Facilities & Maintenance Team Leader - 3rd Shift or Weekend Shift

GKN Aerospace •

El Cajon, California, United States

Position Type: Permanent

Job Description:

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90 of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

The Maintenance Shift Leader is responsible for all facilities and equipment maintenance. Including installation or supervision of the installation of new equipment, resource allocation and contractor management during their shift.

The role performs, assigns work and leads the preventive and corrective maintenance of al equipment and facilities to achieve the department targets, including standardization, training, coaching and implementing best practices.

This is a weekend shift position (3 day work week - 12 hour shift Friday, Saturday and Sunday with a preventative maintenance focus)

Job Responsibilities

•   Creates a culture that is aligned to the GKN Aerospace “Great Place To Work” and “Safety First” value drivers and Culture Principles by role-modelling behaviors, motivating, encouraging and recognizing the contribution of Team Members.
•   Courageously be Open and Honest when appraising and managing individuals’ performance whilst supporting and coaching individuals to close performance gaps. Addresses performance gaps by supporting technical training and development plans.
•   Schedule, manage and perform preventative and corrective maintenance for all machining, assembly and other equipment located in the facility
•   Provide maintenance support for the entire facility including management of utilities, Boilers, Compressors, Chillers, Water Towers, .HVAC, fire suppressant systems, etc.
•   Diagnose, troubleshoot, replace, or repair parts, test and adjust electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic machinery and equipment
•   Assures that the specific preventive maintenance is perform on equipment and facilities per schedule.
•   Conduct forensic and Root Cause Failure Analysis of asset failures
•   Identifies and places requisitions to procure parts and/or services (contractor sourcing and management) for the facilities and equipment when needed.
•   Assures that parts inventory is maintained as well as repair/calibration records for all equipment.
•   Leads daily tier 1 meeting with the facilities and equipment team and participates on Tier 2 meetings with the Value Stream Manager providing status on preventive maintenance, work orders and corrective maintenance.
•   Supports the facility safety and environmental compliance and assures the facility remains current with OSHA, EPA, hazardous waste handling and other regulations

Job Requirements:
Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

•   5+ years of experience in Facilities/Maintenance or similar experience
•   2+ years of Leadership/Supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
•   2+ years of hands-on experience in electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment
•   2+ years of experience troubleshooting CNC machinery and PLC controls
•   Must be a US Person (US Citizen or Green Card holder)
•   Fluent in English language, both written and spoken

Preferred Qualifications:

•   Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
•   Experience of Continuous improvement and LEAN methodologies
•   Any applicable licenses a plus.
•   Knowledge of Preventive Maintenance Software a plus

Compensation Data

The salary range for this position is $90k-115k, plus shift differential and annual bonus.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.

Job Ident #: 1007243801

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Facilities & Maintenance Team Leader - 3rd Shift or Weekend Shift

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