Maintenance Area Leader

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 159422 - Tonganoxie, Kansas, United States Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition. We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health. If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!

 

An Operations Engineer (OE) is a position providing experience in both operations and engineering positions. The OE will initially be assigned the role of either a Maintenance & Reliability Area Leader or Project Engineer. At the appropriate time based on business needs, the OE will be assigned the duties of the alternate role of this position. When performing the Maintenance & Reliability role, this position will manage the daily activities of the Maintenance department for the plant, all production, utilities and facilities related equipment. The individual will be responsible for developing and leading the implementation of maintenance strategy for the new facility including ownership of the Planned Maintenance Standard for the facility. Elements of that strategy will address safety, planning/scheduling, staffing, preventative and corrective maintenance, storeroom, continuous improvement and training.
Work activities include leading the team on electrical and mechanical trouble-shooting and repairs, preparing and managing the department budget, implementing preventative and predictive maintenance programs, and coordinating the Maintenance Stores area, Project Maintenance work activities and select capital improvements. 

When assuming the Project Engineer role, the OE is responsible for managing capital projects, supporting daily plant operations, and managing the technology transfer process for all parts of the raw & processing areas.

 

Principal duties and responsibilities: 

• Development and effective implementation of the Plant maintenance strategy consistent with operational excellence initiatives to drive improved business results (lower unplanned downtime, , reduced material loss, optimized store inventory andbudgetary compliance)
• Has overall financial responsibility for the maintenance department including stores inventory and working capital targets
• Develop and support a structured PM program utilizing SAP PM/EAM.
• Support Autonomous Maintenance process, which fosters operator involvement. 
• Manage the maintenance team, schedules, performance and accountability
• Identify individual training needs and work to create development plans
• Work closely with the storeroom coordinator on parts management and define long range goals for this area.
• Support development partnerships between maintenance and operations, creating a customer/provider relationship.
• Support GMP, FDA, Calibration and EHS plant initiatives
• Ensure maintainability of new installations.
• Establish a comprehensive lubrication program.
• Prepare, submit, and manage maintenance expense budget line items
• Coordinates activities of the Maintenance Planner/scheduler to ensure materials and resources are readily available
• Coordinates Continuous Improvement projects.
• Identify and develop sensor strategies to support analytics and predictive maintenance programs.
• Lead Planned Maintenance Optimization (PMO) program including Failure mode and effect analysis (FEMA) and Reliability centered maintenance (RCM).
• Utilize analytical tools to identify continuous improvement opportunities and gain insights into factory reliability.
• Provide leadership and guidance to Contracted resources for facility related maintenance.
• Lead capital improvement projects as needed.
• Ensure employee safety from unsafe equipment conditions and equipment protection from environmental conditions.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree or Bachelors of Science in an Engineering discipline or related
• 5+ years of maintenance supervisory or Project management experience in a manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of GMPs/OSHA Regulations
• Working knowledge of PLC, instrumentation electronics, and maintenance repair techniques
• Developing and Maintaining of Budget for department
• Preferred education and experience requirements: 
• Bachelor degree in an Engineering field ( Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial ) 
• Prior knowledge/experience with SAP Purchasing and Work Order System 
  
   

Compensation and Benefits Pay is based on multiple non-discriminatory, individualized factors including but not limited to experience, job-related knowledge and education, skills and office/market location. In addition to base salary, salaried employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing and, for Executive-level (salary grade 16 and above) roles only, long-term incentives in the form of Restricted Stock Units and/or Stock Options. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable benefits plans then in effect, all salaried employees are also eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes:

• Insurance: Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Disability insurance plans.
• Retirement Plans: Employees are eligible to enroll in Colgate's 401(k) plan, which provides for company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
• Vacation/PTO: Employees receive a minimum of 15 days of vacation/PTO leave annually
• Paid Holidays: Employees receive a minimum of 13 paid/floating holidays annually
• Paid Sick Leave: Based on location and consistent with applicable state and local law, employees receive a minimum of 40 hours of paid sick leave on January 1st of each year
• Paid Parental Leave: Eligible employees may take up to eight weeks of paid parental leave and 12 weeks of unpaid leave (varies for employees with fewer than 12 months of service and is subject to hours worked requirements)

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With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy. Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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