Oil-Dri Corporation of America
Manager, Maintenance - GA
Oil-Dri Corporation of America, Ochlocknee, Georgia, United States, 31773
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Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty sorbent products for consumer and business-to-business markets that has been voted as a Top 100 workplaces in the Chicago Tribune. Oil-Dri’s products are sold in the pet care, animal health, fluids purification, agricultural, sports field, industrial and automotive markets. Oil-Dri controls millions of tons of specialty mineral reserves, including calcium bentonite, attapulgite, and diatomaceous shale. The company’s mines and manufacturing facilities are located in Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, and California. Oil-Dri is a family-controlled and operated organization that emphasizes honesty, integrity, and accountability. The company is dedicated to fulfilling its mission to Create Value From Sorbent Minerals.
Role Overview Manage the maintenance process across the Region to safely optimize plant equipment availability to meet business goals at the lowest overall long-term cost for the facility.
Key Responsibilities
Ensure employees perform work according to established safety rules and practices while striving for ZERO Accidents.
Ensure employees have the appropriate tools and training to perform tasks in a safe manner.
Encourage identification of Near Misses along with appropriate corrective actions.
Develop an autonomous maintenance program with zero accidents and zero breakdowns while operating in a tightly controlled fiscal position.
Develop maintenance management tools and practices.
Continuously improve processes and activities that deliver business performance.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
Must act in accordance with WE CARE.
Other actions as needed to satisfy company goals, process, and procedures and to uphold values inherent to Oil-Dri.
Relationships
Key Maintenance customers/partners are mining, processing, packaging, and warehousing
Accounting is an important customer and supplier
Purchasing is a key supplier and partner
Member of future corporate maintenance improvement team
Accountability
Safety First – zero accidents.
Meet goals for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance time.
Effective maintenance planning and forecasting.
Manage cost of repairs using lean manufacturing processes.
Ensuring that equipment is available in operating condition when needed.
Measurement of Performance
Zero Accidents
Achievement of goals related to plant operations, including: Zero Breakdowns, Callbacks, Conformance to schedules, Overtime (% and $), Timely completion of work orders
Customer satisfaction and partner relationships
Qualifications
Four-year technical degree, mechanical engineering preferred.
Minimum 3 years’ experience in maintenance management, maintenance engineering or maintenance reliability.
Project management skills and tools.
Skills & Abilities
Knowledge of and experience with safety methods and technology.
Experience with development and use of preventative and predictive maintenance systems.
Knows technology required to operate and maintain equipment such as crushers, kilns, mills, screens, fans, pumps, blowers, belt conveyors, pneumatic conveyors, packaging lines, bag houses, cyclones, burners, electrical distribution, spray systems, waste systems, piping, computerized controls, dozers, hydraulic loaders, trucks etc.
Experienced in maintenance planning, analysis, forecasting, administration, and documentation, work order management, parts management, preventative, predictive and condition-based maintenance technologies, and in system to manage this work plant-wide.
Experience and demonstrated ability to implement and manage lean manufacturing processes.
Benefits
401(k) with 6% match (Fully Vested at 2 Years)
Annual Incentive Bonus
Annual Merit increase opportunity
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
11 Corporate Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Pre-Tax Transit
Fitness & Gym Reimbursement
Employer Contribution - Health, Dental, Vision
Oil-Dri is committed to providing equal opportunity for all teammates and qualified candidates without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Accordingly, all employment decisions and personnel actions or programs such as hiring, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, transfers, reductions in workforce, and training, etc. will be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity.
Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Mining
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Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty sorbent products for consumer and business-to-business markets that has been voted as a Top 100 workplaces in the Chicago Tribune. Oil-Dri’s products are sold in the pet care, animal health, fluids purification, agricultural, sports field, industrial and automotive markets. Oil-Dri controls millions of tons of specialty mineral reserves, including calcium bentonite, attapulgite, and diatomaceous shale. The company’s mines and manufacturing facilities are located in Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, and California. Oil-Dri is a family-controlled and operated organization that emphasizes honesty, integrity, and accountability. The company is dedicated to fulfilling its mission to Create Value From Sorbent Minerals.
Role Overview Manage the maintenance process across the Region to safely optimize plant equipment availability to meet business goals at the lowest overall long-term cost for the facility.
Key Responsibilities
Ensure employees perform work according to established safety rules and practices while striving for ZERO Accidents.
Ensure employees have the appropriate tools and training to perform tasks in a safe manner.
Encourage identification of Near Misses along with appropriate corrective actions.
Develop an autonomous maintenance program with zero accidents and zero breakdowns while operating in a tightly controlled fiscal position.
Develop maintenance management tools and practices.
Continuously improve processes and activities that deliver business performance.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
Must act in accordance with WE CARE.
Other actions as needed to satisfy company goals, process, and procedures and to uphold values inherent to Oil-Dri.
Relationships
Key Maintenance customers/partners are mining, processing, packaging, and warehousing
Accounting is an important customer and supplier
Purchasing is a key supplier and partner
Member of future corporate maintenance improvement team
Accountability
Safety First – zero accidents.
Meet goals for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance time.
Effective maintenance planning and forecasting.
Manage cost of repairs using lean manufacturing processes.
Ensuring that equipment is available in operating condition when needed.
Measurement of Performance
Zero Accidents
Achievement of goals related to plant operations, including: Zero Breakdowns, Callbacks, Conformance to schedules, Overtime (% and $), Timely completion of work orders
Customer satisfaction and partner relationships
Qualifications
Four-year technical degree, mechanical engineering preferred.
Minimum 3 years’ experience in maintenance management, maintenance engineering or maintenance reliability.
Project management skills and tools.
Skills & Abilities
Knowledge of and experience with safety methods and technology.
Experience with development and use of preventative and predictive maintenance systems.
Knows technology required to operate and maintain equipment such as crushers, kilns, mills, screens, fans, pumps, blowers, belt conveyors, pneumatic conveyors, packaging lines, bag houses, cyclones, burners, electrical distribution, spray systems, waste systems, piping, computerized controls, dozers, hydraulic loaders, trucks etc.
Experienced in maintenance planning, analysis, forecasting, administration, and documentation, work order management, parts management, preventative, predictive and condition-based maintenance technologies, and in system to manage this work plant-wide.
Experience and demonstrated ability to implement and manage lean manufacturing processes.
Benefits
401(k) with 6% match (Fully Vested at 2 Years)
Annual Incentive Bonus
Annual Merit increase opportunity
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
11 Corporate Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Pre-Tax Transit
Fitness & Gym Reimbursement
Employer Contribution - Health, Dental, Vision
Oil-Dri is committed to providing equal opportunity for all teammates and qualified candidates without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Accordingly, all employment decisions and personnel actions or programs such as hiring, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, transfers, reductions in workforce, and training, etc. will be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity.
Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Mining
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