Maintenance Manager

Colonial Group; Wauwatosa (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group in Wisconsin is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance department, uphold safety standards, and optimize asset uptime. The role focuses on safeguarding equipment, managing budgets, and driving process improvements across TPM and CMMS efforts.

The position emphasizes regulatory compliance, staff development, and collaboration with production teams to minimize downtime and reduce costs. Strong leadership and safety culture are essential.

Responsibilities

• Direct, maintain and enforce the safety program for the maintenance department; review safety records to uphold standards of maximum safety for all employees
• Responsible for maintaining the safe operation of all equipment and building infrastructure
• Maintain maintenance budget and capital monies balancing the cost with equipment repair needs
• Responsible for ensuring equipment is maintained to comply with all environmental and health and safety requirements of the city, county, state and federal
• Responsible for the management, supervision and development of the maintenance department
• Ensure regulatory compliance with NFPA-70E (Arc Flash) for all maintenance activities within the Company
• Conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency, knowledge and contribution of the maintenance technicians
• Assist in the hiring of maintenance personnel
• Assist with planning and implementing plant improvements and expansions
• Implement programs and procedures required to ensure plant cleanliness and accompanying 6S levels
• Track, analyze and improve key maintenance performances indices including asset utilization, up time, PM compliance, etc.
• Prepare reports, analyze data and make recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance-related problems

Job description

Summary Description:

Responsible for management of the maintenance department to ensure maximum utilization of maintenance employees to keep the plant running efficiently and minimizing equipment downtime and facility issues.

Essential Functions:

DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT:

• Direct, maintain and enforce the safety program for the maintenance department; review safety records to uphold standards of maximum safety for all employees
• Responsible for maintaining the safe operation of all equipment and building infrastructure
• Maintain maintenance budget and capital monies balancing the cost with equipment repair needs
• Responsible for ensuring equipment is maintained to comply with all environmental and health and safety requirements of the city, county, state and federal
• Responsible for the management, supervision and development of the maintenance department
• Ensure regulatory compliance with NFPA-70E (Arc Flash) for all maintenance activities within the Company
• Conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency, knowledge and contribution of the maintenance technicians
• Assist in the hiring of maintenance personnel
• Assist with planning and implementing plant improvements and expansions
• Implement programs and procedures required to ensure plant cleanliness and accompanying 6S levels
• Track, analyze and improve key maintenance performances indices including asset utilization, up time, PM compliance, etc.
• Prepare reports, analyze data and make recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance-related problems

TRAINING:

• Ensure that maintenance technicians are adequately trained, equipped and motivated so that the maintenance program can be achieved in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner
• Provide technical training and guidance for maintenance, supervisors and employees on equipment
• Maintain and update all operational, LO/TO and training manuals and procedures; ensure that all maintenance technicians are trained on the most current version of all operational and LO/TO policies and procedures
• Participate in training and development programs including all areas of environmental, health and safety issues, especially those dealing with proper handling of hazardous materials and hazardous waste

COMMUNICATION:

• Communicate regularly with all maintenance technicians, both individually and as a group, to ensure good two-way communication for maintenance issues
• Develop and maintain a working relationship with all departments and management insuring an ongoing connection with production teams; coordinate directly with the operations department to coordinate maintenance and repair work in production areas

PLANNING/ORGANIZING:

• Establish and maintain a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for tracking work orders and maintenance history on plant equipment
• Select and manage contractors and vendors as required
• Initiate and carry out projects that improve efficiency and/or reduce operating costs
• Monitor the use and inventories of spare parts, maintenance supplies and equipment and initiate the re-ordering when necessary

TPM:

• Review the operation of plant equipment and systems constantly to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate problems, and identify opportunities for improvement
• Responsible for ensuring preventive maintenance work orders are done on a timely basis and all PM's are returned to be entered into the CMMS maintenance system
• Manage systems and foster an environment of continuous improvement to maximize operational availability
• Engage department to follow health and safety practices as they apply to department and the facility to drive a strong safety culture continuously reducing injury rates
• Ability to assist with problem solving and troubleshooting to minimize downtime and increase uptime
• Perform any and all other job related tasks as assigned