Minimum requirements
* education: high school diploma
* experience: ability to optimize equipment programs and troubleshoot issues to identify root cause
* excellent communicator who can train both hourly and salary team members
* must be a self-starter who will take ownership of projects and see them through to completion with limited supervision
* candidate must be flexible to significant travel
* successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in one ford (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
preferred requirements
* education: bachelor degree in engineering, industrial or electrical / automation engineering preferred. Equivalent experience accepted
* experience: 3-5 years’ experience in manufacturing; stamping experience preferred
* robot / interpress transfer (abb / fanuc / gudel)
* stamping / press equipment
* vision experience strongly preferred (cognex)
* plc competency.
* lean implementation
* autocad
position duties
* responsible for ftpm activities within the department
* coordinate and plan maintenance actions. Preventive, planned and crisis maintenance.
* ensure all safety standards are met during maintenance activities.
* optimization of current production processes
* coaching plants in continuous improvement, standardization, and lean concepts
* assisting plants in addressing equipment down time issues
* developing preventative / predictive maintenance practices to ensure 100% equipment uptime
* training and education of plant personnel and leadership
* providing input on new equipment design and purchase
* supporting new model / equipment launch as required
* lead quality related actions that imply machine reliability improvements.
* be point of contact to plant engineering, local vendors and commodity suppliers regarding equipment issues.
* drive maintenence cost and budget control.
* drive maintenance metrics within the department.
* issue regular reports on maintenance metrics
* ensure all areas operate to fps tools and ftpm innitiatives.
* motivate teams to provide ideas to improve equipment availability and document in r&m reports.
* support and coach problem solving activities within the department, mainly focused on realibility and maintenability.
* coordinate maintenance planning and shutdown planning actions within the department.
* support work group and department meetings regarding equipment improvement and jph actions.
* participate actively in jph roadmap reviews.
* provide technical assistance to personnel and areas where necessary.
* identify training needs for skilled employees, coordinate training plan for the department.
* work with cora, maximo, qlscm, posmon and any other required system.
* coordinate skilled personnel during breakdowns to fix the issue with the minimal disturbance on production. Ensure resources are planned during the line breaks.
* participate in interplant benchmarking exercises
* actively participate in simultaneous engineering meetings, forward planning and product design to ensure maintenability standards are followed.
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