Equipment Maintenance Manager

The Equipment Maintenance Manager Opportunity:

We are looking for an Equipment Maintenance Manager who will play a crucial role in ensuring the operational availability of a wide array of manufacturing equipment and building the Preventative Maintenance Program from scratch. Our Equipment Maintenance Manager will apply technical skills to install, maintain and repair mechanical and electrical systems, factory automation and robotics.

The Equipment Maintenance Manager is also the first-responding problem solver who manages machine breakdown recoveries to keep production running. This is a physically demanding job working in tight spaces, requiring walking and standing all day, as well as, bending, squatting, kneeling, climbing ladders and lying on the ground intermittently throughout the day. The Equipment Maintenance Manager will lift up to 50 lbs. and utilize other hand tools and power tools as needed.

Veev is a residential home building technology company with a unique and singular view that the place we spend the most time and the most money should be treated like a product – one designed, built and experienced from the user’s perspective. Using a panelized approach, we build more sustainable homes for developers at a lower cost, faster and at a significantly higher quality than traditional construction.

Beyond the required skills and experience you bring to the job, we’re also searching for a teammate that fits with our culture! If you love working in a fast-paced environment, have a masters in delivering results and like working with great people, we want to meet you!

$120,000 - $140,000 yearly

In this Role, You Will:

• Direct leadership of the maintenance crews covering a 2-shift operating capability.
• Be responsible for manpower management: day to day line support, in-house repair work, vacation, OT & weekend work scheduling.
• Be responsible for making or improving different types of tools to enable the production processes to be as efficient as possible -
• This may include jigs, fixtures, clamps or molds to obtain a more robust consistently produced part that meets the specification of the engineering solution.
• Support new project tooling from commissioning stages through to start of production
• Carry out engineering level changes to tools and modifications
• Good fabrication skills - Welding, cutting, Drilling , assembling, tuning, mechanics
• Define daily tasks and setting directions for the team
• Interact with Production and Engineering Groups
• Interact with customer departments and managers
• Be responsible for the standard development and creation of procedures and methods
• Project manage: both internal maintenance projects, and minor contractor projects.
• Own procedures & Preventative Maintenance, developing & maintaining proper documentation of all necessary procedures; periodic maintenance tasks; equipment changes (electrical, spare parts upgrades, mechanical), etc.
• Assist with budget development and reporting
• Maintain spare parts inventory. Identify and order needed parts, maintain a tracking system
• Train and direct the training of maintenance associates to support production requirements

Requirements, Knowledge, Experience:

• Machine shop maintenance experience preferred
• 7+ years of experience in maintenance / equipment management / leadership role
• 5+ years of extensive experience with troubleshooting and correcting industrial equipment maintenance - breakdowns and failures
• Experience in team building, coaching and succession planning for technical and engineering personnel
• Maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment on a journeyman level. Experience within a department is a plus
• CNC, welding equipment, cranes, and the 3-D printer for now, with more to come
• Lean manufacturing skills and systems development
• Project management experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of programs

Must have demonstrable skills in the following areas:

• Equipment Operation Availability / % OEE improvement
• System development to track current shop conditions
• Mechatronics
• Identification of key areas of improvement
• Breakdown management
• Understanding of short-term vs long term actions
• Systems used to prevent repeat occurrences
• PM / TPM development and implementation
• Reference to past improvement initiatives / % improvements
• Equipment spare parts management
• Critical vs noncritical parts determination
• Audit methods to ensure no risk condition
• Training & development
• Assessment of current skills sets
• Training action plans

Veev is a residential home-building technology company with a unique and singular view that we spend most time and money should be treated like a product – one designed, built, and experienced from the user’s perspective. With 600MM in funding, several hundred employees, and growing, Veev uses a panelized approach; building more sustainable homes for developers at a lower cost, and at a significantly faster pace and higher quality than traditional construction. Veev has reinvented the way homes are built and experienced while solving housing shortages in California and beyond. Our innovative technology allows rapid deployment while using the highest quality materials selected for smart and healthy living in mind, and sets a new industry standard with the goal of a zero-waste and low-carbon build process.

More about Veev:

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Veev's website:

https://www.veev.com/about-us