Maintenance Manager

Overview

Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day;

they are the true driving force in our operations. Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America, and offers an ESOP program that gives shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time llenge is #Quality Driven and #People Powered!

What We Want

The purpose of the role of Maintenance Manager is to lead maintenance employees of multiple disciplines, assign daily tasks, enforce company policies, and assist with maintenance tasks as needed. He/she will also develop processes to maximize stewardship, safety, quality, and productivity.

• Ensure personnel follow established safety procedures and implement improvement projects. Maximize reliability, efficiency, and safety of equipment.
• Manage press, weld, crib maintenance supervisors and personnel. Oversee day-to-day operations and tasks to ensure smooth performance of overall operations.
• Ensure manpower is sufficient and properly trained to work in an effective and efficient manner.
• Maintain effective predictive and preventative maintenance programs by use of established metrics, planning, PM program, and predictive technologies.
• Ensure corporate standards are upheld and maintained.
• Install and/or modify manufacturing equipment to meet production requirements.
• Work with outside contractors when scope of repair is beyond in-house capabilities.
• Respond to production emergencies and down equipment. Oversee maintenance and repair of production and facilities equipment.
• Manage projects to provide prompt response to requests and issues from multiple departments.
• Implement best practice processes to increase productivity, quality, and output.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities and recommend process improvements.
• Effectively communicate with corporate and plant teams to ensure effective outcomes.
• Ensure all communication is clear, concise, timely, and thorough.
• Ensure department participates and works effectively to meet corporate and plant cost metrics.

This will be a 1st Shift / 8AM-5PM M-F position located at our Plant Spartanburg, MI. Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Technical Discipline strongly preferred
• Three to five years’ work experience in a maintenance leadership role required covering multiple shifts.
• Experience with predictive and preventative maintenance programs required
• Willingness and ability to obtain appropriate (hilo, crane, lift, etc.) operating licenses
• Automotive industry experience preferred
• Computer literacy required, including MS Office (Excel) and ERP/MRP system (Plex is a plus) experience
• Strong team building, decision-making, organization, multi-tasking, and people management skills
• Has high standards of performance for self.
• Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes.
• Is thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks; demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work.
• Takes positive action to objectively resolve conflict by listening, staying focused on issue to find resolution, and monitoring progress.
• Maintains positive relationships by constructively resolving conflicts.
• Uses feedback from others to continuously improve performance and work relationships.
• Moves within own and/or other work areas (flexes) to support plant flow.
• Works with sense of urgency to meet needs of customers.
• Has necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to…