Maintenance Manager - Manufacturing

About the role

Overview: Dart makes everyday products that give people the freedom to enjoy the food & drinks they love, wherever they are. From to-go containers and dinnerware to tamper-evident food packaging and even the red SOLO cup, Dart products have been keeping people on the go and having fun for 65 years. We’re a family-owned, family-focused company of 12,000 employees united by a shared set of values and dedicated to providing exceptional customer service. Headquartered in Mason, MI, with 30 locations in three countries, we’re proud of our ability to innovate, manufacture and lead the way with each new generation of quality products.

Responsibilities

• Manage maintenance, reliability, and facilities operations with a focus on meeting Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for safety, quality, production, maintenance, efficiency, and service.
• Responsible for the overall upkeep of production equipment and machines, and facility building and grounds, by scheduling and execution of preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance.
• Manage and promote practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards, and serve the needs of our customers.
• Take ownership and demonstrate leadership necessary to achieve goals specific to Safety, Quality, Service, Efficiency and Employee Development.
• Monitor KPI’s anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of targets.
• Lead by example to promote and encourage employees to strongly commit to safety and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Manage the team responsible for the installation, maintenance, and improvement of machinery, equipment and facilities, janitorial services, site security, systems, and grounds.
• Direct, supervise, and/or assist in plant and facility capital improvement projects and installations.
• Evaluate, recommend, and acquire tools for use, including process analysis software, and other physical tools and resources specific to reliability and maintenance improvement.
• Lead training efforts to ensure maintenance technicians have needed resources for standard operating procedures (SOP’s), work instructions, specialty tools, and updated Preventive Maintenance (PM) kits.
• Sets priorities for maintenance backlog and oversees long-range and short-range maintenance schedules.
• Ensure that maintenance work execution is compliant with statutory regulations.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive preventive maintenance program to improve machinery performance (i.e., uptime, reliability, and efficiency).
• Oversee the execution of preventive, predictive, and autonomous maintenance plans, and hold team accountable for adhering to the proper work standards related to precision maintenance as per job plans.
• Coordinate with maintenance planners and the production department to build weekly proactive maintenance schedule with detailed job plans.
• Analyze production schedules and work orders to determine work priorities for repairs, maintenance, and installation.
• Administer and improve systems and procedures for maintenance work orders.
• Develop and implement a system for the collection and maintenance of data and statistics of maintenance history and maintenance needs on production equipment.
• Solicit assistance from other departments and management as necessary to achieve goals and targets.
• Utilize computer applications to maintain data and run reports.
• Audit the floor as required by Leader Standard Work, monitor metrics, verify adherence to procedures/standard work and correct deficiencies as necessary.
• Participate in root-cause analysis for repetitive damage and failure rates,