Operations & Maintenance Job Description

Operations & Maintenance Job Description

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Operations & maintenance provides new employee orientation and train employees on equipment operation, materials safety, safety precautions and public relations practices.

Operations & Maintenance Duties & Responsibilities

To write an effective operations & maintenance job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included operations & maintenance job description templates that you can modify and use.

Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Complete minor maintenance and service duties during shift operation under the direction of the Operations Supervisor or Maintenance Supervisor so long as it does not interfere with the safe operation of the plant
Perform other duties as assigned by Director of Operations, Operations Supervisor or the Maintenance Supervisor (i.e., facility cleaning, customer meter reading
Ensure system meets established SLAs and OLAs
Develop and manage plans for system changes
Manage budget requirements and improve gross margins by influencing and achieving savings of controllable costs working collaboratively with the sales team to drive revenue growth
Serve on and partner with the site Safety Committee
Tracks, analyzes and improves key maintenance parameters such as asset utilization, maintenance cost, PM compliance, schedule compliance
Makes all necessary machine adjustments during Start-ups and maintains consistent machine operation and product quality in terms of customer specifications (i.e., bottle height, volumetric, top-load, visual defects, section weights, finish dimensions)
Follows all established safety rules and guidelines as outlined in the Employee Handbook and as trained during the various safety-related training programs
Maintains housekeeping (neat, clean and orderly manner) of all assigned areas

Operations & Maintenance Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Operations & Maintenance

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ASE, HVAC, ITIL, PMP, GCSS-A, USG, III, DAWIA, VCA, BA5

Education for Operations & Maintenance

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the operations & maintenance job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Engineering, Technical, Education, Business, Associates, Management, Business/Administration, Science, Military, Electronics

Skills for Operations & Maintenance

Desired skills for operations & maintenance include:

Generators
Chillers
HVAC/R
Ladder climbing
Water and boat safety
Managing budgets
Hazardous chemicals
Safety precautions
Industrial safety
Combustion/steam turbine operations

Desired experience for operations & maintenance includes:

Represent Operations and Maintenance at project sites to ensure all plan documents/ designs meet Operations and Maintenance and customer requirements for safety
Collaborate with the Services Product team to incorporate best practices and other commercial information
You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business, or related discipline
You possess a minimum of three (3) years of experience in a bid analyst or bid preparation role
Your experience with operations and maintenance planning, scheduling, or costing will be considered an asset
Able to interpret complex service / equipment issues and recommend course of action

