Director of Maintenance & Plant Engineering
Manchester, CT - USA
Job Summary
- Salary Range: $140000-$160000 annually
- Classification: Salary-Exempt (does not receive OT)
- Work schedule: Monday Friday 8a-5p (must be willing to work outside core hours if/when needed)
- EXCELLENT BENEFITS - 20% bonus Car wash Onsite Chiropractor Onsite Hair Salon Onsite Gym 401K Insurances and etc.
This role provides strategic and operational leadership for plant engineering facilities maintenance utilities and capital-project execution. The position is accountable for safe reliable and cost-effective equipment and infrastructure; improved plant uptime and manufacturing capability; development of engineering and skilled-trades personnel; and delivery of capital projects that support the companys safety quality delivery cost customer and growth objectives.
- Provide leadership for plant engineering facilities maintenance utilities equipment reliability and technical support activities.
- Establish and execute maintenance and reliability strategies that improve safety equipment availability plant uptime and lifecycle cost.
- Set targets and review performance for preventive and predictive maintenance compliance downtime mean time between failures mean time to repair overall equipment effectiveness maintenance cost and schedule attainment.
- Ensure recurring equipment failures are addressed through disciplined root-cause analysis corrective action and verification of effectiveness.
- Develop and maintain critical-equipment spare-parts obsolescence and business-continuity plans that reduce operational risk.
- Lead annual capital-expenditure planning project prioritization budget development forecasting and approval recommendations aligned with business objectives.
- Direct equipment specifications supplier technical evaluations procurement support installation commissioning capability validation and final acceptance of capital equipment.
- Manage capital-project scope schedule cost risk and return-on-investment commitments; communicate status and corrective actions to executive leadership.
- Ensure facilities utilities equipment and engineering activities comply with applicable safety environmental regulatory customer and company requirements.
- Partner with Production Quality Safety Purchasing Finance Information Technology Human Resources customers and suppliers to support launches capacity needs operational readiness and continuous improvement.
- Build organizational capability through workforce planning succession planning technical training performance management and development of engineering and skilled-trades personnel.
- Allocate personnel contractors and technical resources to meet plant priorities customer requirements planned shutdowns and emergency-response needs.
- Standardize engineering and maintenance systems documentation project controls and work practices to improve execution and knowledge retention.
- Promote lean manufacturing data-based decision-making energy efficiency automation and cost-reduction initiatives that improve operational performance.
- Strategic planning and disciplined execution.
- Sound financial judgment and capital stewardship.
- Team development coaching succession planning and accountability.
- Cross-functional leadership and effective customer and supplier communication.
- Urgency structured problem-solving and fact-based decision-making.
- Ability to manage competing priorities independently and through teams.
- Performs other duties as required.
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related technical field required; equivalent combinations of education and progressively responsible technical leadership experience may be considered.
- Eight (8) to ten (10) years of progressive plant engineering maintenance reliability facilities or capital-project experience in a manufacturing environment including leadership of managers engineers or skilled-trades teams.
- Automotive manufacturing experience strongly preferred with working knowledge of IATF 16949 ISO 14001 customer-specific requirements launch readiness and disciplined problem-solving.
- Demonstrated experience with preventive predictive and condition-based maintenance; root-cause analysis; equipment reliability; spare-parts strategy; and maintenance performance metrics.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing capital plans and managing equipment projects from business case and specification through installation commissioning validation and acceptance.
- Working knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes automation controls robotics tooling utilities and facility systems; experience with the companys core manufacturing processes preferred.
- Proficiency with computerized maintenance management systems project-management software Microsoft Excel data analysis and reporting tools; CAD familiarity preferred.
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing continuous improvement risk assessment contractor management and applicable safety and environmental requirements.
- Demonstrated written presentation negotiation and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with executives employees customers and suppliers.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities respond to urgent plant needs and work outside normal business hours when operational support requires it.
Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical Vision Dental 401K and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.
Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
Required Experience:
Director
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