Watlow
Job Title: Facilities Maintenance Manager
Position Title: Facilities Maintenance Manager
Discipline: NA
Level of Contribution: Guiding
Functional Area: Operations
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports to: Director of Operations or other position as assigned
Direct Reports: Maintenance team members, custodians and other positions as assigned
EEO-1 Category: 1.2 First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers
Job Position Summary:
This position leads the project management of one or multiple facilities and/or equipment and tooling
placement, maintenance, repair, and improvement/expansion projects. This includes partnering in
Total Preventative Maintenance (TPM) programs in accordance with relevant regulations, agency
standards and fiscal considerations as well as including lean strategies to assist in achieving business goals and strategic directives.
Functional Contribution (Contribution Matrix):
• Provides staff development
• Guiding the implementation of operations strategies
• Determines best practices to achieve goals
• Uses the Watlow Way (WW) and the Watlow Business System WBS as the thinking and
methods of how we do and improve our work
• Understands the Value delivered by the organization and the inter-relationships required to deliver it.
• Applies organizational metrics and correlates the relevance to business success
• Identify changes and trends in processes, and requirements
• Leads organizational initiatives to achieve Best Practice, financial results or Lean objectives
• Establishes and ensures adherence to budgets and business plans
• Applies critical thinking to information received and evaluates best decision for organizational
success
• Champions open two-way communications
• Demonstrates an understanding of various perspectives
• Communicates value stream and business unit strategy and goals along with results to
manufacturing team members
• Develops solutions to obstacles to goal accomplishment
• Coaches, develops, challenges, and recognizes others
• Sets business priorities for work activity
Skills, Abilities and Mastery (Responsibility Matrix):
Delivery:
• Coaching Forward - Create and/or foster a team environment that demonstrates genuine concern
for the personal and professional development of all team members, regularly recognizing team
members
• Manages all aspects of assigned responsibilities (maintenance, custodial, operational)
necessary to achieve business goals, campus growth and project objectives.
• Provides security for the business facilities and their contents.
• Creates and/or fosters a leadership environment that is conducive to teamwork and
otherwise demonstrates genuine concern for the personal and professional development.
• Ensures the development, implementation, and control of facilities and maintenance processes,
budgets, plans, project goals and deadlines, performance standards.
• Forecasts facilities and maintenance improvements and planned costs in support of the
Sales and Operations Financial Planning (SOFP) process.
• Ensures that Continuous Improvement (CI)/Lean concepts and techniques are utilized (the way
we do and improve our work) throughout the maintenance processes.
• Ensures the development and deployment of a safe and healthy work environment including
appropriate training in safety practices, professional licenses, building code standards and
permits.
• Coordinates purchasing processes to manage budget related to site management and maintenance.
• Including vendor/contract reviews, evaluating job bids/quotes, etc.
• Establishes goals and targets that support the business strategies and commitments
Business Partner:
• Participates on site(s) leadership team(s) with a focus on site(s) footprint and facility plans
• Collaborates with Directors of Operations, Directors of Supply Chain, HS&E,
Engineering (Maintenance) and Production Teams to maintain building standards and
achieve project goals.
• Assists in developing continuous improvement plans to support the site(s).
• Collaborates with leaders to implement SOFP, Capital Plan, and Succession Planning for site(s)
• Leads coordination with local agencies regarding the facilities (fire dept, etc) as well as
contracting companies for electrical or gas, etc.
Center of Expertise (COE)
• Industry Certifications/licenses (Electrical, Hydraulics, Mechanical., etc)
• Multi-building management of manufacturing buildings
• Lean Silver trained
• Understanding of the Watlow Business System
• Enriching Lives Workshop (constructive culture)
Education, Experience and Certification Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or enrolled in a continuing education program
• Technical certification preferred
• Project management experience
• Leadership training
• 7-10 years of lean leadership experience preferred
Additional Information Regarding Position
• Ability to fluently speak and write in English is required for this position
Contact point for the job:
Name: Ms Lili Sharhani/Ms Nurulizzati
Email: [email protected]