Maintenance Foreman

I. Position Description The purpose of this position is to manage, direct and lead maintenance employees.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•Manages schedules, repairs, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment to ensure continuous production operations. Manages, plans, develops, and implements new methods and procedures designed to improve operations efficiency. Reviews new product plans and discusses equipment needs and modifications with design engineers. Oversees requisitions of tools, equipment, and supplies required for operations. Directs the fabricating or modifying machines, tools, or equipment. •Directs maintenance activities on utility systems to provide continuous supply of heat, steam, electric power, gas, or air required for operations. Inspects operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards. •Manages preventive maintenance program in conjunction with engineering and maintenance staff. Confers with management, engineering, and quality control personnel to resolve maintenance problems and to recommend measures to improve efficiency of machines and equipment. •Reviews production, quality control, maintenance reports, and statistics to plan and modify maintenance activities. Prepares department budget and monitors expenditure of funds in budget. •Directs training of employees. Confers with workers representatives to resolve grievances. •Complies with all environmental, health, safety and housekeeping programs.

• Other duties, as assigned.

II. Pre-Hire Requirements

• 4-year degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar field or equivalent experience
• Excellent interpersonal communications skills; verbal and written
• 5 years experience in maintenance supervision and management
• Expertise in predictive maintenance, reliability engineering and Root Cause Analysis is preferred. III. Qualifications •Environmental training applicable to the job •Safety training for applicable equipment •Job instructional training •Quality system familiarization •ISO 14001 and 9001 awareness, EMS objectives and targets, plant significant environmental impacts •OHSAS 45001 Awareness, OH&S-MS Objectives and Goals, Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control