Maintenance Manager

Location: US-MS-TUPELO-PLT-4301

Sponsorship Available: No

Relocation Assistance Available: Yes

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager will manage/direct business center maintenance activities. This position will establish/execute maintenance and engineering objectives to continuously improve equipment reliability. The incumbent will oversee/continuously improve preventative and predictive maintenance systems. He/She will supervise the business center maintenance staff to continuously improve maintenance/engineering labor utilization.

The position is available in - Mixing, Material Prep and Curing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the continuous improvement of equipment reliability, by driving performance management (PM) and total productive maintenance (TPM) systems in the business center. Continue to develop more efficient preventative/predictive systems, with the end-goal of driving down overall maintenance downtime.
• Manage the schedules and work of the skilled trades’ associates to drive improved labor utilization. Ensure skilled trades’ associates are adequately trained.
• Analyze the costs associated with maintenance/engineering activities in the business center. Analyze downtime information and implement solutions to repetitive problems. Lead energy/environmental improvements in the business center.
• Support capital projects from a business center perspective (including participation/approval of new projects). Ensure business center resources complete projects (as needed).
• Manage engineering/maintenance costs of the business center in accordance with the annual operating plan (AOP). Continuously drive solutions that reduce cost (including labor, overtime, parts, contractors and operating items).
  
  

Education

To join our team, you will need:

BS degree or in lieu of degree 10 or more years of experience in engineering / maintenance management in an industrial environment.

Experience

• 5 or more years of experience in engineering / maintenance management in an industrial environment.
• Experience in leading continuous improvement initiatives including preventive / predictive maintenance systems.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Requires the ability to direct cross functional work groups to achieve business center equipment reliability objectives, goals and timelines.
• Knowledge of computerized layouts, spreadsheets and database management.
• Strong communication, business, technical, analytical and planning skills.
• Ability to understand plant layouts, capital estimating, associate man computations, tire cost structure and manufacturing equipment processes.
  
  

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 74,000 people and manufactures its products in 57 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.

Goodyear is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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