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We have been an active community partner in Elmira, New York, for over 125 years.\nPeople providing peace of mind water solutions.\nTo save lives, resources, and property by supplying the best waterworks and fire protection products in the world.\nOur culture is important to us and forms the foundation for everything we do. Successful Team Members will embrace and perform in accordance with our following core values:\nSafety: People First - Step Up\nEnvironment: Protect Our Communities - Keep It Clean\nLeadership: I am Always On Stage - First Manage My Own Words & Behaviors\nAccountability: Lead Myself Well - Own It, Correct It, Learn From It, Move On\nExcellence: Always Working To Be Better - Value & Add Value\nTrust: The Speed Of Trust - Build, Don’t Break\nTeamwork: Help Each Other Be Great - Win Together\nCommunication: Clear, Candid, & Constructive - Right Words, Right Time, Right Way\nWHY KENNEDY VALVE? \nKennedy Valve offers great wages, stability, work/life balance, and benefits packages:\nCompetitive Salary $107,067-$132,260\nProrated vacation for the first year of employment \nTwelve paid Holidays and Paid Sick Leave\nRetirement 401k- With company match \nEducational Reimbursement after one year\nEmployer-paid life insurance with the option to supplement\nCompetitive Medical Benefits/Cost\n SUMMARY:\nThe Assistant Maintenance Manager oversees all maintenance, repair, and facility management activities within a heavy manufacturing environment that includes foundry, machining, and finishing operations. This role ensures maximum equipment uptime, reliability, and safety through effective leadership of maintenance teams, strategic preventive maintenance programs, and efficient facility operations. The Maintenance Manager drives operational excellence by coordinating maintenance planning, managing capital improvement projects, and ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, and quality standards.\nDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\nTeam Leadership & Labor Relations\nLead, train, and mentor a team of maintenance supervisors, technicians, and facilities Team Members across the entire plant and grounds.\nPromote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.\nConduct performance reviews, establish goals, and manage workforce planning.\nFoster collaboration between Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Engineering, Quality, Maintenance teams, and all other applicable stakeholders to ensure operational alignment.\nBuild strong relationships with Union leadership; uphold consistent and respectful interpretation of collective bargaining agreements.\nMaintenance Operations Management\nSupervise daily maintenance activities, ensuring timely responses to equipment breakdowns and maintenance requests.\nFoundry equipment oversight, manage the preventative and corrective maintenance of harsh-environmental assets like induction furnaces, sand mulling/reclamation systems, molding machines, shot blasters, and dust collectors.\nMachine shop precision maintenance oversees the calibration, spindle rebuilding, and axis alignment of high-precision CNC mills, lathes, and robotics.\nPredictive maintenance, implement vibration analysis, and infrared thermography to catch failures in heavy gearboxes and hydraulic systems before they cause catastrophic downtime.\nLeverage CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to ensure effective work planning, prioritization, and performance reporting.\nDevelop, implement, and manage a comprehensive preventive and predictive maintenance program to minimize unplanned downtime.\nEnsure that maintenance work meets quality standards and complies with manufacturers’ recommendations and regulatory codes.\nEnsure up time of critical assets including:Allen-Bradley PLCs (ControlLogix, CompactLogix, PanelView HMIs)\nSiemens automation systems and drives (TIA Portal, S7 PLCs)\nFANUC robotic arms are used in CNC loading, casting handling, or coating applications.\n\nDrive effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis of equipment failures involving control systems, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic components.\nFacility & Infrastructure Management\nManage all aspects of building and grounds maintenance, including structural integrity, plumbing, lighting, utilities, HVAC, waste systems, and air.\nManage outside contractors and vendors for facility projects, utilities maintenance, and specialized services.\nCoordinate capital projects such as CNC equipment installation, or robotic cell integration.\nEnsure compliance with environmental regulations regarding emissions, waste disposal, and stormwater management.\nPlanning & Budgeting\nDevelop and manage the maintenance and facilities operating budget. Monitor labor hours, overtime, and material costs against the department budget to optimize maintenance expenditures.\nForecast and control expenses related to labor, parts, supplies, and capital projects.\nProduction Alignment, coordinate with the foundry and machine shop production managers to schedule maintenance windows during planned shutdowns, minimizing impact on throughput.\nPlan and justify capital improvements and equipment replacements.\nMaintain accurate maintenance records, work order data, and cost tracking using CMMS.\nMonitor inventory levels for high-wear components specific to foundries (e.g., refractory linings, blast blades, hydraulic seals, and precision machine shops (e.g., CNC sensors, balls screws).\nSafety & Environmental Compliance\nPromote a safety-first culture and enforce safe work practices in all maintenance and facility-related activities.\nEnsure compliance with OSHA, EPA, NFPA, NEC, and other regulatory requirements.\nSupport facility inspections, permitting, and environmental controls (e.g., air emissions, dust collection systems\nEHS compliance to enforce Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), confined space entry protocols (especially for furnace maintenance, and strict PPE compliance regarding molten metal hazards and respirable crystalline silica dust.\nEnvironmental compliance to ensure the proper handling, documentation, and disposal of hazardous waste, such as used hydraulic oils, slag, and chemical binders.\nREQUIREMENTS:\nBachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field preferred, equivalent hands-on experience considered.\nMinimum of 7 years of maintenance/facility leadership in heavy manufacturing within a foundry /machine shop environment, with at least 5 years in a unionized setting.\nProven experience with:Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Automation systems (PLC programming, HMI diagnostics, Ethernet/IP networks)\nSiemens S7/TIA Portal controls and motor drives\nFANUC robot programming and troubleshooting (especially in pick-and-place, grinding, or machine tending roles)\n\nDemonstrated success leading large, skilled trade teams and driving continuous improvement in uptime, safety, and cost control.\nMust be flexible for shift coverage during hours of operation.\nPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:\nStanding for extended periods of time, walking throughout the facility, and occasional hands-on maintenance.\nStandard office work and working with a computer.\n WORK ENVIRONMENT:\nExposed to elements, such as cold, heat, noise, dust, odors, fumes, etc.\nWork time is spent on the manufacturing floor and in an office setting.\nPotential for temporarily alternating with other shifts if operationally necessary.\nMinimal travel requirements to other McWane facilities and suppliers.\n\nLIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER\nThe above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.\nEmployees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.\nRequirements are representative of the minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.\nKennedy Valve Co. is an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to perform substance abuse testing. McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA - gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.\nPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. 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