CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP Area Manager - Maintenance Salary in the United States

AREA MANAGER, MAINTENANCE

Principal Purpose of Position:

The Maintenance Area Manager will be a self-starter with a desire to make continuous improvements to all maintenance tasks and other maintenance activities.

You will be responsible for:

• Overseeing the activities of skilled craftsmen
• Scheduling the day to day maintenance, repair, or replacement of plant equipment to ensure manufacturing efficiency, quality, and safety, while supporting the policies, goals, and objectives of the company.
• Establish, maintain, and improve the maintenance planning and scheduling flow process.
• Accountable for day-to-day detailed maintenance planning, repair/replacement of plant equipment, scheduling, cost estimating to maximize mechanical and electrical availability, while achieving budget targets in a safe, cost effective, and timely manner.
• Provide planning support for projects and major maintenance events through planning techniques to effectively control maintenance activities and craft utilization.
• Create and support a culture of Continuous Improvement;
• Provide leadership and direction to the maintenance personnel in the assigned area of responsibility, plan and execute Safety, 6S, Preventative and Corrective Maintenance.

Key Priorities of the position:

• Provide leadership in the development of team members.
• High energy, passion and motivation, to work with maintenance teams to identify innovative improvement suggestions.
• Lead safety as a core value in the Maintenance Department ensuring the prevention of safety incidents while maintaining business results.
• Develop and Recommend improvement to equipment and machinery reliability measuring machine uptime as a key metric.
• Build organizational capability in the application of lean tools specifically 6S, Process Management, TPMs, standardized work and rapid cycle improvements.
• Establish and maintain effective communications with site management, peers and external stakeholders
• Manage multiple projects in a timely manner while insuring safety, cost effectiveness and proper resource allocation
• Responsible for spare parts management- including identification of required spare parts, procurement and inventory management
• Manage vendors and contractors
• Work with site EHS personnel to ensure the equipment and machinery meet all state and federal regulatory requirements.
• Develop direct reports and build technical skills appropriate to the functional responsibilities.
• Supports the maintenance leadership in the development and implementation of planned shutdown and other continuous improvement projects.
• Upholds programs and procedures required to ensure plant housekeeping.
• Ability to personally observe safety and security procedures, and uses equipment and materials properly.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and prioritize and plan work activities, using time efficiently.
• Ability to assist in the development of realistic action plans to meet ever-changing demands or priorities.
• Collaborates with maintenance leadership and operations supervision to schedule day-to-day manpower and resources for the most effective production and maintenance outcomes.
• Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned.

Education and/or Training:

• BS-ME or BS Degree in a technical discipline preferred; minimum of 5 years in a manufacturing environment: or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2 years experience as a maintenance engineer, maintenance support specialist, or maintenance skilled craftsperson in a heavy equipment manufacturing facility required.
• Maintenance planning, scheduling, and supervisory experience preferred.
• Six Sigma and Lean Training a plus.
• Extensive experience in an industrial manufacturing environment preferred

Relevant Work Experience:

• Experience with Capital Ex Project Management
• Proven ability to drive continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to empower others to use their expertise to improve everyday business.

Communicating & Influencing Skills:

• Strong communication, leadership and interactive skills that that can work effectively across multiple cross functional boundaries.
• Open and candid communication style with a willingness to strongly challenge decision making processes prior to action.
• Self-Starter who can creatively drive continuous improvement on their own initiative.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, computer and basic business skills.

About us:

Carpenter's Latrobe Specialty Metals operations, based in Latrobe, Pa., manufacture high-performance specialty alloys serving aerospace, energy and other demanding markets. Carpenter acquired Latrobe in 2012 to increase capacity to meet strong customer demand and to broaden the company's product mix. Latrobe employs more than 1,000 dedicated production, maintenance and salaried staff and continues a century-long legacy of leadership in metals technology. Latrobe is part of the corporation's Specialty Alloys Operations division.

Carpenter Technology Company offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including life, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, 401k with company contributions as well as many other options to employees.

Carpenter Technology Corporation's policy is to fully and effectively maintain a program of equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination for all employees, to employ affirmative action for all protected classes, and to recruit and develop the best qualified persons available regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company also will recruit, develop and provide opportunities for qualified persons with disabilities and protected veterans.