Maintenance Manager - Mativ

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions to solve our customers' most complex challenges. With over 7,500 employees worldwide, we manufacture on four continents and generate sales in more than 100 countries. We offer a wide range of premium applications across diversified and growing end markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers' products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.
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We currently have an exciting opportunity available for a Maintenance Manager in our high profile Minneapolis Plant union location. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Accomplishes maintenance human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
• Achieves maintenance operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Meets maintenance financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Provides support to production by maintaining mechanical and/or electrical systems in good working order to minimize downtime.
• Identifies needs, plans and executes upgrades to facilities and machinery as required.
• Works closely with engineering team on capital projects for new, modified or added equipment.
• Partners with Engineering support to respond to requests for troubleshooting mechanical and electrical problems or is the engineering resource to repair the issue, if applicable.
• Complies with codes by adhering to requirements; advising senior management on needed actions.
• Leads self and team to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Ensures appropriate safety measures are in place for a safe work environment.
• Shares best practices with other facilities and leaders
• Oversees supplies inventory to determine inventory levels; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for material; reviewing and approving invoices;
• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; ensuring preventive maintenance performance; calling for repairs.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Manages third party contractors and vendors as required to meet the needs of the facility.
• Additional duties as assigned

Education, Experience and Certifications: 

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in industrial, mechanical, or electrical engineering or a 4-year technical degree in related discipline.
• Must have at least 3 years of maintenance or maintenance engineering experience.
• Preference given to candidates with 3- 5 years of Engineering experience in netting and/or nonwoven industries, or a related field.

Required Skills: 

• Knowledge and compliance experience with environmental and OSHA.
• Solid troubleshooting/problem solving skillset
• Experience with implementing institutional change to systems
• Proficient user in maintenance management systems
• Strong computer skills, including the Microsoft suite
• Excellent interpersonal communication (written and verbal)
• Proven team building skills including facilitation and team member participation.
• Proven leadership skills
• Proven experience in Total Predictive Maintenance
• Experience managing within a union environment (preferred)
• Experience managing maintenance within a 24/7 manufacturing environment (preferred)

• Competitive compensation (including lucrative sign on bonus) with regular salary reviews and annual bonus plan
• Outstanding Health, Dental & Vision Insurance Benefits
• Eligibility for benefits on first day of employment
• 401K Retirement Plan, immediate 6% company match
• 100% Company paid life insurance, short-term disability and long term disability 
• Wellness incentive program
• Competitive Time Off & Paid Holidays Plan

Note:  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the incumbent. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this position