You begin with a quick huddle, aligning a skilled maintenance crew around safety priorities and the shift’s plan. A walk-through of the steel processing lines reveals which assets need attention—worn components here, an obsolescent scanner there. You open the downtime dashboard, study utilization trends, and decide where an upgrade to interlocks or a controls tweak will win back the most uptime. By mid-morning you’re coordinating a small capital improvement, ensuring parts and people are in place and the budget stays intact. After lunch, you partner with corporate mechanical and electrical specialists to solve a stubborn plant issue, then lead a root-cause review that feeds into a stronger preventive maintenance schedule. If the operation needs you after hours, you’re ready to support.
- Lead and mentor a maintenance team, building technical capability and a strong safety culture.
- Drive machine improvements to combat obsolescence—upgrading scanners, interlocks, and mechanical/electrical systems.
- Analyze workforce utilization and downtime data to lift productivity and plant efficiency.
- Plan and deliver projects on time and on budget, finding opportunities to cut cost and boost uptime.
- Collaborate with corporate electrical and mechanical groups to resolve complex plant challenges.
- Apply manufacturing process design, analysis, and root-cause methods to strengthen preventive maintenance.
This position leads maintenance in a steel processing environment, with a focus on safe, reliable operations and modernization of legacy equipment to enhance throughput and efficiency.
- 10+ years in manufacturing with a record of improving processes and KPIs.
- Bachelor’s in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, or Systems Engineering; or equivalent professional experience.
- Proven experience supervising others and navigating cross-functional collaboration.
- Broad understanding of manufacturing processes; strong mechanical/electrical aptitude.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Flexibility to support off-shift needs, including evenings and weekends when required.
- Background in project management and strategic operational planning.
- Experience in data collection and implementing corrective actions.
- Leadership and people management
- Mechanical troubleshooting
- Preventive maintenance and inspection
- Maintenance and repair across complex assets
- Mechanical systems and component repair
- Hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
