Maintenance Manager at Clarios, LLC in Kernersville, North Carolina

Job Description:

What you will do:

The primary role of the maintenance manager is to provide leadership and direction to the maintenance function. They are responsible to the Plant Manager for the effective and efficient use of all manpower, materials, parts and other resources of Maintenance Functions for the whole facility as well as providing capacity, asset reliability and best life cycle cost to the operation.

The maintenance manager is responsible for defining, implementing, and managing the systems, structure, and processes necessary to achieve and sustain the Maintenance Mission in all areas of the Plant. Through his or her efforts, a proactive culture that values reliability and effective life cycle asset management is achieved.           

How you will do it:

• Leverages the organization's business goals into appropriate Maintenance, Reliability and Life Cycle Cost goals that support and contribute to the facility business results


• Develops and controls the maintenance budget for optimizing spending to achieve the agreed-upon capacity and asset reliability.


• Accountable to the plant manager for the optimal execution of a Maintenance budget within  2.5 and 5 Million US Dollars


• Accountable to the plant Manager for the right stock of spare parts in the plant to guarantee a proper preventive program and quick response in case of failures. The value of the store room is within 1.6 and 9 Million US Dollars.


• Ensures High quality execution of Maintenance, leading Preventive/predictive crews, Reliability Engineers, Tool Crib, and Facilities.


• Implements a measurement and performance evaluation system in support of two primary objectives, optimal resource management and optimal equipment reliability. 


• Reaches mutually beneficial agreement with all supported operating departments on required capacity specifications, ideally in terms of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)


• Facilitates good environmental, health and safety performance


• Ensures continuous improvement in terms of Maintenance Expense and throughput through an effective use and integration of information technologies and other methodologies.


• Identifies all applicable regulations and ensures facility conformance.


• Enforces good safety practices within the Maintenance and Reliability function.


• Implements techniques to identify and eliminate both workplace and behavioral hazards


• Develops staff competencies


• Ensures effective supervision of the workforce


• Work identification / prioritization


• CMMS implementation, and usage


• Predictive maintenance information systems


• Efficient work execution


• Creation of effective work history


• Planning and material acquisition


• Scheduling and backlog management


• Material resource management

What we look for:

Required:

• Mechanical/electrical Engineering degree or similar


• Electrical and PLC background


• Change management experience


• 7 plus years’ experience in reliability engineering related processes


• Must have an understanding of Lean, Six Sigma and TPM.


• Understanding of the RCM process, Asset Management & condition monitoring principles, tools and application


• Expertise in all areas of maintenance and reliability, material management, planning and scheduling, and/or CMMS / EAM / ERP optimization is desired


• Proficient on Popular CMMS solutions like Maximo 7.6, SAP Maintenance & Prisma.


• Should have good oral/written communication skills and possess tact.

Preferred:

• Lean-Six Sigma Black belt certification


• Have good planning and organizational skills.


• Ability to keep multiple jobs in controlled motion—simultaneously.


• Orientation and commitment to customer service.


• Style and capability commanding respect within both maintenance and operating organizations
   

What we do here:
 

Our Winston-Salem, North Carolina assembly plant manufactures batteries used in automotive and marine applications. We opened our facility in 1978 and now employ more than 500 people and operate six days per week. We are actively involved in our local community and give back through food drives for Second Harvest Food Bank and toy drives for Brenner Children’s Hospital. 

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What you get:

• Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire


• Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts


• Parental and caregiver leave programs


• All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and domestic partner benefits


• Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership


• HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility


• Clarios has been recogizned as one of 2024's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the second consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction. 

Who we are:
Clarios is the creator behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands. We are the car battery found in most new vehicles including leading brands such as Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. Our 16,000 employees develop, manufacture, and distribute batteries for virtually every type of vehicle. We recover, recycle, and reuse up to 99% of our battery materials, leading sustainability practices in our industry. Clarios, formerly Johnson Controls Battery Group, is currently a Brookfield portfolio company. Learn more about us at www.clarios.com.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process by emailing Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our teams in terms of work experience, area of expertise, gender, ethnicity, and all other characteristics protected by laws in the countries where we operate. For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report. We want you to know your rights because EEO is the law.

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