Operations & Maintenance Examples

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Operations & Maintenance Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for an operations & maintenance. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for operations & maintenance
  • Responsible for achieving assigned targets for the section and other assigned goals & metrics
  • Accomplish results with subordinates and other employees by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, reviewing job results, coaching, counseling, and enforcing systems / policies / procedures
  • Understand organization’s KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and work to meet goals (including On-Time Delivery, Throughput Time, Productivity, and Efficiency)
  • Track and enter hourly employees’ time into the time-keeping system
  • Provide manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records & data
  • Maintain working relationships with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement
  • Resolve personnel problems by analyzing data, investigating issues, identifying solutions, and recommending action(s)
  • Use excellent people skills, coaching skills, management skills, and communication skills to accomplish daily deliverables
  • Gain clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing, and negotiating
  • Improve professional & technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, and participating in professional societies
Qualifications for operations & maintenance
  • Experience leading a team of mechanics with varying levels of experience on a variety of jobs associated with facility maintenance
  • Must have a computer literacy with specific experience in Microsoft Office Applications – email, database management, spreadsheets, text messaging, and word processing
  • Familiar with reading building blue prints and equipment plans
  • Strong customer service orientation balanced with a commitment to the mission of the department, University, and budget requirements
  • Innovative, dependable, flexible leader who follows through on duties as required, to include changing situations
  • Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience in Operations and/or Maintenance in manufacturing environments (including at least 2 years of manufacturing leadership or maintenance leadership experience)
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of operations & maintenance. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for operations & maintenance
  • On an as-requested basis, coordinates with commercial counterparts within the Chugach family of companies
  • Working sporting events as scheduled and special events as needed, and assist with setup and breakdown
  • Performing installation and repair of ceiling tiles, wall coverings, vinyl tile, carpet, cove base, window blinds, signage
  • Recruits and hires employees
  • Act as mediator to resolve any conflicts between operational groups and maintenance
  • Develops and coordinates all off line charter company contracts and activities
  • Oversee commissioning and customer turnover phases of transmission projects
  • Develop maintenance work packages and schedules
  • Effectively communicate contract and schedule requirements to site managers, field staff, and third-party contractors
  • Perform SDLC and O&M tasks such as application design, software development, testing, release and configuration management
Qualifications for operations & maintenance
  • Knowledge and experience with Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma
  • Ability to work all shifts and periodic weekend work (as needed)
  • Previous experience working in a unionized environment is a plus
  • You hold an Associate’s degree in Business Management or technical discipline
  • Manage and ensure that the Central Control Certifications Driver’s Certifications and any other Certifications are maintained
  • Experience utilizing Continuous Improvement disciplines such as Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, 5S, 4 M’s
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of operations & maintenance. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for operations & maintenance
  • Liaise with other O&M Programmers and quadrant teams to improve utilisation of resources across the network and share innovative ideas to improve Service Delivery
  • Be a CSCS card holder – Site Visitor/Operative
  • Have previous experience in highway maintenance or regulated sectors (eg rail/utilities)
  • Have previous experience of planning shift rotas
  • Be knowledgeable and experienced in Health, Safety, Environment and Quality standards within a highways context
  • Maintain the intervention schedule in Primavera
  • Provide resource levelled activity plans for maintenance delivery, taking full account of the intervention schedule
  • Liaise with appropriate functional support disciplines to ensure non-maintenance activity data is captured in the Planning database
  • Integrate Project and Decommissioning activities into the Operational Activity Plan
  • Produce and provide relevant data and reports as required
Qualifications for operations & maintenance
  • Proven capital project management skills
  • Proficient computer skills, specifically with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and CMMS
  • Work closely with the Salesforce release management support and the ALM tool which is eFTS Visual Studio On-line By Microsoft/Team Foundation Server
  • Salesforce admin certification required, 5 years
  • Experience with Salesforce orgs, environments (sandboxes) and 3rd party app exchange partners required, 5 years
  • Maintaining the Salesforce Demand Intake Process and tool for CoE experience required, 5 years
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Operations & Maintenance Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for an operations & maintenance. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for operations & maintenance
  • Recognizes and reacts to abnormal conditions and responds appropriately
  • May perform or help others perform major maintenance and repairs, including main bearing replacements, valves, rods
  • Reads and follows directions in manufacturers' maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, Standard Operating Procedures, and maintenance procedures
  • Demonstrates continuous efforts to maintain safety, improve operations, decrease turnaround times and streamline work processes
  • May operate cranes, winch truck, cutting torch
  • May exercise custody and safekeeping over tools and inventory of spare parts and supplies
  • Subject to call out during off duty times
  • Work performed is normally routine and not complex
  • Makes on-the-spot decisions as required regarding assigned repairs and communicates clearly with Supervisor, Water Coordinator(s), and/ or OCC
  • Able to solve practical problems and deal with numerous variables in problematic situations and relay information accordingly to supervisor
Qualifications for operations & maintenance
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in paper production or maintenance
  • Experience in reliability, predictive and preventative maintenance
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel (spreadsheet creation/editing, pivot tables, formula creation, etc), PowerPoint (presentation creation/editing), and Word (creating & modifying documents & tables)
  • Basic financial and statistical skills
  • Seven (7) or more years of experience in paper production or maintenance
  • Experience in the optimization of paper machine operations and reliability improvements
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Operations & Maintenance Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for an operations & maintenance. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for operations & maintenance
  • Works closely with direct reports and labor to insure optimal productivity and positive labor relations
  • Responsible for budgetary compliance and cost control within product line
  • Responsible for tactical, strategic and budgetary activities
  • Ensure safety and security of aircraft operations
  • Ensure regulatory compliance or technical operations activities on local basis
  • Provide leadership and direction to organization including labor workforce to maximize productivity and output in accordance with collective bargaining agreements while ensuring necessary resources are available
  • Maintain a high level of communication with all levels and employee groups
  • Report status of operations, highlighting significant events to Sr
  • Identify key issues needing to be addressed and assign projects where applicable
  • Ensuring the highest levels of safety, operational performance and regulatory compliance while maintaining a strong focus on product and process improvement, cost control, productivity and team building
Qualifications for operations & maintenance
  • Financial planning and management required
  • Must have a valid state issues driver's license (suspended, expired, revoked or denied are not considered valid)
  • Must flexible to work any shift assigned in a 24/7 operation including nights, weekends and holidays
  • Must obtain and maintain First Aid/CPR certification
  • Must have prior team lead and/or supervisory experience
  • Must have ability to read, interpret and apply contract specifications and maps, company/department policies and procedures

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