Maintenance Manager - Industrial Pro Recruiting

Job Title: Maintenance Manager

Work Location: Franklin Park, IL

Department: Maintenance

Position Summary:

The Maintenance Manager will support production operation by ensuring optimal equipment performance through preventive maintenance and dynamic responses to equipment-related issues to reduce unscheduled downtime.

Leads the maintenance department through guidance, instruction, and provides training resources to foster team growth. Develops a Preventive Maintenance program and manages the maintenance order system. Establishes a relationship with equipment vendors, forecasts equipment needs to ensure readily available supply of parts.

This position reports directly to the Vice President of Engineering and Manufacturing.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage maintenance team, parts, and equipment.
• Coach and direct Maintenance team.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable local, state, federal and/or company policy and procedures.
• Works alongside the Production Manager and the VP of Engineering and Manufacturing to:
• Ensure customer deadlines are met.
• Prepare operational schedules and coordinates maintenance with manufacturing activities to ensure production schedules are met.
• Communicate with quality and production to support production needs.
• Generate weekly/monthly reports as required.
• Monitor the performance of production equipment to ensure adherence to all safety guidelines and compliance with all local, state, federal and company policies.
• Manage employee selection, training, performance evaluation, documentation, salary and termination processes.
• Maintain a positive, proactive labor environment.
• Ability to effectively handle employee issues.
• This is a 24/7 plant operation

Education and Work Experience Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in manufacturing operations 
• Blow Mold Machinery Exp required
• 5+ years’ experience in a supervisory capacity
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Excellent project management skills
• Proven track record of successfully training employees in productivity and safety.
• Working knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations preferred
• Ability to coach and mentor employees on a one-on-one basis as well as a group.
• Ability to lead by example.

Physical Requirements

• Production environment. Ability to sit, stand or walk distances for up to 8 hours per day.
• Required to use hands to grasp, lift, handle, carry or feel objects on a frequent basis
• 20/40 vision in each eye, with or without correction, is required
• Must be able to comply with all safety standards and procedures
• May stoop, kneel, or bend, on an occasional basis
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required (including but not limited to, steel toe shoes, safety glasses and hearing protection).