Maintenance Manager - High Point, NC

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Company Overview:
FXI is a leading producer of foam innovation in the Bedding, Furniture, Industrial, Home & Office, Healthcare, and Transportation markets. We have made it our mission to provide tailored solutions that delight our customers and consumers. With our corporate headquarters, high-tech research and development facility, and multiple manufacturing locations in North America, FXI has built a culture of innovation and achievement that is recognized by customers, suppliers and peers. Our products include finished goods, sub-assemblies, services, and raw materials for OEMs, fabricators, and retailers. You will find FXI's foam innovations inside, around, and under yourself in countless applications. Everywhere foam goes, FXI's innovations lead the way! Won't you join us?
Responsibilities:
- Oversee strategic maintenance planning, management and staff. - Oversee process equipment reliability and improvement initiatives. - Plan and direct maintenance budget and capital expenditure requests as requested. - Manages capital projects including identifying scope, specifications, design, cost, milestones, and oversees installation as well as the start-up and de-bugging of new equipment for the production process. - Designs and improves processes, layouts, and specifies tools and equipment to achieve cost reductions and improve safety, quality, and overall equipment reliability; conferring with equipment vendors and soliciting observations from operators. - Keeps equipment operational by coordinating maintenance and repair services; following manufacturer's instructions and established procedures, requesting special service as needed. - Adapt machine and equipment design to plant and production conditions. - Develop and execute preventative maintenance and energy management programs. - Select, coordinate, evaluate and oversee outside contractors. - Responsible for acquisition, storage, and inventory control of maintenance parts - May perform programming on new and existing PLC's. - Provides leadership, coaching and direction to shift technicians in all aspects of their work. - Serves as a key resource for safety related issues with the goal of meeting/ exceeding OSHA requirements for a safe workplace. - Leads continuous improvement efforts using lean manufacturing principles. - Provides Quality review for documentation changes to engineering prints, maintenance and manufacturing work instructions, ensuring that manufacturing and proper engineering practices are followed. - Participates as a functional member of new product development teams, ensuring the application of appropriate design controls, providing technical assistance, and assuring the complete application of validation activities. - Other tasks assigned by the Plant Manager
Qualifiations: - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or a related discipline or, an equivalent combination of work experience, training and/or education may be considered. - Strongly prefer a minimum of 3-5 years in manufacturing shop floor experience. - Must have prior experience supervising or managing a team, strong leadership skills - Must have prior project management experience. - Must have demonstrated machine and equipment troubleshooting skills. - Must have knowledge of lean manufacturing concepts, continuous improvement and problem solving methodologies. - Proficient in Computer applications; specifically MS Office, SolidWorks, Autocad, Manufacturing software, SAP system, Allen/Bradley PLC's to include: SLC-500 and 5000, and Micro-logics - Ability to work within budget and timescales - Able to work on weekends when required