Maintenance Manger - Wood Manufacturing Plant

Job Description
Our client is looking for a Maintenance Manager for a wood manufacturing facility. This is a senior-level position responsible for maximizing equipment uptime, safety, and operational efficiency. This role involves building a maintenance program from the ground up, leading maintenance teams, implementing preventative/predictive maintenance, and managing the maintenance budget.

Job Summary

The Maintenance Manager oversees all mechanical and electrical maintenance operations, including troubleshooting, repair, and installation of complex woodworking equipment. They are critical to reducing downtime in a high-volume, high-speed manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Asset Reliability: Develop and implement a comprehensive asset management strategy, including Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and predictive maintenance (PdM) to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Leadership: Direct and manage maintenance technicians, providing training, coaching, and performance management.
• Preventative Maintenance (PM): Create, manage, and audit the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to ensure all machinery (saws, conveyors, hydraulic press) is serviced on time.
• Safety & Compliance: Act as a safety role model by enforcing LOTO (Lockout/Tagout), machine guarding, and OSHA standards to ensure a safe, compliant work environment.
• Budget & Cost Management: Manage the departmental budget, including spare parts inventory, and control costs to meet financial goals.
• Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with operations and engineering to implement capital projects and identify opportunities for equipment upgrades that improve performance.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Lead RCA efforts for equipment failures to prevent recurrence.

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 3-5+ years of experience in industrial maintenance management, with preference for experience in a wood products assembly environment.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong understanding of industrial equipment (hydraulics, pneumatic, conveyor systems, CNC) and PLCs (Control Logix, Siemens, etc.).
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical) or Technical Field is preferred, though equivalent, extensive experience will be considered.
• Software: Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Soft Skills: Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop a team in a fast-paced environment.

Typical Working Conditions

• High-speed, often noisy, and dusty manufacturing environment.
• Requirement to work flexible hours, including on-call for weekends, nights.
• Exposure to temperature variations.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Equipment Downtime (unplanned)
• PM Compliance Percentage
• Maintenance Cost per Unit
• Safety Record
• Budget Adherence