Manufacturing Maintenance Manager

Advanced Technology Services; Bellwood (IL); On-site; USD 116,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

ATS in Bellwood, IL is seeking a senior operations leader to drive safety, culture, and continuous improvement across the site. You will oversee safety programs, lead strategic initiatives, and manage resources to ensure factory performance aligns with customer needs.

You will coordinate with ATS business units and customers to balance revenue targets with cost control while fostering a positive work environment and growth opportunities for team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technical, business, or a related field preferred or seven years of operations/maintenance experience
• Strong supervisory experience with a focus on employee development
• Ability to lead safety initiatives and establish safety culture

Responsibilities

• Deploy the ATS safety program and ensure completion of safety training, observations, and incident investigations
• Lead the implementation of strategic initiatives through team communications and action planning
• Manage site revenue, expenses, and profit to meet objectives
• Develop and maintain relationships with ATS business units and customers
• Serve as on-site contact to ensure alignment of customer expectations and site goals

Skills

Safety leadership

Operations management

Employee development

Budget management

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 7 years experience

Tools

Power BI

GEAC

Concur

Workday

Job description

Founded in 1985, ATS is a company with a presence in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. We are professionals in Industrial Maintenance and we make factories run better.

Fundada en 1985, ATS es una empresa con presencia en los Estados Unidos, México y el Reino Unido. Somos profesionales en mantenimiento industrial y hacemos que las fábricas funcionen mejor.

Principal Duties/Responsibilities:

To Live and Lead Safety

• Takes responsibility for employee safety and wellness by deploying the ATS safety program and ensuring effective completion of safety training, observations, and incident investigations.
• Implements and actively supports all Beyond Zero initiatives
• Enables the growth of a customer safety culture by a fostering a safety partnership and sharing best practices

To Inspire and Provide Clarity on Vision and Strategy

• Motivates employees by communicating a clear vision that enables all employees to understand the rationale for, and the benefit of, both site-level and company-wide objectives
• Acts as an effective change agent, leading the implementation of strategic initiatives through positive team communications, appropriate action planning, and successful implementation activities
• Understands and appropriately articulates both ATS and customer strategies, providing the team with line of sight between team responsibilities and strategic outcomes

To Own Our ATS Culture

• Builds positive relationships with ATS employees, customers, and peers through open communication and role-modeling the ATS leadership core competencies of honesty and respect
• Sets a positive, influential standard for others and creates a constructive climate for their team
• Influences with transparency and use participative methods to ensure that decisions are understood and accepted
• Establishes a positive work environment through managing and personalizing onboarding; engaging in ongoing one-on-one communications; and recognizing individual contributions and achievements on a timely basis
• Adheres to policies and procedures and ensures that staff understands the rationale behind policies and processes

To Support Our Employees’ Learning and Growth

• Leads and builds team capabilities by working with individuals on performance improvement, career planning, training, and skills development.
• Develops, communicates, and executes a Skills Matrix and Technician Training Plan
• Builds and maintains a succession plan for key positions (i.e., Supervisors, Supply Chain, P/S, RE)

To Ensure and Drive our Business Results

• Leads and ensures the Operating System is understood, reinforced, and embedded
• Develops and executes a site-specific maintenance plan per ATS standards
• Manages financial performance of the site (revenue, expenses, and profit) to achieve set objectives
• Develops and maintains effective relationships with all ATS business units, fully utilizing their services and ensuring cross-functional alignment
• Collaborates with and builds customer relationships to ensure priority alignment and proactively anticipates customer needs as the primary on site contact
• Ensures alignment of customer expectations and ATS site goals through management of site-specific contracts
• Communicates with the customer through daily, weekly, and monthly meetings and conducts a regular review of the performance metrics with the customer
• Drives a continuous improvement methodology and promotes cost savings
• Analyzes and reports on key performance indicators, completing root cause analyses and developing and executing action items while removing barriers and addressing issues
• Collaborates with sales and operations leadership to increase the scope of services

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs), & Competencies:

Essential KSAs:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical, business, or a related field preferred or seven years of operations / maintenance experience
• Three years of supervisory experience with a strong focus on development of employees
• Resilient and flexible, able to multitask and prioritize with an innate ability to understand and accept change and motivate others around change
• Highly tuned emotional intelligence with demonstrated ability to build relationships and lead teams with honesty and integrity to achieve goals
• Solid understanding of manufacturing / assembly work environment
• Business acumen
• Positive influencer with appropriate levels of organization.
• Strong customer focus with the ability to build positive business relationships and show a sense of urgency

Desirable KSAs

• Manufacturing maintenance experience preferred with related certifications and training
• Good understanding of, and/or experience with, proactive/reliability maintenance processes, i.e., Planning/Scheduling, P/M, PdM, and root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies
• Good computer skills, including Microsoft applications and web-based applications such as Power BI, GEAC, Concur, Workday and related software
• Time management skills
• Ability to relocate to specified locations
• Excellent communications skills (verbal, written, and presentation)
• Agile, curious learner and authentic, credible teacher
• Financial acumen and knowledge of forecasting and managing budgets

Leadership Core Competencies:

Business and Company Acumen

• Lead with honesty and integrity
• Build bold and relevant strategies
• Welcome and motivate change
• Recognize the right outcomes and how they were achieved
• Role model safety and wellness

Emotional Intelligence

• Provide psychological safety
• Be self-aware
• Build relationships
• Ask for and act on feedback
• Respect diverse background and viewpoints

Lead in the Present; Eye to the Future

• Commit to accountability
• Coach people to their potential
• Own talent development and placement
• Turn problems into opportunities
• Be resilient and flexible

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate

• Practice transparency
• Build relationships through respect
• Be a curious learner and credible teacher
• Influence in a proactive, positive way
• Ensure cross functional awareness/decisions

ATS believes in fair and equitable pay. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. We also offer market leading benefit programs including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, PTO, a 401k retirement plans with employer matching, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Pay Range

$115,752.67 — $154,336.91 USD

ATS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to all applicants and employees without regard to age, color, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected status. Review the privacy policy here.

ATS se compromete a brindar igualdad de oportunidades de empleo en todos los aspectos del empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados, independientemente de su edad, color, raza, religión, sexo (incluido el embarazo, identidad de género y orientación sexual), origen nacional, discapacidad, estatus de veterano, información genética u otro estatus legalmente protegido. Revisión de la política de privacidad aquí