Maintenance & Facilities Manager

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education. For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.

Responsibilities

• Directly oversee operators and maintenance technicians.
• Manage all day-to-day fabrication operations required to produce Air Handler Units at our plant.
• Drive the asset care strategy to enhance equipment reliability within the fabrication department.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives using Lean manufacturing principles.
• Coordinate activities between fabrication and maintenance teams to ensure production goals are achieved efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Collaborate with supervisory staff to meet key performance metrics such as productivity and on-time delivery.
• Coach and mentor team leaders to strengthen employee performance and foster a culture of operational excellence.
• Allocate and manage resources (manpower, equipment, and materials) to optimize production output with respect to delivery, quality, and cost.
• Lead teams in achieving goals in safety, quality, cost, delivery, and other plant goals.
• Manage shifts by effectively utilizing supervisors and their resources.
• Coordinate activities of various departments and/or shifts to ensure all areas are working on the appropriate tasks.
• Develop strategic operating, capital, and other plans to improve effectiveness of operation.
• Adjust plant capacity to meet customer demand.
• Work with the team to develop and implement materials management strategy (make/buy, Kanban/MRP, master scheduling time fences, inventory levels, vendor stocking).
• Maintain effective working relationships and communication with all departments and see to the professional development of all assigned personnel.
• Lead large capital projects from conception to completion.
• Establish budgets and operating targets.
• Participate in Product Team meetings to help effectively improve the product line performance.
• Analyze operational performance and develop priorities for improvements.
• Responsible for all aspects of shop floor management in assigned areas.
• Assure that safe work practices are followed.
• Assist in relevant Johnson Controls Manufacturing Systems (JCMS) action items/activities as pertains to your knowledge/skill set and technical ability.
• Drive Safety Performance in the Plant to achieve and maintain Gold Status (Goal of No Recordable/No Lost Times).
• Ensure Safety Training is completed as required for direct reports.
• Responsible for performing 2 Behavior Based Safety Observations monthly.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business and/or relevant work experience.
• Five (5) to ten (10) years of manufacturing experience.
• Previous experience with Autonomous or Professional Maintenance (TPM – Total Productive Maintenance).
• Previous experience managing management-level staff.
• Ability to communicate with superiors, peers, and subordinates in a professional manner.
• Demonstrate initiative and willingness to seek improvements through the use of Lean Manufacturing tools.
• Develop plans that meet a variety of goals simultaneously and be able to change these plans as business conditions change.
• Utilize analysis tools to determine opportunities for improvement.
• Willingness to work additional hours and varied working hours to effectively manage people across all shifts.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access).
• Occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong background in Lean Manufacturing as well as other training in formal problem solving and operational analysis.
• Previous HVAC experience.
• Experienced with SAP or other MRP system.

Pay

Hiring salary range: $89,000 - $134,000 (determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location, and alignment with market data). This role offers a competitive bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance.

Benefits

This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us.