Maintenance Manager

Location: Chandler, AZ

The principal challenge of this position is to lead and direct the engineering and maintenance resources in the fulfillment of Arconic’s business objectives. This position leads, and is directly accountable Production Maintenance Departments as well as the management of the maintenance workforce in a matrix organization. The incumbent must possess the ability to communicate effectively with all personnel, be forward thinking with the ability to get organizational support from the various departments and groups across Chandler Operations. As a key member of the plant leadership team, this role requires ability to effectively work with all levels of the organization to find solutions and effectively manage the implementation in timely manner that benefits the overall plant.

Profile: This position is accountable for:

• Reporting to the Maintenance and Engineering Manager, this position is responsible to set expectations for and manage the Chandler Arconic Engineering and Facilities Maintenance Departments to support the plant and corporation strategic goals and objectives.

• A change agent capable of increasing proactive maintenance in a matrix organizational structure. Optimize maintenance resources and use of work order system.

• Promoting and leading the development and application of predictive maintenance, Root Cause Analysis, Total Productive Maintenance and control/capability of critical processes.

• Maximizing the utilization of our internal machine shop and contracting out, when necessary, in accordance with union contract.

• Participating in the identification, recruitment, training, appraising and professional development of engineering and maintenance resources.

Essential Functions: The Maintenance Manager requires technical and interpersonal skills essential to teamwork.  Major duties include but are not limited to: 

• Developing policies and setting expectations to ensure that EHS objectives, activities, and plans are achieved.

• Leading and participating in the development of an interdependent culture and an incident free workplace.

• Leading and being directly accountable for the Facilities Maintenance groups.

• Developing strategic direction for the facility and managing the implementation of the plans including Capital planning and execution, optimization of internal resources, and improved overall plantwide OEE

• Ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organization in an efficient and direct method

• Ability to develop and foster team-based problem solving throughout the facility

• Ability to manage multiple projects and activities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or equivalent 

• 10 years minimum of maintenance experience with a strong technical background

• High degree of people skills to motivate and influence others 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Thorough understanding of Maintenance and Engineering practices

• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. Green Card Holder), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master’s Degree in Business 
• 10-15 years of maintenance experience with a strong technical background
• Supervisory/management experience in a unionized environment 
• Experience in Oracle data base 
• Thorough knowledge of Extrusion processes and standard practices with experience in various technical assignments