Maintenance Manager

Overall Purpose and Objective of PositionThis position provides leadership and direction to the maintenance team of an export grain elevator.  Primary function is to ensure the optimum performance of the maintenance team, and that all maintenance processes are performed in a safe, efficient manner.Leads the safety effort within the maintenance department, and ensures that the maintenance team follows the established LDC safety processes pertaining to maintenance and repairs.Leads the Commitment to ZERO 365 culture and actively uses the learnings of the safety training. Develops cascading departmental goals in support of the site goals, along with individual goals for direct reports.  Leads the maintenance staff and sets clear expectations, with reinforcement, for the department supervisors and superintendents.Mentors, coaches, and empowers team to improve.  Encourages contribution from all team members.  Lead changes and improvement initiatives. Fosters open communication, transactional transparency, and operational discipline within the department and on its reliability processes.Fosters a culture of continuous improvement with the maintenance department and for daily maintenance activities.  Works with the Plant Manager and the North America (NAM) Reliability Lead to eliminate barriers that prevent progress, innovation and improvement within the department.Provides monthly reports on the performance of the department.Understands reliability KPI’s, reliability leading and lagging indicators.  Lead the plant reliability program via the implementation of reliability best practices, including KPI’s monitoring, PM and PdM, RCA, Bad Actor program, Planning and Scheduling, skills assessment and training.Maintains control of the overall maintenance OPEX spending and budget.Manages the maintenance CAPEX budget Plans, coordinates and controls operational outages to minimize OEE and costs. Responds to equipment issues or alarms and leads investigations as necessaryMaintains records on maintenance, production, attendance and payroll for staff working within the Maintenance ShopOversees the CMMS – work orders, parts inventory, etc.Ensures proper departmental staffing levels and ensures that workers have received the appropriate training for the performance of their particular job duties.Frequently interfaces with the maintenance staff and outside contractors as neededDevelops and maintains a strong network of vendors/contractors that can assist in all aspects of the maintenance of facilityManages planning and execution of complete or partial plant shutdowns effectively.Additional Responsibilities: Develops and implements an electronic preventative maintenance program to keep elevator equipment functioning at peak efficiency Oversees ordering/acquiring of the necessary parts and materials to support equipment repairs and the coordination of repair efforts with the Elevator Superintendent Develops mechanical specifications and details necessary to seek and award the contracting of maintenance work to third parties;  Supervises third party contractors performing maintenance repairs within the facility.Responds to human resources – related issues within the Maintenance Shop, consulting with the Elevator Superintendent when necessary