Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

• Published: 10.03.2025
• Company:
  Safran Landing Systems
• Job field:
  Means and equipment maintenance
• Location:
  
  Walton, Kentucky, United States
• Contract type:
  Permanent
• Contract duration:
  Full-time
• Required degree:
  Vocational/Trade School
• Required experience:
  
  More than 8 years
• Professional status:
  Professional, Engineer & Manager
• Salary range:
  Starting at $96,000
• Job :

• Oversee all maintenance activities and assume responsibility for plant process, auxiliary, and utility equipment
• Oversee the site's Maintenance Department Scheduling, Planning, and TPM activities
• Primary responsibility for establishing long‑term maintenance plans for all manufacturing equipment and associated utility systems to improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
• Assist in the development of preventive and predictive maintenance techniques to ensure maximum equipment reliability
• Be a proactive leader in the development and implementation of the eight pillars of TPM and associated TPM system
• Ensure maintenance resources – skills, people, and tools – are adequate to support preventive and predictive maintenance, as well as addressing unplanned equipment failures immediately to minimize operational disruptions, including lead root cause analysis to prevent future reoccurrences
• Manage large scale projects in conjunction with Engineering, lead implementation of PMs for new equipment installations.
• Attend management staff meetings and monthly management meetings, etc. to summarize Maintenance activity and provide input for preventive maintenance development and capital project funding requirements planning
• Ensure alignment and collaboration among maintenance, production, engineering, and administration to establish spare parts requirements and inventory
• Establish, review, and report on Maintenance KPI metrics per FAC
  03 requirements
• Serve as the administrator of any and all maintenance management and work request system
• Oversee the calibration of all critical chain process instrumentation and test equipment
• Serve as the FAC
  03 Maintenance focal point for systems management, reporting, sharing, and collaboration between sites
• Develop and lead ONE SAFRAN projects, maintain and lead continuous improvement via Safran Maturity Matrix standard
• Lead maintenance risk reviews per the Safran Enterprise Risk Management system / RiTo Tool
• Lead audit efforts to ensure AS9100, FAA‑FAR
  145, EASA‑Part 21G, and other certifications are maintained
• Lead Balance Score Card (BSC) initiatives for yearly and long term improvements and planning
• Lead Equipment Health Assessment efforts
• Management of CMMS system, installations, and up‑grades
• Perform other related duties as required
• Ensure a proficient training program is in-place and employees are adequately trained
• Minimal travel is required and may periodically include trips to other Safran sites, trainings, conferences, equipment manufacturers sites, etc.

• Associate's Degree or equivalent in a technical field
• Minimum of seven years experience in the following areas:
  • Managing a maintenance team in an industrial/manufacturing environment
  • Trouble‑shooting electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems, including reading associated schematics and P&IDs
  • Implementing and/or managing a Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program, including development and tracking of equipment reliability measures such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
  • Ensuring equipment and facility compliance to applicable federal, state, and local codes
• Preference given to candidates with the following:
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering
  • Lean manufacturing experience, certification a plus
  • Experience programming PLC & control systems and trouble‑shooting microprocessor based systems
  • Working experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
  • Maintenance/engineering experience with the following:
    • Boiler systems
    • Induction heat treatment furnaces
    • CNC machines

Safran is an international high‑technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose…