New Orleans, LA
Maintenance Manager
FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
Location: New Orleans, LA
Responsibilities & Duties
- Schedule repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment to ensure continuous production operations.
- Review job orders to determine work priorities.
- Direct maintenance activities on utility systems to provide continuous supply of heat, steam, electric power, gas, or air required for operations.
- Direct workers and contractors engaged in buildings and grounds maintenance activities.
- Develop a preventive maintenance program in conjunction with the maintenance staff.
- Review production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics to plan and modify maintenance activities.
- Inspect operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.
- Plan, develop, and implement new methods and procedures designed to improve operations, minimize operating costs, and effect greater utilization of labor and materials.
- Requisition tools, equipment, and supplies required for operations.
- Direct training and indoctrination of workers to improve work performance and acquaint workers with company policies and procedures.
- Confer with management, engineering, and quality control personnel to resolve maintenance problems and recommend measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment.
- Prepare department budget and monitor expenditure of funds in the budget.
Academic Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience in a related field.
Desirable
- Ammonia certification
- PSM certification
Work Experience & Skills
Essential
- High degree of proficiency in MS Office applications and computerized maintenance systems.
- Extensive experience in Anhydrous Ammonia refrigeration system.
- Experience in OSHA Regulations.
- Experience in Lock out/Tag out procedures.
- Experience in Waste Water procedures.
- Experience in PLC and Controls troubleshooting.
- Experience in predictive maintenance.
- Strong team environment and leadership skills.
Desirable
- Extensive experience in PSM.
- Experience in project management.
Minimum five years of experience as a Maintenance Manager in a mid to large manufacturing environment.