Maintenance Manager, New Hartford NY

With more than 120 operations and about 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, this over 10 billion dollar company employs more than 20,000 people worldwide.  PCC has over 120 plants and has a presence in twenty-six states in the US and in over a dozen countries. PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers and shareholders while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

Effective early February 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Special Metals is the world leader in the invention, production and supply of high-nickel alloys for critical applications. Special Metals has over a century of expertise creating high-performance alloy products engineered for the most brutal, mission-critical services in the industry. With its focus on research and technology, Special Metals has invented and developed a large majority of the commercial nickel-based superalloys offered in the market today and is the one of the largest volume suppliers of nickel superalloys. Special Metals’s time-tested nickel alloys are highly engineered to offer a superior combination of heat resistance, high temperature and corrosion resistance, toughness and strength for the most demanding applications. Special Metals does more than just invent, develop and make high-performance alloys. Special Metals provides comprehensive metallurgical solutions in the toughest environments and helps customers manage, maintain and optimize the use of premium metals through a range of mission-critical, value-added services.

The New Hartford and Dunkirk facilities in New York are industry leaders in the production of premium quality nickel base superalloys for both static and rotating aerospace and land-based gas turbine applications. Our facilities are accredited to the most recent release of the rigorous Aerospace Standard, AS9100 Revision D. Our Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) furnace is our primary melting process, and at 45,000 pounds capacity makes it among the largest in the world. In addition to servicing cast and wrought billet applications, we also produce premium-quality re-melt alloys for powder applications. SMC's cold finishing facility includes conditioning equipment for billet and bar surface preparation (ground or peeled). Billet and bar surfaces are finished to meet all varieties of customer specifications and inspection criteria. SMC conducts a variety of non-destructive tests on our product including penetrant inspection and contact and immersion sonic inspection to ensure compliance to all of our customer specifications. Our C-scan immersion sonic inspection system for billet is among the newest in the world.

Summary

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, staffing and directing all maintenance department assignments; ensuring a safe work environment while driving the achievement of safety, equipment uptime, cost and productivity. The Maintenance Manager is accountable for keeping the production output optimized and maintaining seamless functioning of all equipment and machinery in the plant. This position requires extensive experience in project management, manufacturing, facility maintenance, supervision of maintenance technicians, and hands-on experience with industrial electrical and hydraulics.

Essential Functions

 

• Supervise all aspects of maintenance on all plant equipment and facilities
• Schedule manpower requirements
• Work in shop or field as required
• Serve as department lead for all audits pertaining to maintenance records and practices
• Coordinate with production planners to schedule maintenance activities
• Design and implement written preventative maintenance procedures
• Plan details of working procedures to determine material or replacement needs
• Select logical approach to trouble shooting and repair problems.
• Maintains performance and maintenance records
• Maintains spare parts inventory
• Recommend vendors and specifications for all new equipment.
• Supervise specification and installation of all new facilities and plant equipment.
• Train supervisory personnel and operators in the proper use of equipment controls to reduce downtime, prevent machine damage, reduce maintenance costs, and produce quality products.
• Help determine arrangement of plant facilities to maximize product flow efficiency.
• Encourage and achieve professional development and growth for all maintenance personnel to result in a team of trained personnel to fill future assignments
• Help build a strong quality culture throughout the organization that will result in individual and group pride in doing the job right the first time and a quality system based on modern methods of statistical quality control
• Manage the facilities to provide a safe, clean environment that meets internal and external standards for health, safety, and effective personnel and labor relations
• Assure environmental compliance in all operations and areas of responsibility

Additional Responsibilities

• Accomplishes all tasks as appropriate.

Qualifications

Competencies

• Organization
• Attention to details
• Technical knowledge
• Strategic thinking
• Engagement
• Communication skills

Education and Experience

• B.S. in Engineering and 5 years of relevant maintenance experience or at least 10 years’ experience in Maintenance Planning and Reliability Centered Maintenance is required. A CMMS training certificate is also required along with 5 years demonstrated maintenance supervision or management experience.

Special Skills

• Computer literacy is a requirement
• Ability to interface with any person in the organization
• Organizational skills and attention to detail are critical
• Reliable attendance and good communication skills are essential
• Ability to work in a high pressure environment
• Judgment exercised in the leadership of personnel, materials and processes
• Application of experiential learning to contribute to group, team, and department success
• Technical Effectiveness
• Timeliness in response
• Adequacy of planning

Additional Notes

• The Company retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Physical Dimensions

Physical Demands – Frequently moves about the production facilities.  Must be able to detect unsafe conditions from long distances.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Manual dexterity sufficient for  handling materials and data entry; regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, squat, climb; lifts objects up to 35 pounds; visual ability to read, write, supervise, inspect facilities, materials, equipment, use computers; auditory ability sufficient for instructing/directing others, use office equipment (phones, beepers/pagers)

Work Environment – The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid and dry/arid conditions.  Frequently required the use of personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to hazardous materials. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Identify and lead efforts necessary to reduce maintenance department spending
• Identify and lead efforts necessary to reduce MRO inventory while preserving equipment reliability and operational supply availability
• Continually rebuild preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve program effectiveness and equipment uptime.
• Reduce overall impact of maintenance activity to operations
• Reduce preventive maintenance costs
• Reduce maintenance induced failures
  • Provide regular reports on current and historical maintenance downtime trends
  • Provide regular reports on historical, current, and future spending trends
  • Identify proper department manning levels and budgets

• Basic background knowledge of metals manufacturing
• Must be able to perform basic mathematics operations in an efficient and accurate manner
• Possess a thorough knowledge and ability to manipulate data in a computer through MS and Oracle software

• Computer literacy is a requirement.
• Ability to interface with any person in the organization.
• Organizational skills and attention to detail are critical.
• Reliable attendance and good communication skills are essential.
• Ability to work in a high pressure environment.

A high school diploma or GED and at least seven years of experience. Solid Maintenance or reliability experience is required. Specific course work that is highly desirable – Maintenance Planning, Reliability Centered Maintenance, and a CMMS training certificate.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.