Plant Maintenance & Reliability Leader

Moventas Wind Ltd; Windsor, Northern (CT, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Suominen Corporation in Windsor Locks, CT, is seeking a dynamic Manager, Maintenance to oversee preventative and corrective maintenance across the plant, ensuring safe, reliable operations in line with quality standards and regulatory requirements.

The role leads a maintenance team of mechanical and electrical technicians, manages CMMS work orders, and coordinates with production and external contractors to optimize OEE and downtime, while controlling costs and driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working within a manufacturing environment and maintenance.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Required to work in a manufacturing environment.
• Must be flexible to work weekends and evenings if needed
• Must be able stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch. Must be able to lift and/or move 10 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Manages the work and activities of maintenance staff and external resources within a plant so that repair and service activities are completed according to quality standards, accurately, safely, and on-time.
• Manages, plans, prioritizes, and schedules maintenance activities to optimize OEE, rectify breakdowns and malfunctions and minimize business disruptions.
• Ensures assets are maintained to lower total cost and that capital is used efficiently; identifies risks and mitigates exposure.
• Controls maintenance costs according to budget and updates cost forecasts.
• Develops and implements repair and maintenance procedures; monitors cost-effectiveness and resource allocation.
• Ensures availability of spare parts and resources.
• Conducts breakdown analysis and RCA for downtime; implements corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Evaluates, selects, and manages relationships with external contractors to improve efficiency and reduce costs; sets standards and audits of repairs.
• Manages plant-wide CMMS including history, planning, scheduling, and preventive/predictive maintenance tasks.
• Oversees autonomous maintenance program with production manager.
• Supervises maintenance team across mechanical and electrical technicians; collaborates with logistics and QA.
• Supports sustain & improve projects and participates in larger investments affecting the plant.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing

Maintenance

Communication

SAP

Excel

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Suominen Corporation in Windsor Locks, CT, is seeking a dynamic Manager, Maintenance to oversee preventative and corrective maintenance across the plant, ensuring safe, reliable operations in line with quality standards and regulatory requirements.

The role leads a maintenance team of mechanical and electrical technicians, manages CMMS work orders, and coordinates with production and external contractors to optimize OEE and downtime, while controlling costs and driving continuous improvement.