Plant Maintenance Manager

Top Echelon LLC; Fuquay-Varina (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon LLC is seeking a Maintenance Manager to oversee all plant equipment, develop and improve process control systems, and ensure reliability across operations. The role emphasizes preventive maintenance, supplier management, and safety compliance under OSHA standards, with hands-on troubleshooting and leadership of a maintenance team.

Ideal candidates hold a bachelor's degree, manufacturing experience (preferably automotive), strong communication, and the ability to optimize maintenance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Recent experience in a Manufacturing plant, preferably automotive.
• Excellent communication skills and must possess the ability to supervise and motivate employees in a team environment.
• Expert working knowledge of all machine components and integration.
• Proven mechanical aptitude for analytical problem solving.
• Working with engineering and quality to address problem areas and collectively come up and implement solutions.

Responsibilities

• Initiate preventive maintenance programs to minimize maintenance cost of all production equipment.
• Executes assignments related to maintenance of machinery and equipment.
• Responsible for relocating machinery and/or equipment; dismantling and removing obsolete or worn out machinery and/or equipment.
• Plans the performance of preventative maintenance activities based upon personal knowledge and interval records of equipment wear and the manufacturer’s recommendations regarding service.
• Develops and maintains key, preferred suppliers and spare part inventories.
• Schedules work to prevent idle time and to provide maximum machine utilization.
• Schedules overtime work among maintenance employees to equalize overtime fairly.
• Determines priority of maintenance job back-log and schedules work accomplished.
• Responsible for up-grading the effectiveness of maintenance personnel.
• Schedules and conducts meetings with instructions relating to maintenance skills, safety, and Company Policy.
• Handles all job-related problems in maintenance honestly and fairly without violation of Company Policies or Procedures.
• Ensure team members have the appropriate safety and health; accident prevention; and investigation training. Provide leadership in developing measures and practices that that prevent accidents and ensure compliance with OSHA standards.
• Provide troubleshooting of production equipment to support manufacturing and maintenance operations.
• Respond to critical production down situations affecting manufacturing.
• Maintain Maintenancesoftware database that controls all Preventative and Predictive Maintenance processes on facilities and equipment.
• Generate and maintain PM schedule.
• Responsible for all plant utilities and seeking ways to reduce costs.
• Complies with all Company Safety policies, procedures and rules.

Skills

Communication skills

Supervision

Team leadership

Mechanical aptitude

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Maintenance Manager Summary:

The Maintenance Manager will oversee all equipment for the plant. They will develop, implement and improve process control systems on all plant equipment.

Maintenance Manager Responsibilities:

• Initiate preventive maintenanceprograms to minimize maintenancecost of all production equipment.
• Executes assignments related to maintenanceof machinery and equipment.
• Responsible for relocating machinery and/or equipment; dismantling and removing obsolete or worn out machinery and/or equipment.
• Plans the performance of preventative maintenanceactivities based upon personal knowledge and interval records of equipment wear and the manufacturer’s recommendations regarding service.
• Develops and maintains key, preferred suppliers and spare part inventories.
• Schedules work to prevent idle time and to provide maximum machine utilization.
• Schedules overtime work among maintenanceemployees to equalize overtime fairly.
• Determines priority of maintenancejob back-log and schedules work accomplished.
• Responsible for up-grading the effectiveness of maintenancepersonnel.
• Schedules and conducts meetings with instructions relating to maintenanceskills, safety, and Company Policy.
• Handles all job-related problems in maintenancehonestly and fairly without violation of Company Policies or Procedures.
• Ensure team members have the appropriate safety and health; accident prevention; and investigation training. Provide leadership in developing measures and practices that that prevent accidents and ensure compliance with OSHA standards.
• Provide troubleshooting of production equipment to support manufacturing and maintenanceoperations.
• Respond to critical production down situations affecting manufacturing.
• Maintain Maintenancesoftware database that controls all Preventative and Predictive Maintenanceprocesses on facilities and equipment.
• Generate and maintain PM schedule.
• Responsible for all plant utilities and seeking ways to reduce costs.
• Complies with all Company Safety policies, procedures and rules.

Education / Skills:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Must have recent experience in a Manufacturing plant, preferably automotive.
• Excellentcommunication skillsand must possess the ability to supervise and motivate employees in a team environment.
• Expert working knowledge of all machine components and integration.
• Proven mechanical aptitude for analytical problem solving.
• Working with engineering and quality to address problem areas and collectively come up andimplement solutions.