Who we are:

At HSM, we value HEART – Honesty, Execution, Accountability, Results, and Teamwork. Based in Hickory NC since 1944, we’re a top-of-the-line manufacturing company that produces a variety of products for the furniture, packaging, healthcare, and home furnishings markets. We value having good people on our team, and we do our best to cultivate a team-oriented atmosphere. Military veterans encouraged to apply!

Maintenance Service Manager Summary:

Manages maintenance staff tasked with maintaining building and facility equipment including responsibility for the extended useful life of all manufacturing equipment through effective and efficient preventive maintenance; assures that maintenance personnel can perform assigned work by appropriate training and motivation; assures the security of designated facility and compliance with all administrative policies and safety standards. Manage all maintenance personnel.

What We Offer Our Maintenance Service Manager:

• Federal Credit Union (Get paid a day early)
• 401k Contribution Match up to 4% (100% Vested From Day 1)
• Auto & Home Insurance Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Development Assistance
• Discount Program
• Multiple Options for Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• On-Site No-Cost Medical Clinics for Employees & Covered Dependents
• Teladoc 24/7 Care
• Global Healthcare
• Dependent Care Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Basic Life/AD&D Insurance
• Supplemental Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Disease Management Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Family Medical Leave
• Paid Bereavement Leave
• Pet Insurance

Maintenance Service Manager Responsibilities:

(This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continual basis. It does not exclude other duties that may be assigned.)

• Oversee all maintenance functions of the manufacturing facility to ensure compliance with company rules, standards, and systems in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.
• Manage facilities maintenance annual budget.
• Manage maintenance staff work assignments to support production team schedules.
• Oversee hiring of maintenance personnel.
• Manage maintenance personnel skill set improvement training.
• Manage corrective action tasks related to production equipment down time.
• Manage an effective preventive maintenance program to continually improve unplanned production equipment down time.
• Manage improvement projects involving new or upgraded equipment and processes through advanced automation controls.
• Perform routine building inspections. Evaluate conditions and generate work assignments to maintain building in serviceable condition.
• Manage all work performed by outside contractors.
• Manage annual capital equipment plan including supplier quote requests and submission of requests for purchase.

Education/ Experience:

• Education and/or experience equivalent to a Bachelors Degree

AND

• Equivalent to eight years increasingly responsible experience in plant engineering, facilities maintenance and management, or other related management experience including special emphasis on equipment automation.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in equipment automation including communication networks, automation control components: drives, PLCs and HMIs, and robotics.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in project management including the management of equipment procurement, installation, and commissioning.
• Experience in lean manufacturing principles with emphasis in preventive maintenance systems
• Must possess all other qualities critical for managerial success including leadership, self-confidence, motivation, decisiveness, flexibility, sound business judgment, and determination.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of plant/facilities engineering management techniques; construction and design of buildings and facilities system modifications; knowledge of building and safety codes and energy conservation techniques.
• Ability to provide leadership and direction to employees; interact effectively with others; write clear, concise reports; design and administer complex facilities projects; provide in-house training of personnel; be flexible in work assignments.
• Ability to communicate with others and to assimilate and understand information in a manner consistent with the essential job functions.
• Ability to operate assigned equipment.
• Ability to make sound decisions in a manner consistent with the essential job functions.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to stand and walk.
• Able to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Able to reach with hands and arms.
• Able to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Able to regularly lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities needed: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and risk of electrical shock
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions
• Frequently exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; extreme cold; extreme heat; and vibration
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Reasonable Accommodations:

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Military veterans encouraged to apply!

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)