Maintenance Project Manager Kinston, NC

Summary:The Maintenance Project Manager directs coordinates and exercises functional authority for planning organization control completion of productive equipment Troubleshooting & Maintenance activities by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate AIT or contract employees in a customer plant within the framework of a Maintenance Contract with the customer. Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for planning and execution of Preventive Maintenance activities to ensure equipment availability in the customer a team of skilled technicians (an AIT Technical Support Team) in the customer plant in all Troubleshooting and minor repair activities. Utilizes work experience and knowledge of PLCs CAN Bus or other diagnostic and programming tools to keep automated equipment running. Performs root cause analysis of the equipment and controls costs by effective scheduling of the available internal and external resources. Attends customer production and planning meetings per customer requirements. Identifies opportunities for improvement and advises the customer on the course of or returns customer calls within a required time 24/7 assigns technicians available at the plant or comes in after hours to help the customer with an emergency equipment breakdown repair. Makes sure Maintenance tasks are performed in a safe manner and is responsible for Maintenance team members safety. Performs skills assessment and develops cross-functional on-the-job and formal classroom training for Maintenance Technicians. Effectively leads AIT on-site Maintenance team to provide excellent service to the as a face of AIT in the customer plant ethical competent polite willing and able to generate new business opportunities by identifying problems within or outside the contracted scope of work and offering solutions to the other duties as and Work Experience:High School Diploma or GED Required. Minimum of a two-year technical Certification or a trade school apprenticeship are a Leadership and Management experience preferred. Effectively works with CMMS (SAP MAXIMO e-Maintenance etc.) to create work orders set up maintenance schedules manage spare parts analyze data generate reports for the Authorization/Security Clearance Requirements:Must be able to obtain maintain and/or currently possess a Secret security Skills and Abilities:List of needed knowledge skills and abilities to successfully accomplish the duties and responsibilities of the routine maintenance on equipment and determine when and what kind of maintenance is and understands blueprints schematics and/or measuring consistently and predictably; is reliable responsible and dependable in fulfilling obligations and diligently follows through on commitments and consistently meets thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas and effective communication skills in both written and spoken how to use the computers including such tasks as turning the computer on and off locating and opening files navigate to websites perform searches and download of computer applications including email databases word-processing program and spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Office).Respond and follow up to a customers inquiry or problem in a timely and effective problems and review relevant information to develop options then implement the effectively with different levels of management team members and Conditions:Environment Type:Indoors. Production and office environment. Temperature controlled unless products and/or equipment is located Types:Cuts and/or burnsDirt dust grease and/or oilNoisy environmentWork Hours:Standard work schedule overtime may be necessary for meeting deadlines required travel and emergent Requirements:Remote - perform job responsibilities from customer work sites. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Ascending or descending ladders stairs scaffolding ramps poles and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to Safety -AIT enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements. All employees that work in or enter the production environment are required to wear personal protective Quality - It is our policy to provide quality products and services that meet customer expectations and delivery requirements. Accordingly each employee must conform to the AIT Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable AIT Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities. AIT Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read understand and implement the general and specific operational safety quality and environmental requirements of all plans procedures and policies pertaining to his/her Clearance Statement - This position may require a government security clearance; you must be a US Citizen for Requirements - To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) applicants for employment at AIT must be a U.S. citizen or national lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e. current green card holder) or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1157-1158. Equal Employment Opportunity - AIT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to attracting retaining and developing a highly qualified diverse and dedicated work force. AIT hires and promotes people based on their qualifications performance and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that nurtures trust equality and teamwork in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire promotion and other terms and conditions of employment regardless of their race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin/ethnicity age physical or mental disability genetic factors military/veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by federal state and/or local law. Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation - Applicants wishing to view a copy of AIT s Affirmative Action Plans or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process please contact us at