leading and managing a Maintenance/ Reliability department
• Experience in partnering with Production leadership to resolve issues and improve plant equipment reliability.
• Experience with identification and development of leading indicators for reliability of critical assets
• Experience maintaining hydraulics, pneumatics, and industrial level electrical / PLC's, motor control centers, Utility systems, transformers, switchgears, process instrumentation.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in innovation
• Experience with condition monitoring through use of technology & sensors to monitor health of assets in real time
• Experience with robotic equipment
• Bachelor’s of Science degree in Engineering
• Experience working in a 24/7/365 operation

Additional Postings available from Guardian Glass