Job Description
** General Position Description**
To manage the Spring Grove Mill’s Electrical / Instrumentation & Process Automation Shops effectively encompassing the performance of maintenance, repair and installation of equipment in the assigned area of responsibility and other related duties as assigned. He/she ensures responsive and proactive maintenance support to all plant Operations partners by implementing sound work management processes. He/she is responsible for contributing to departmental budgeting, professional and technical development of his/her assigned salaried and hourly associates.
** Role and Responsibilities**
- Champions safety in every aspect of the position
- Makes safety awareness part of their everyday communications
- Represents the Maintenance Department in daily interactions with Operational Asset Teams
- Actively participates in Daily Standard Work (Risk of The Shift, Daily Review of Production/Equipment performance, Maintenance Daily Briefing, Etc.)
- Enforces/Coaches the required discipline within the Root Cause Failure Analysis Systems
- Identify and completes projects as assigned
- Maintains effective relationships with Maintenance Shops to promote Best Practices
- Provides mentoring, training, and coaching as required
- Ensures Environmental systems process awareness and compliance.
- Must maintain effective working relationships with operations, other maintenance personnel, vendors, contractors and engineers.
- Performs purchasing duties as needed through effective and efficient interface with Storeroom and Procurement personnel.
- Responsible for next level conflict resolution and maintaining needed staffing levels and skill sets
- Assure the implementation and completion of accident investigation / corrective action steps
- Evaluate and schedule training needs on a routine basis for skills, apprenticeship program and safety training
- Responsible for succession planning
- Input to all annual outages
- Accountable for discretionary spend
- Input to Capital Budgeting Process
- Revises work order backlog reports and actively engages in reducing the backlog
- Recommends the replacement or addition of equipment to minimize maintenance costs and downtime
- Understands and administers company policy.
- Evaluates job feedback to improve future work
- Must demonstrate good communication skills throughout the organization.
- Writes and reviews purchase requisitions, reviews and approves job invoices, Authority to stock and audits invoices and VMI activities and manages spend in the maintenance department within approved budgets.
- Acts as the contact person for coordination of contractor activity.
- Executes Continuous Improvement programs, acts as a change agent.
- Resolves all shop floor issues and executes all company policies
- Acts as the liaison for all outside resources for their craft.
- Reviews and accepts all other duties as assigned.
- Reviews and continuously upgrades employee skills to meet the demands of new technology which are a critical part of this Individual's responsibility and the cross functional learning to elevate the shop as a fully multi-craft shop.
- Work closely with Engineering, production and other departments, at all levels of supervision, throughout the plant in making estimates, determining priorities, scheduling, and managing shop personnel.
- Must be able to handle deadlines, variable workloads, and be on call 24-hours when needed.
- Proactive in: Driving our safety culture, driving continuous improvement through scheduling, PM/PdM (Reliability Improvement), 6S, Precision Work, work order management, and other mill continuous improvement efforts
- Maintaining, developing and monitoring mill systems, including ISO requirements.
- Attends and participates in the appropriate training for the use of fire extinguishing equipment and notification procedures should a small, containable fire ignite in the work area.
- Serves as a member of the Pixelle Industrial Fire Team to mitigate risk and escalation of fires within the facility and provides assistance required by your craft.