Facilities & Engineer Manager (manufacturing)
Responsibilities of Position:
- Is totally committed to the safe, reliable operation and maintenance of all plant and process equipment.
- Sets goals, tracks and continuously improves equipment reliability to achieve plant and business objectives.
- Manages all aspects of equipment maintenance including spare parts management, and the effective application of preventative, predictive, and proactive maintenance programs.
- Ensures reliable and economical supply of all utilities and gases.
- Develops and manages department budget to achieve productivity goals.
- Ensures compliance to all local, state, federal, and corporate rules, regulations, codes, and laws.
- Interfaces with Engineering to ensure that safe, cost effective, and reliable projects are implemented.
- Identifies and develops training programs to support department and plant goals.
- Identities, recognizes and rewards personnel for outstanding achievements.
- Develops and expands the use of the Computerized Maintenance Management System.
- Maintains integrity of all drawings, specifications, programs, compliance/inspection records, and other documentation.
- Supports all ISO system requirements.
- Committed to ensuring the safety of self and others through the following of all safety practices and procedures.
- Provides expertise and supervises process control programming function.
- Performs maintenance on existing systems as assigned such as software backups.
- Tests and performs validity checks on program logic.
- Prepares documentation of developed programs according to accepted standards.
- Participates in determining hardware and software requirements for continued effective operation.
- Develop new business proposals
- Ability to write and execute Capital projects, working with contractors and maintenance to achieve desired result from a project standpoint as well as a productivity standpoint
- Develop new business proposals
- Panel design and layout, bill of materials, and wiring schematic capabilities are expected with this position
- Develops computer programs to assist in troubleshooting and calibrating process automation hardware.
- Develop training modules to assist maintenance in troubleshooting process equipment
Key Success Factors: (Specific expectations during next 6 - 18 months)
- Analyze current systems and develop strategy for future growth.
- Implement control system improvement to realize plant capacity productivity gains.
- Work closely with IT to populate / create databases necessary for improved process capability and understanding.
- Increase plant availability.
- Develop and implement a formal maintenance planning and scheduling process.
- Develop and implement reliability programs to achieve plant TBC goals.
- Supports and integrates maintenance into work teams.
Requirements
Attributes/Skills Required/Sought:
- Proficiency in PLC programming language required. (Allen Bradley and GE Fanuc preferred)
- HMI programming and configuration of the following software packages Wonderware, and Rockwell Software.
- Good knowledge and application of Oracle Databases.
- Working knowledge of industrial instrumentation, process control theory and computer systems.
- Ability to analyze technical process related data.
- Working knowledge of motors, drives and various field devices a plus.
- Firm understanding of electrical engineering practices
- Experience reading and red-lining PI&D drawings.
- Excellent organizational, planning, and communication skills.
- Proven maintenance leadership skills.
- 5+ years manufacturing plant technical experience and managing a maintenance and engineering team
- Self-motivated and goal-oriented team player.
- Technical competence in electrical power and controls and mechanical systems.
Experience/Education Required/Sought:
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering or Process Engineering required.
- Ladder logic programming experience related to process automation and control.
