Sr Manager - Foundry Maintenance and Facilities
Division: Weir ESCO
Location: Newton, MS
Onsite
Purpose of Role: Ensuring the optimal utilization of the organization's skilled trades team, manufacturing equipment uptime, effectively managing the assets at the facility, and ensuring proper function of facilities through ongoing inspection, reliability centered maintenance, and continuous improvement.
Why choose Weir: Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.
An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.
Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.
Key Responsibilities:
Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture, while maintaining business results.
Driving Digital Platforms: Lead the change to digital platforms in our Newton foundry.
Equipment Reliability Programs: Improve equipment, machinery, and process/design reliability in relationship to equipment uptime, effectiveness, and costs through effective preventative and predictive maintenance systems, effective spare parts management, and maintenance EAM systems.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Establish and maintain effective communication within site management, peers, and external suppliers while also ensuring all equipment meets regulatory and all other safety and environmental requirements.
Employee Development: Development direct reports and build technical skills within the team as appropriate to the functional responsibilities of the facility to ensure quality of jobs performed and provide growth opportunities within the team.
Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:
- Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum of 5 years' experience leading a large maintenance and/or engineering organization in a heavy equipment manufacturing facility or similar technical industry. Experience in a foundry setting is a plus.
- Proven experience in making positive change
- Capable of performing financial analyses, Proficient in Microsoft office products, Strong systematic problem solving and analytical capability, Demonstrated ability to coaching others
- Strong systematic/structured approach to problem solving and analytical capabilities (A3’s, CAR’s, 5 Whys; etc.), including ability to perform financial analysis of responsible departments to maximize given budget allocations.
Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.
For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.
Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
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