Facilities Maintenance Leader

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Facilities Maintenance Leader

Buffalo, NY * Be part of an exciting journey as we build our new facility in the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park in Alabama, NY! This role offers a unique hybrid opportunity, blending remote work flexibility with on-site presence during the facility's construction phase.

Salary Range: $70,000 - 109,000

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on several factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location.

Mission/Purpose of the Job:

• The Facilities Maintenance Leader is responsible for overseeing the preventative and periodic maintenance required to optimize the facility's and building maintenance, safety, health and environment systems, energy and controls instrumentations.
• This role will lead and manage maintenance team rapid response to repair any equipment or facility failures that jeopardize safety or impact production.
• Provide strategic leadership to establish and optimize the facility operations for a new greenfield manufacturing site producing dry vacuum pumps for high-precision applications.

Main Responsibilities

• Maximizes building and equipment uptime using efficient, corrective, planned and preventative maintenance.
• Creates and oversees a planned maintenance program.
• Develops maintenance schedules, procedures and methods for equipment and facilities.
• Identifies parts or spares required for preventive and breakdown maintenance.
• Reviews completed repairs and recommends appropriate actions to improve mean time between repairs.
• Leads projects to install or move production equipment installations as required.
• Maintains legal certificates for electricity and fire-fighting procedures.
• Monitors equipment operating parameters to ensure the maximum operational performance.
• Diagnoses and repairs facility equipment failures.
• Plans and coordinates equipment upgrades for the building and facility.
• Maintains punctual, regular and predictable attendance; works collaboratively in a team environment with a spirit of cooperation.
• Respectfully takes direction from [supervisor/ manager] and other duties as assigned.

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of employee or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Education level

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or other technical degree.

Relevant Previous experience

• 10 years' experience in plant maintenance with 5 years' experience managing a facility maintenance team.

Knowledge areas/Skills

• Strong mechanical aptitude, knowledge of high voltage electrical systems, HVAC systems, security systems
• Experieince with contractors and 3rd party service management

Other requirements

• English communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and other computer system experience

***Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.***

Physical Demands and Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use stairways to climb to floors within office building, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands and fingers to type or dial, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. This position requires frequent computer use. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Benefits Summary:
Annual Variable Compensation Bonus, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with Company Match, Paid Vacation, Paid Floating Holidays, Tuition Reimbursement, Training and Development, Parental Leave, Disability Benefits, Life and AD&D Insurance

What you can expect from us:

Excellent working conditionsand benefits
Part of the Atlas Copco Group with a wide-reaching internal job market
Work in a global diverse and dynamic environment You can grow with us: we always look for internal candidates before checking the market and have training and development programs We have a friendly, family-like atmosphere - and that is not just a claim on the wall, it's a true fact
You can be creative and promote your own ideas
Every day brings new challenges and new things to learn

Edwards Company considers for employment and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws.

Edwards is a global leader of vacuum and abatement systems. We are proud to lead the industry, pushing the boundaries of science to deliver innovative products which are intrinsic to everyday life, working in partnership with our customers and continually setting new standards. With over 100 years of rich heritage, Edwards is the partner of choice for tens of thousands of customers in critical applications around the world. Vacuum is required in diverse sectors, from the generation of power to the production of steel, to the challenging environments of space simulation and high energy physics research.

At Edwards, we believe there is always a better way. Our employees are full of ideas. When looking to add a new team member, we are looking for someone that can appreciate what the Edwards Team has done and bring their new ideas and perspective to enhance where we can go. At Edwards you get to be part of something big; we work globally, but also get the opportunity make a difference locally in our own discipline. We work hard to attract, motivate, develop and retain the best talent from the diversity of people across the globe. Our vision to beFirst in Mind, First in Choicerelies on this strategy.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For more information about Edwards visit our website:www.edwardsvacuum.com

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