Maintenance Manager

Mueller Water Products is the nation's leading manufacturer of flow control devices for the water and gas distribution industries and has an immediate opening for a Maintenance Manager in our newest Kimball, TN facility. For over 160 years MWP's manufacturing commitment has ensured one of the world's most precious resources, clean drinking water, reaches millions of people daily. Come be a part of something that sustains and enriches the lives of every human being.
Job Description:
Mueller's manufacturing commitment ensures one of the world's most precious resources, clean drinking water, reaches millions of people daily. Come be a part of something that sustains and enriches the lives of every human being. As a Maintenance Manager, you will lead the team at the Kimball, TN plant with additional responsibility for our supporting facilities. You will be involved with maintenance, reliability, and manufacturing directly, or through subordinates.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Create safety awareness by actively observing, auditing, and coaching safe work behaviors and conditions. Ensure compliance with safety and environmental rules and regulations.
• Manage maintenance and tooling inventory control systems.
• Monitors and evaluates employee productivity and behavior and provides constructive feedback and coaching. Owns progressive discipline for assigned employees. Manages or routes employee relations issues appropriately and timely.
• Maintains timekeeping and personnel records including but not limited to, vacation and time off requests and progressive discipline.
• Assist Controller in forming annual and capital budgets and ensure maintenance department operates within those budgets.
• Recommend changes in methods, procedures and equipment necessary to achieve continuous improvement and maximum efficiency.
• Coordinate, assign, and direct daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly PM schedules. Identify and implement opportunities for improvement of Asset Health to optimize plant uptime.
• Establish job priorities and time frames for maintenance team.
• Ensure maintenance employees are properly trained on equipment, task procedures, work standards and proper safety procedures.
• Enforce established work rules and operating policies consistent with the company s vision and mission.
• Identifies training opportunities for existing and new maintenance personnel.
• Determine the function, capability, functional failure modes, probability of failure, impact severity and acceptable risk for assets to define the right maintenance requirements to eliminate functional failures and their effects.
• Lead, as required, the RCFA and RCM processes within Maintenance organization using cross-functional teams to ensure appropriate changes to the PM program or plant modifications are made which improve reliability and reduce avoidable maintenance costs.
• Ensure appropriate follow-up recommendations and actions from the inspection program of assets.
• Support maintenance tasks aligned with the reliability improvement: improvement tasks, Inventory Management, RCA, RCM, 5Why, 5S, and Precision Maintenance skills improvement using reliability knowledge.
• Coach site personnel in the reliability work processes to ensure continued alignment to the Asset Health Assurance model.
• Propose replacement projects based on asset health and conditions for the respective area of responsibility.
• Establish cycles of improvement to ensure a sustainable reliability process.
• Ensures that all employees are following proper safety protocols including proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and equipment.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Required Skills:

• Strong, proven leadership background leading employees in a manufacturing environment.
• Intermediate computer skills including the use of Office Suite and especially Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to operate with a sense of urgency and distribute time sensitive and accurate data.
• Comfortable coaching, developing, and holding others accountable.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully achieve goals through influence.
• Strong working knowledge and experience in Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma tools.
• Outstanding PC/Systems knowledge and skills including 3D CAD software and PLM databases.
• Familiarity with programming and logic sequencing.
• Strong leadership, communications, and interpersonal skills with ability to interact with all levels of employees, customers and outside professionals.
• Knowledge dealing with manufacturing situations, quality standards, product development, CAD/CAM, technical specifications, and project management.
• Knowledge of electrical systems, PCB design and related software.

Required Education/Experience:

• 10+ years demonstrated work-related experience with a demonstrated proficiency in the discipline, technology, process related to the position as well as 3 to 5 years of supervisory experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of work.

Preferred:

• Experience using JD Edwards E1 ERP system a major plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including, but not limited to, safety glasses, steel-toed or metatarsal-guarded shoes, and/or ear plugs, while working in an industrial and/or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to use hands to handle, feel, or manipulate objects with fingers.
• Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, and reach within hands and/or arm's length.
• Ability to frequently stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Ability to occasionally reach overhead or at or below shoulder level.
• Ability to ascend or descend ladders or steps in confined spaces, as required by work area.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects between 25 and 50 pounds in weight in all directions.
• Ability to remain in stationary or standing position for prolonged periods and to alternate between positions as necessary.
• Ability to perform close visual inspections of products, which may include specific vision requirements.
• Ability to work in an open warehouse environment, subject to seasonal weather (hot/cold).
• Ability to constantly communicate with others to exchange information in person, via phone, or via use of computer.
• Ability to safely drive/operate motorized equipment/PIT.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other category protected by law.