Site Maintenance Manager

Johnson Controls' Wichita operation designs, builds and distributes around one million pieces of residential heating and cooling equipment every year. Johnson Controls Wichita builds and assembles some of the biggest HVAC brands in the industry, including York, Luxaire, Coleman, Champion and Guardian.
The primary manufacturing campus sits on 63 acres with a total of 1.3 million square feet. It has also translated into large employment growth in Wichita, where its workforce is around 1,600 employees which is up nearly 22 percent year over year. The Wichita manufacturing facility is the largest non-aircraft manufacturing plant in Wichita.

What you will do

We are seeking a strategic Site Maintenance Manager to join our leadership team in Wichita. This is an outstanding opportunity to lead and implement a Total Preventative Maintenance program for one of JCI's flagship plants. In addition to leading a strategic program, you will also lead an experienced staff of Maintenance and Tooling professionals.

The ideal candidate is a detailed oriented self-starting problem-solver who possesses success in building and implementing strategic Maintenance plans, systems, processes and procedures, who is an effective cross functional leader with strong collaboration skills and who is passionate about accountability, delegation and empowering a Maintenance team.

The Site Maintenance Manager will be positioned in a highly impactful and visible role within our organization! Are you a change leader with a thorough understanding of TPM? If so, please apply today and help us transform buildings globally!

How you will do it

* Provide leadership to establish a TPM program through the implementation of principles such as Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Preventative Maintenance, Quality Maintenance, Early Management of new equipment, continuous improvement, Health, Safety and Environment of the workplace, and Educating and Training of people and teams.
* Develop predictive maintenance program with IR thermography, vibration analysis and ultrasonic testing.
* Analyze production equipment to prevent costs associated with unexpected machine downtime and to find opportunities for improvements.
* Develop project schedules and realistic cost estimates that are executed as defined to support the requirements of the business.
* Plan, direct and delegate responsibilities and assignments to maintain uninterrupted production and manufacturing costs.
* Ensure maintenance of accurate records with asset repair history and preventative maintenance schedules through Maximo software.
* Ensure compliance with ISO procedures and standards and conducts training and certification. Lead people according to bargaining unit agreement, established safety programs and procedures within assigned area of responsibility.
* Coordinate and participate in general administrative and technical programs such as cost reduction, communications, methods and training.
* Lead preparation and implementation of indirect spend studies and initiatives while partnering with indirect procurement leadership teams.
* Implement changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of work crew.
* Work with manufacturing engineering and production teams to ensure successful launches of new equipment - equipped with a spare parts program and preventative maintenance program.
* Conduct regular problem-solving events to understand root cause of recurring maintenance issues and implement corrective actions to improve equipment uptime and reliability. Implement and handle daily metrics that drive awareness and problem solving around maintenance downtime.

What we look for
Required:

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Operations or a related field.
* Minimum of eight (8) years of Maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
* Minimum of five (5) years of experience working as a Maintenance Manager.
* Experience implementing Preventative Maintenance programs.

* Experience with culture transformation and change management.
* Experience successfully working with Unions and Union Leadership.
Preferred:
* Experience utilizing data to enhance predictive maintenance programs.
* Experience with large industrial equipment, spare parts procurement, new equipment start up and manufacturing processes leadership.

Preferred

* Strong understanding of automation - robotics, PLC's and new equipment integration.
* Steel fabrication and steel stamping experience.
* Experience with Lean, Six Sigma and Operational Excellence.

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