Purpose – Manager of Maintenance 

The Manager, Maintenance, will lead a team of Maintenance Supervisors and Technicians. Support lithium-ion battery production by ensuring equipment uptime improvements while also achieving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with an emphasis on Improving Safety and OEE, while reducing equipment downtime while achieving critical cost reductions/increases to profitability. Work with plant leadership to develop, review, and track maintenance budgets and implement maintenance strategies. Evaluates maintenance policies and procedures as well as provide project coordination for equipment installation, debugging and program launches.

Responsibilities

• Develops, trains, and audits maintenance management activities to ensure standardization, efficiency, and continuous improvement
• Develop standardized KPI metrics for continuous improvement throughout all levels of the maintenance organization
• Support Global benchmarking activities for technical and management improvements
• Oversees technical training requirements and development. Assist in developing budgets and project details
• Support training for new equipment installations, maintainability, and continuous improvement
• Reviews and approves expense reports, purchasing card (P-card) purchases and participates in the selection of potential vendors to assist in various maintenance related activities
• Develops project schedules and provides project coordination for equipment specification, training, shipping, installation, debug, and program launch.
• Monitors safety performance and facilitate implementation of action to improve safety performance. Proactive in identifying and addressing safety concerns before an accident occurs
• Manages contract service groups consisting of technical and maintenance management training. Ensures control of cost and quality of service
• Manage safety performance, develop CAPEX justifications, participate in daily, weekly, and monthly OEE meetings and institute countermeasures to the top technical issues
• Conduct staff meetings and positively lead the team to achieve all Key Performance Indicator goals and implement the continuous improvement mindset
• Lead the team to achieve the metrics and supports Envision AESC’s goals/objectives

Background and requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, a Technical field or a related discipline
• Five or more years of comprehensive experience working in a technical capacity supporting an industrial manufacturing environment involving complex automated equipment. Maintenance Experience is highly desired.
• Two or more years Supervisory experience, providing leadership, coaching, guidance, and training and contributing to staff development.
• Fluent in French and English

Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Interpersonal
• Time Management
• Problem-solving & critical-thinking
• Adaptable
• Flexible
• Ability to work cross functionally in a multi-cultural team