Senior Maintenance Manager
Scotts Miracle-Gro

Job Info

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Here at Scotts Miracle-Gro there is no such thing as a typical day. Our culture is constantly energized by new and exciting growth opportunities and at a rapid pace. Every Associate plays an important role in providing innovative solutions for today's gardeners and growers and contributing new ideas to improve operations. In our company you need grit, it is what we were founded on over 150 years ago and is what keeps us growing. Regardless of your level in the organization there is a platform for your voice to be heard and the ability to influence change. Family, community and hard working values are weaved into all that we do. Come grow with us, where we develop and nurture the next generation of leaders.

We are looking for a Senior Maintenance Manager who will join our Scotts Miracle-Gro team in Marysville, OH.

This position will be based at The Scotts Miracle-Gro world headquarters in Marysville, a suburb of Columbus, OH. Not familiar with Columbus? Visit columbusregion.com/columbus-2020/

If you enjoy a fast-paced, high energy manufacturing environment then you will fit in well as a Sr. Maintenance Manager for Scotts Miracle-Gro. This role is for a builder, versus a maintainer, and is well-suited for a leader who thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic daily operation. The Sr. Maintenance Manager directs and coordinates the overall maintenance and repair activities for the facility. This position is accountable for leading all maintenance personnel in planning, scheduling, and executing repairs, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, production enhancements, and process optimization. In addition, this role is the subject matter expert for engineering and technical support.

What you'll do in this role:

• Leverage your maintenance leadership experience to transform our maintenance performance. You will be responsible for crafting the future vision and direction for a multi-site maintenance program, creating a structured and visible process to achieve the vision for Maintenance Excellence. You will build upon a longstanding maintenance organization to drive a cultural and tactical transformation. This includes establishing and sharing best practices across sites, and consistently communicating our progress and next steps to associates and leaders within the organization.
  
• Lead a multi-site, multi-disciplined technical organization of 45+ associates (including 4 supervisors and 2 engineers) and various external contractors, across three shifts; For Scotts associates this is to include performance evaluations, people development, and ensuring training requirements are met.
  
• Prioritize and deploy resources to emergent equipment breakdowns in a high-throughput, continuous production environment. You will frequently use a go-and-see approach to guide the team to effective diagnosis of complex problems within the chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineering disciplines, in order to rapidly implement robust solutions and minimize mean time to repair (MTTR).
  
• Maximize mean time between failure (MTBF) through the development of the Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs to eliminate financial loss due to equipment breakdowns. This will include training and embedment of robust Root Cause analysis tools, continuously maturing Preventative Maintenance plans across hundreds of assets, orchestrating annual shutdown maintenance, and developing new and existing predictive maintenance tools (i.e. Vibration analysis, lubricant analysis, thermography).
  
• Oversee the optimization of equipment and production line performance, as measured by Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Finance to create and utilize a data-driven approach to prioritize losses, evaluate solutions, recommend a course of action, pursue spending approval, and implement the solution to improve plant uptime. This may include the scoping and execution of capital equipment upgrade or replacement.
  
• Optimize the total cost of maintenance, as you will oversee an expense budget in excess of $15 Million, with capital spend budgets as required.
  
• Nurture and grow our safety culture by leading by example, ensuring ongoing training, setting and embedding safety standards, and constantly communicating with associates.
  
• Create and manage a maintenance talent pipeline to feed the multi-site succession plan through the creation and development of robust Maintenance training tools and programs.
  
• Influence overall plant performance improvement as a vocal and engaged member of the Marysville Plant Leadership staff, reporting directly to the Director, Manufacturing Operations.
  
• Drive shop floor culture improvement by embodying and proactively leading with intentional behaviors. Behaviors must be consistent with earning trust, acting with integrity, and speaking with empathy, while maintaining accountability and providing support to achieve high performance.
  

What you'll need to be successful:

• B.S. in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
  
• MBA is preferred.
  
• 7+ years of engineering or maintenance experience in a fast-paced, continuous production manufacturing environment.
  
• 5+ years of experience in the direct supervision of associates (both hourly and salary)people in a continuous manufacturing environment.
  
• 3+ years experience effectively developing and managing engineers and supervisors.
  
• Strong and well-rounded chemical, mechanical, and electrical skillset, with experience in practical application of multi-disciplinary engineering principles.
  
• Multi-million dollar capital equipment project management experience.
  
• Advanced training, knowledge, implementation, and execution of Preventive and Predictive Maintenance systems.
  
• Working knowledge of CMMS software, specifically SAP.
  
• Working knowledge of Network and Controls Systems. PLC programming experience preferred.
  
• Proven project management skills. Ability to plan and organize by setting goals and priorities to accomplish results. Proven capability to evaluate, assess, and manage cost, functionality, and timing relationships.
  
• Change management experience, including leading others through transformational change.
  
• Interpersonal communication skills to communicate business and technical needs to technical and non-technical personnel.
  
• Ability to adapt conversational approach and style as needed to effectively motivate and drive understanding from entry level associates to enterprise-level leaders.
  
• Written communication skills for performance appraisals, technical summaries, communications with outside vendors, intercompany correspondence, and management reports.
  

The starting budgeted pay range for this role will generally fall between $115,500.00-135,900.00. Scotts will consider various factors in determining the actual pay including your skills, qualifications, experience, and geographical location.

Here at ScottsMiracle-Gro, we believe providing an enriching and engaging employee experience is what sets us apart from other organizations. We recognize our employees are so much more than just their job title so we offer programs and benefits that support them in all aspects of their lives. Wondering how we do it? Below is a glimpse of our highlight reel...

• Our Live Total Health program provides you with options to align to your personal needs. Selections range from medical, dental and visioncoverage for you, your spouse/domestic partner and dependents to an outstanding wellness reimbursement program to an unbelievable 401K match (up to 7.5%)as well as a 15% discount on company stock and much more
  
• We know ourtalent is our most precious asset and your unique development contributes to our organization's success now and in the future. Career growth at our company is not always a ladder. It's much more like a rock climbing adventure. Grow through exploration and experiences rather than a predictable linear path.
  
• We value the importance of family. We provide access to Maven Family Planning and up to $30,000 to accommodate for adoption, fertility and surrogacy.
  
• Be part of something bigger by joining one of our Employee Resource Groups focusing on diversity and inclusion, family, education and sustainability: Scotts Women's Network, Scotts Black Employees' Network, Scotts Veterans' Network, Scotts Young Professionals, Scotts Pride Network (GroPride), Scotts Associates for a Greener Earth (SAGE), Scotts Family TREE and our Associate Boards.
  
• Join a company with a strong belief in giving back to the communities where we live and work. We have a shared passion for service and volunteerism and believe participating in community service benefits our communities and strengthens our team.
  

Not interested in this role? Stay up to date on future opportunities by joining our ScottsMiracle-Gro and Hawthorne Gardening talent communities.

Scotts is an EEO Employer, dedicated to a culturally diverse, drug free workplace.

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Notification to Agencies:

Please note that the Scotts Miracle-Gro company does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement, and specific approval to submit resumes to an approved requisition, the Scotts Miracle-Gro company will not consider or approve payment regarding recruiter fees or referral compensations.

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