Kennedy Valve-Assistant Maintenance Manager

SUMMARY:

The Assistant Maintenance Manager oversees all maintenance, repair, and facility management activities within a heavy manufacturing environment that includes foundry, machining, and finishing operations. This role ensures maximum equipment uptime, reliability, and safety through effective leadership of maintenance teams, strategic preventive maintenance programs, and efficient facility operations. The Maintenance Manager drives operational excellence by coordinating maintenance planning, managing capital improvement projects, and ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, and quality standards.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Team Leadership & Labor Relations

• Lead, train, and mentor a team of maintenance supervisors, technicians, and facilities Team Members across the entire plant and grounds.

• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Conduct performance reviews, establish goals, and manage workforce planning.

• Foster collaboration between Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Engineering, Quality, Maintenance teams, and all other applicable stakeholders to ensure operational alignment.

• Build strong relationships with Union leadership; uphold consistent and respectful interpretation of collective bargaining agreements.

Maintenance Operations Management

• Supervise daily maintenance activities, ensuring timely responses to equipment breakdowns and maintenance requests.

• Foundry equipment oversight, manage the preventative and corrective maintenance of harsh-environmental assets like induction furnaces, sand mulling/reclamation systems, molding machines, shot blasters, and dust collectors.

• Machine shop precision maintenance oversees the calibration, spindle rebuilding, and axis alignment of high-precision CNC mills, lathes, and robotics.

• Predictive maintenance, implement vibration analysis, and infrared thermography to catch failures in heavy gearboxes and hydraulic systems before they cause catastrophic downtime.

• Leverage CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to ensure effective work planning, prioritization, and performance reporting.

• Develop, implement, and manage a comprehensive preventive and predictive maintenance program to minimize unplanned downtime.

• Ensure that maintenance work meets quality standards and complies with manufacturers’ recommendations and regulatory codes.

• Ensure up time of critical assets including:• Allen-Bradley PLCs (ControlLogix, CompactLogix, PanelView HMIs)

• Siemens automation systems and drives (TIA Portal, S7 PLCs)

• FANUC robotic arms are used in CNC loading, casting handling, or coating applications.

• Drive effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis of equipment failures involving control systems, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic components.

Facility & Infrastructure Management

• Manage all aspects of building and grounds maintenance, including structural integrity, plumbing, lighting, utilities, HVAC, waste systems, and air.

• Manage outside contractors and vendors for facility projects, utilities maintenance, and specialized services.

• Coordinate capital projects such as CNC equipment installation, or robotic cell integration.

• Ensure compliance with environmental regulations regarding emissions, waste disposal, and stormwater management.

Planning & Budgeting

• Develop and manage the maintenance and facilities operating budget. Monitor labor hours, overtime, and material costs against the department budget to optimize maintenance expenditures.

• Forecast and control expenses related to labor, parts, supplies, and capital projects.

• Production Alignment, coordinate with the foundry and machine shop production managers to schedule maintenance windows during planned shutdowns, minimizing impact on throughput.

• Plan and justify capital improvements and equipment replacements.

• Maintain accurate maintenance records, work order data, and cost tracking using CMMS.

• Monitor inventory levels for high-wear components specific to foundries (e.g., refractory linings, blast blades, hydraulic seals, and precision machine shops (e.g., CNC sensors, balls screws).

Safety & Environmental Compliance

• Promote a safety-first culture and enforce safe work practices in all maintenance and facility-related activities.

• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, NFPA, NEC, and other regulatory requirements.

• Support facility inspections, permitting, and environmental controls (e.g., air emissions, dust collection systems

• EHS compliance to enforce Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), confined space entry protocols (especially for furnace maintenance, and strict PPE compliance regarding molten metal hazards and respirable crystalline silica dust.

• Environmental compliance to ensure the proper handling, documentation, and disposal of hazardous waste, such as used hydraulic oils, slag, and chemical binders.