Plant Engineer

Manufacturing Maintenance Manager - Plant Engineer

West Chicago, IL 60185

Must-Haves

Supervisory manufacturing experience.

Experience in running a manufacturing maintenance department.

Engineering degree; Mechanical; chemical or industrial engineering.

Minimum experience 3+ years of successful experience leading a plant maintenance department in an industrial manufacturing environment

Nice-To-Haves

understanding of OSHA requirements

Experience with CMMS

Good communication skills

What you will be doing :

• Provide department leadership to ensure the highest standards of plant condition and equipment performance are achieved and sustained.
• Ensure maintenance department personnel possess the appropriate skills and are qualified and proficient.
• Identify and support technical training and development for department employees.
• Scope and execute capital projects, participate in annual plant budgeting, manage department spend. Identify technical improvements to equipment / processes.
• Apply reliability tools to determine the root cause of critical equipment failures and downtime. Identify the appropriate countermeasures and solutions to improve equipment reliability and prevent recurrence.
• Perform as a key member of the plant leadership team positive communicator and problem solver - driving for plant / process improvements, meeting objectives and setting the bar for performance standards.
• Support pillar continuous improvement activities.

We'd love to hear from you if :

• Strong understanding of OSHA requirements related to equipment in-house. Ability to identify gaps and assist in implementing countermeasures to achieve Zero Safety Incidents.
• Ability to lead and develop a highly collaborative and effective team.
• Excellent organization, project management and communication skills
• Proficient in Root Cause Analysis techniques (FMEA’s, 5Why’s, ATS, etc.) and developing / implementing Countermeasures to drive Zero Breakdown culture.
• Process-oriented. Can identify gaps in any process and implement solutions.
• Basic mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, instrumentation, lubrication and predictive maintenance understanding
• Ability to manage costs and reduce / optimize where needed
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and CMMS experience
• Minimum experience 3+ years of successful experience leading a plant maintenance department in an industrial manufacturing environment and / or 5+ years of supervisory manufacturing experience.
• Minimum education required : Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with CMMS preferred.
• Experience in TPM or Reliability field preferred
17 hours ago