Assistant Manager - Maintenance

Job Title: Assistant Manager - Maintenance

Company: AISIN World Corp. of America

Department: Operations – Production & Logistics

Location: Franklin, IN (FLC)

Position Responsibilities

The incumbent is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:

• Ensuring safety policies and procedures are followed in all aspects of the position and duties.
• Assessing and correcting building and facility equipment abnormals and breakdowns.
• Coordination of all contracted and non-contracted maintenance of facility and equipment.
• Maintaining and improving building and grounds infrastructure and support systems.
• Coordinate and monitor contractors, preventive maintenance, and inspections of fire suppression systems and improvement projects.
• Implement/maintain operational improvements and upgrades to the building monitoring and access control system.
• Ensuring effective and safe use of warehouse equipment.
• Ensuring OSHA/Safety compliance for all staff; will function as facility safety manager.
• Identify energy/operational cost reduction and reliability/quality improvement projects.
• Overseeing section budgets and expenditures advising senior leadership on spending.
• Aid in sourcing, implementation, and maintenance of all automation projects.
• Develop and implement facility support fixed asset expenditure requests and projects.
• Exceptional understanding of warehouse management procedures.
• Other tasks and duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills and Experience:

• 5 years of leadership and facility/equipment maintenance.
• Proficient computer skills.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Outstanding organizational, multitasking, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong people skills, motivating and disciplining staff.
• Capable of reading and understanding equipment and building diagrams and schematics.
• Ability to operate boom lifts, scissor lifts, and forklifts to perform needed tasks as required.

Beneficial Skills and Experience

• Warehouse Automation and Information Technology
• HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical Systems experience.
• Working in a multi-cultural operation.

Education/Training/Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or related Engineering degree preferred.
• TPS/Six Sigma Training or Education

Qualifications:

Travel Requirements

• Approximately 10 %
• Must be willing and available to travel to such locations and with such frequency as is necessary and desirable to meet business needs. 

Work Environment Requirements

With reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to operate a personal computer, telephone, and other office equipment.
• Must perform job duties onsite, when necessary, except those duties that are customarily or by their nature performed offsite (for example, offsite customer visits).
• Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work on multiple assignments at once, and complete assignments within deadline and budget (if applicable) with satisfactory quality.
• Must be able to operate as an effective team member.
• Must be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and all company safety policies.

Attendance/Work Hour Requirements

• Must maintain an acceptable attendance record.
• Must be willing and available to work weekends and holidays as necessary and desirable to meet business needs.