Electrical Maintenance Lead

Owens Corning · Newark

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This position will lead the Electrical Maintenance Operations for the Newark Plant. The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of the electrical maintenance process.  They must demonstrate the ability to motivate people and must be viewed as a clear and credible communicator. They must have a passion for safety and be able to foster effective working relationships built upon trust and respect with plant employees and leaders.

The Electrical Maintenance Lead reports to the Maintenance Leader.

1. Live the Safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities.

The Electrical Maintenance Manager will have responsibility for:

• Ensuring a safe, clean and environmentally compliant work environment and building a culture where safety is a first priority
• Developing risk assessments for critical tasks

Metrics

• Ensure 95% completion rate in <30 days for all safety incident reports
• Implement a personal safety action plan and review with leader
• Safety metrics – RIR, first aids, near misses, SAFE and Critical 6
• Leader Safety Standard Work and Hazard ID
• Ensures a safe work environment through employee coaching and engagement and strict adherence to OC’s safety policies and procedures

2. Responsible for all aspects of the Electrical Maintenance Operations. 

    Metrics

Ensures the routine electrical maintenance of Plant equipment and by:

• Grow the service and quality culture in the department and meet / exceed established goals.
• Development and execution of Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs
• Further develop craft training plans and create a continuous learning environment for employees
• Co-Leading and coaching of unionized primary maintenance workforce (crew of approx 22) and driving engagement in the primary workforce
• Improve the reliability of the plant power systems through preventative and predictive maintenance and capital improvements.

3. Technical resource regarding the insulation manufacturing process, equipment and protocols
   
   Metrics

• Technical knowledge in DCS control systems, high voltage equipment, PLC applications, line drives, process instrumentation, data acquisition, etc.
• Identify opportunities for reliability performance and cost improvement

4. Ensure the injury-free performance primary member team
   
   Metrics

• Develops and implement a work environment characterized by mutual trust and respect, open and honest communications, teamwork and a passion for wining.
• Effectively lead and manage change for their workgroup while maintaining high levels of employee engagement.

5. Behaves consistently with desired Owens Corning leadership characteristics and competencies

Metrics

• Works closely with the Production Department in a team-based environment that is designed to manage in a manner that will ensure continuously improving machine performance and employee efficiency.
• Ensure supervisory practices are consistent with the facility collective agreement and effectively manage the grievance resolution process.

Experience:

1. Minimum of 5 years progressive leadership experience within a manufacturing environment
2. Bachelor of Science in Engineering Discipline or Technology Diploma (electrical maintenance) or an equivalent combination of training and experience, Master’s degree preferred
3. Six Sigma / Lean manufacturing experience is highly desired

Knowledge and Abilities:

1. Ability to engage employees at all levels of the organization
2. Ability to manage multiple priorities or projects at one time
3. Lean Certification or evidence of Lean Manufacturing experience
4. Ability to make decisions based on facts and / or data including having the basic mathematics and technical skills to analyze data, interpret graphs, and combine related data
5. Ability to lead a unionized hourly employees
6. Ability to create and drive change and effectively communicate to all levels in the organization
7. Ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as effectively facilitate open two-way communication both within and outside of the organization
8. Ability to work both strategically and hands-on

Personal Characteristics:

1. Engages and cares for others, starting with safety
2. Achieves results fast, individually and through teams
3. Likes people and working in teams
4. Takes business risks, grows from failures, celebrates successes
5. Makes self and others better
6. Has Company spirit
7. Believes our Purpose
8. Makes OC’s values visible in words and actions
9. Gets the whole customer thing

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