Maintenance and Tool Room Manager

Summary

Zero-Max, Inc., a trusted leader for over 75 years specializes in the manufacturing of motion control and power transmission components. Our product offerings include Composite Disc Couplings, Servo Couplings, Offset Couplings, Torque Limiters, Right Angle Gear Drives, Linear Actuators, and Mechanical Variable Speed Drives. We deliver both off-the-shelf standard products and entirely custom designs tailored to specific application requirements. Our team is dedicated to providing innovative and reliable solutions to meet diverse engineering needs.

Our Core Values:

1. Provide best in class service and solutions

2. Do the right thing

3. Hold ourselves accountable

Zero-Max is a newly renovated office and manufacturing facility located on scenic grounds in Plymouth, MN. We are proud of our employees’ years of service and are dedicated to offering competitive benefits and pay, including:

• Robust health, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k) plan with a generous 6% match plus a 4% discretionary profit-sharing plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Employer paid disability insurance
• Training, mentorship, and coaching from leadership
• Healthy work/life balance
• Other fringe benefits in a fun and welcoming environment that sets us apart from most companies!

Zero-Max is currently recruiting for a Maintenance and Tool Room Manager is responsible for all building and equipment improvements and maintenance. Designs, builds, and maintains required tooling and fixtures for production machining of all Zero-Max products; manages Tool Room and Maintenance employees. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Machine Shop

• Plan, coordinate, and schedule all preventative maintenance and repair activities
• Analyze, diagnose, and repair CNC equipment, including mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical systems
• Plan and oversee all installation activities
• Analyze and diagnose machining and tooling issues
• Oversee and support TIG welding of products
• Perform TIG welding in absence of welder
• Ensure that safety program and initiatives are followed and recommend changes to ensure safety

Tool Room

• Design and build tools and fixtures for production machining 
• Coordinate the machining and construction of tools, gauges, fixtures, etc.
• Check tools to ensure that precision standards are met.
• Requisition of the purchase of small tooling requirements.
• Oversee critical spare part stock and orders components as necessary

Facilities

• Conduct regular inspections of facilities to detect and resolve problems
• Manage relationships with contractors and service providers
• Partner with leadership and assist with all shop and office projects
• Communicate openly with leadership team and inform them of potential problems and/or solutions

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provide overall supervision of Tool Room and Maintenance employees
• Responsible for all aspects of performance management including interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning and directing work in addition to appraising performance, resolving problems, and acting on opportunities
• Demonstrate our core values of best-in-class service and solutions, hold ourselves accountable, and do the right thing

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge and proven success of preventive maintenance practices in a machining environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and coordinate timely solutions
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Skill in maintaining accurate records, logs, and documentation
• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions
• Strong customer service focus when working with employees at all levels and areas of the building, and vendors
• Strong communication skills at all levels
• Ability to foster a safe and positive environment
• Strong organizational skills
• Project management skills
• Contract management skills for overseeing vendor agreements
• Experience supervising staff
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plain and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High School or equivalent required; with some appropriate post-secondary related education 
• Eight to ten years of general machine shop experience including welding, and/or three to five years of tool & die experience, and/or three to five years maintenance experience.  
• Three to five years supervisory experience.
• Must have experience maintaining CNC Mills and Lathes.
• ERP experience; Epicor a plus
• Microsoft Office experience 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Typical of a Manufacturing Environment  
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• Regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tool, or controls; and talk or hear.
• Required to walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Zero-Max is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. – Veteran/Disability