Montevideo, Uruguay
54 days ago
Maintenance Manager

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Customer

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We create success together

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Maintenance Manager

Job Summary:

The primary purpose of this position is to manage day to day equipment maintenance and repair activities of a maintenance team to provide support for production equipment and processes.

Facilitates the achievement of daily production targets, and ensures that all critical equipment is available and ready to use at all times within a 7x24 production operation.

Ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements such as FDA, ISO, and OSHA; and maintains accurate records that include preventive maintenance history, repair records and overall equipment MRO costs.

Leads and develops a strong maintenance team to perform at best-in-industry standards, which includes promoting Lean TPM or similar best practices.

Provides superior technical assistance and training to maintenance personnel where required; and sets the highest standards in work practices as an example to team members.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

Adopt new methods and systems of work to continually improve the operational availability of equipment and the cost of maintenance, such as those required under the AMIS programs.Establishes Maintenance Department technical proficiency in Integer’s manufacturing processes and equipment to provide competent technical support and training to Maintenance and Production personnel.Participates in cross-functional teams, where required, to address specific production or project goals, including TPM and Lean Manufacturing.Fosters good working relationships with the Production, Engineering and Facilities Departments to ensure that equipment is maintained, repaired and sustained for validated production of medical products.Contributes to the building, commissioning and introducing new equipment to production.Assists management in all tasks as requested, including preparation of department presentation material. Observe the requirements of the Trade Secret policy.On occasion, provides support to the Facilities Maintenance Department in the event of emergencies or exceptional tasks.Serves as backup to Maintenance Department Associates during absences or unavailability to cover critical tasks.

Supervision

Handles all matters with appropriate tact and confidentiality including salary discussions, promotions, demotions, trade secret technologies, etc.Assigns and schedules day-to-day work in the most efficient way possible; closely monitors Associates’ attendance and addresses concerns promptly.Keeps the operation of the team under review in response to changing circumstances and identifies bottlenecks or opportunities and recommends new arrangements.

Staff Development & Training

Trains all staff in how to complete and record PMs and other documents in an FDA-regulated environment.Trains and ensures maintenance personnel can use the PMC System to provide suitable reports from the asset and part history for completing work orders as well as for use in analyzing, troubleshooting and rectifying root causes of machine problems, using standardized methods and industry best practices.Responsible for on-the-job technical instruction, as well as recommending, developing, and implementing training programs as the occasion demands.Trains all staff in structured problem-solving methods to be proficient in analyzing, troubleshooting and rectifying root causes of machine problems, using standardized methods and industry best practices.

Continuous Improvement

Take the lead on projects to implement the recommendations of AMIS assessments and achieve other goals.Support the updating and revision of maintenance manuals, PM procedures, and the Maintenance Master Ledger to improve the operational availability of equipment and reduce the cost of maintenance.

Operational Availability

Measures equipment Operational Availability, Mean Time between Failure and Mean Time to Repair at asset level. Using this information, prioritize and assign project work to identify and eliminate root causes to continually improve these key performance indicators.Reviews and updates PM content and frequency to ensure MTBF is kept within agreed limits.Regularly review MTTR and take measures to ensure waiting time and on-the-job repair time is minimized.Use the PMC CMMS System to ensure that an adequate range of spare parts is available at all times.

Education & Experience:

Minimum Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Maintenance, Engineering or technical field preferred.

Minimum Experience:

5+ years of supervisory experience along with 8 or more year’s maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.3+ years of experience working in regulated industries such as medical device, aerospace/defense or food production.3+ years of experience with leading teams utilizing computerized maintenance management CMMS systems.

Knowledge & Skills:

Special Skills:

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.Foster the culture of proactive decision making, to ensure that team members work efficiently using their own initiative, escalating decisions.Instill an understanding that staff must adopt new methods and systems of work to continually improve the business.

Specialized Knowledge:

Knowledge of special requirements as related to medical device industry i.e. GMP.Knowledge of manufacturing operations, systems, inventory, quality control and production planning.Thorough product and technical knowledge.Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.Ability to determine priorities, achieve results, generate respect among peers and manage when given general direction.

U.S. Applicants: EOE/AA Disability/Veteran

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