Responsibilities
•Coordinate and monitor the activities of all electrical and preventative maintenance employees assigned.
•Ensures correct, accurate, and timely reporting of information on all maintenance Work Orders, including “Urgent Repairs”
•Recommend solutions to problems related to the product or process, or to the quality system, and, when approved, participates in the implementation, management and verification of those solutions
•Provide technical and tactical support to the Maintenance Team, Engineer, Production and Project Manager to maximize kiln efficiency and minimize unscheduled down time
•Participate in the identification of training needs for assigned plant maintenance personnel and coordinate training
•Ensure the execution of the daily maintenance plan to meet sales and production needs while maintaining efficient maintenance costs and explaining significant variances from the plan
•Routinely monitor key performance indicators identifying opportunities for improvement and making appropriate supervisory and management personnel aware of the findings
•Preparation and implementation of training plans to provide employees with the necessary training to perform their job safely and effectively
•Provides leadership for improvements within the maintenance groups
•Ensure the Management System is effective and well understood by all employees
•Participate in the daily morning production meeting to communicate with production and maintenance
•Actively participate in the weekly scheduling meeting between maintenance and production
•Attend daily maintenance meetings, including safety talks
•Ensure a good understanding of the CMMS/SAP maintenance modules
•Ensure personnel perform good quality work and provide feedback to each worker on progress in meeting company expectations and goals
•Provide leadership to ensure all company safety rules and regulations in accordance with the Occupational Health & Safety Act are observed by employees. This includes planning the necessary resources in manpower and budgeting to accomplish site safety goals, and monitoring the safety program and its effectiveness to ensure a safe workplace
•Participate in appropriate safety training for all assigned employees
•Interface with governing health and safety agencies at local and federal level as required
•Follow up investigations working with Safety Committee, and others as needed
•Ensure preventative action is taken to avoid the occurrence of nonconformities relating to product or process or to the quality system
•Consult and provide guidance for capital project development and execution
•Supervise garage and coordinate mobile equipment repair work as needed
Qualifications
•Red Seal Industrial or Construction and Maintenance Electrician License
•Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology or related field, Bachelor’s Degree preferred
•7+ years industrial, electrical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment; mechanical and PM experience a definite asset
•5+ years of supervisory experience in a unionized environment; industry background in heavy manufacturing related; mining, paper mills, steel plants, refining, utilities, refractory, heavy equipment fabrication, stone processing, cement plants industries preferred
•Positive & proactive attitude with ability to address issues and implement solutions; working knowledge of material handling feeders, convey or belt systems, and general knowledge pumping systems; experience in PLC or Wonderware troubleshooting a plus
•Strong computer skills; experience with a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); SAP and Microsoft Project experience is a plus
•Strong interpersonal/people skills; results driven; self-starter; able to initiate and be willing to hold others accountable for achieving company and site objectives
•Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedures manuals, and blueprints
•Ability to write and communicate routine reports and correspondence
•Proven in leading operational excellence through applying behaviour based management
•Prior experience demonstrating effective management skills
•Demonstrable team work and maturity with a strong safety work ethic
•Fluency in oral and written English