West Coast Maintenance Specialist

Company: Amcor
Location: Fairfield
Posted on: August 1, 2020

Job Description:

Position Overview:

The West Coast Maintenance Specialist is responsible for providing technical line support to the Blow Operations Department in all aspects of the blow mold and downstream equipment by examining and monitoring current production equipment and developing reliability solutions so that production lines operate most effectively and efficiently. This is achieved by performing various analyses to determine areas in need of improvement and develop reliability and maintainability solutions to overcome any production challenges. In this role, the ideal candidate will improve processes, quality, efficiencies, and productivity in home location as well as two other facilities. An essential component of the role will include managing and developing the maintenance team under the direction of the Plant Maintenance Manager

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

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• Develop solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect downstream plant operations including capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance issues for blow molding and downstream area.
  
• Evaluates machine wellness at the Fairfield plant and is the key contact person for the packaging department at the plant / West region.
  
  
  
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  • Assists in evaluation of other equipment throughout the region as needed
    
    
    
    
  • Perform breakdown analysis and/or root cause analysis thoroughly and presents findings and solutions to operations leadership.
    
    
    
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    • Directs technical input, solutions and options on improving productivity, efficiencies, and documented product quality for all areas of responsibility.
      
      
    • Recommend and implement programs to eliminate identified problems, improve labor utilization, upgrade facilities and reduce costs.
      
      
      
      
    • Assist in assessing skills, recommends / provides / organizes training to ensure personnel are technically competent.
      
      
      
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      • Assist Plant Maintenance Manager to establish priorities for maintenance personnel to ensure the effective utilization of all available resources.
        
        
        
        
      • Manages the weekly schedule and the Preventative Maintenance (PM) system.
        
        
        
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        • Participates in PM activities as needed.
          
          
        • Ensures that PMs are fully complete to meet Amcor standards.
          
          
        • Verifies that all PM documentation is uploaded accurately in SAP in a timely manner.
          
          
        • Assists with machine and PM audits and completes written documentation.
          
          
          
          
        • Works with the parts room / MRO team, the Plant Maintenance Manager and the Plant Operations Managers to ensure that parts are available in stock as needed.
          
          
          
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          • Provides input and solutions to improve part deficiencies and PSPR / PNVL stock level failures.
            
            
            
            
          • Assists with the product changeovers and tracks efficiencies to develop a plan for improvement.
            
            
            
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            • Ensures that all signoffs, paperwork and correct parts are verified for each changeover.
              
              
            • Verifies that the changeover documentation for Blow Molding and Packaging are accurate and are being followed.
              
              
              
              
            • Responsible for the maintenance, improvement, and compliance of an effective CMMS system.
              
              
              
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              • Ensure that work orders are being entered by task, updated and completed accurately.
                
                
                
                
              • Monitors key CMMS KPI's and develops corrective measures to improve shortcomings.
                
              • Prepares equipment and related reports as required by the Plant Maintenance Manager and / or Plant Operations Manager(s).
                
              • Work with other plants in the region to develop a support escalation strike team.
                
              • Travel as need to other Amcor plants in the region to assist with maintenance issues (25-50% possible)
                
              • Perform other related assignments as required.
                
                
                
                Qualifications:
                
                
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                • Education: Associates Degree or Technical School. Bachelor Degree preferred.
                  
                  
                • 10 years of experience in industrial maintenance on Zecchetti and downstream equipment with previous bottling industry experience preferred
                  
                  The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job.
                  
                  We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
                  
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Keywords: Amcor, Fairfield , West Coast Maintenance Specialist, Professions , Fairfield, California