Engineering & Maintenance Manager

About the role

The Engineering & Maintenance Manager leads the Engineering and Maintenance functions to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all production equipment, facilities, and grounds. This role develops and executes strategies that maximize equipment uptime, optimize asset performance, and support the plant's operational and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the Maintenance and Project Engineering departments, ensuring the reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement of plant operations.
• Direct the planning, design, construction, and installation of mechanical and electrical facilities or systems.
• Establish and maintain standards and procedures for maintaining buildings, grounds and equipment in accordance with sound engineering principles, safety regulations, quality requirements and production needs.
• Partner with management and HQ teams to identify, evaluate, and implement engineering improvements and equipment modifications that enhance safety, quality, productivity and cost effectiveness.
• Evaluate and coordinate and manage external contractors used for building, electrical, parts, or other maintenance related concerns.
• Ensure a system is established capable of meeting customer quality concerns with regard to parts inventory and preventative maintenance systems.
• Prepare and submit yearly capital budget request.
• Manage all capital projects from concept through completion, ensuring projects are executed on schedule, within approved budgets, and aligned with operational objectives.
• Direct and oversee all engineering, maintenance and facility activities of the Kansas City, MO facility, including plant expansion, equipment installation, facility improvements and major maintenance initiatives.
• Manage plant capital budgets, project management and directing all outside contractors onsite.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and employee development throughout the engineering and maintenance functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or experience in lieu of degree.
• 5 years’ experience in engineering management in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience with project management, including cost control and budgeting required.
• 2 years’ experience in battery business preferred but not required.
• 5 years’ experience in management.
• Able to work in high-pressure, deadline driven environment.
• Outstanding leadership skills and ability to delegate responsibilities effectively.

Skills

• Ability to work in high-pressure, deadline driven environment.
• Outstanding leadership skills and ability to delegate responsibilities effectively.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches presentations on complex topics to top management.
• Able to use word processing capabilities and spreadsheet applications (MS Office applications Google Suite, MS Project).
• Able to setup software capable of meeting the needs of the parts inventory and preventive maintenance system.
• Able to modify programmable logic controllers as required.

Competencies

• Working knowledge of Allen-Bradley.

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include hearing, speaking, seeing, writing, standing, sitting, walking, bending, lifting of 50 pounds, simple grasping, pulling, pushing, twisting, and repetitive use of hands.
• Motion machinery, noise, dust, fumes, varying temperatures, and other industrial conditions.

Work Environment

• This position is performed in an office environment and requires regular onsite attendance.
• The role also requires frequent presence in manufacturing and production areas.
• While on the manufacturing floor, employees may be exposed to moving machinery, noise, dust, fumes, varying temperatures, and other industrial conditions.
• Required personal protective equipment (PPE) must be worn in designated areas.

Travel Requirements

• Occasionally travel to other company sites, seminars and workshops; other area plants.