Area Manager

Job Summary

Amentum is seeking an Area Manager for our industrial and process facilities maintenance operations in the Midwest.

The Area Manager reports to the Amentum Director of Operations and is responsible for providing facility management services to multiple locations.

This position interacts with Amentum operations support offices, vendors, subcontractors and customer representatives as required and will develop close working relationships with various business leaders/stakeholders throughout the organization. Responsibilities include managing several operations managers, budget management, customer relationships and key performance indicators.

Responsibilities:

• Meets with clients, walk-down project sites and meets with operations leads and safety representatives, including subcontractors and leadership, to discuss performance.
• Works with key client management to ensure exemplary daily operations support.
• Manages all aspects of the contracts with the clients.
• Oversees budgets and manages expenditures.
• Maximizes full use of company’s resources. Clearly understands the roles, responsibilities, authority and accountabilities of senior team members. Delegates effectively,
• Ensures establishment of comprehensive site ES&H and Crisis Management Plans.
• Ensures the plans are aggressively monitored and requirements are enforced.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills (e.g. conflict resolution, team builder).
• Communicates expectations and results effectively through verbal and written means to clients, staff and subcontractors.
• Complies with all Amentum policies and initiatives.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Facilities, Construction Management, Engineering or a technical degree related to Industrial Maintenance or demonstrated equivalent combination and experience as a supervisor, technician in HVAC, Industrial Electrical or Mechanical systems, production system Electronics or a related skilled trade.
• In addition to education, 6 years of professional experience managing a multi-skilled technical workforce, supervisors and/or subcontractors in a technical capacity.
• Experience managing engineering, subcontracting or maintenance managers.
• Experience managing maintenance planning/scheduling functions.
• Extensive experience in establishing and enforcing contractual obligations with clients.
• Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
• Requires a valid Driver’s License.
• This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization.
• This position will require the ability to obtain a security access badge at our client’s location.
• This position may require overtime, various shifts, weekends, holidays and alternative work schedules.
• Will require travel up to 75%

Physical / Special Requirements:

• Requires the ability to regularly climb extension ladders, roof ladder, stepladders, and stairs.
• Requires the ability and flexibility to bend/stoop, squat, move in a 90-degree fashion, stretch/reach repetitively throughout shift.
• Requires the ability to walk extensively throughout the plant during.
• Some tasks will require repetitive wrist movement.
• Requires the ability to read and understand information contained in a variety of documents or displayed on a computer screen.
• Requires the ability to use a variety of office equipment and to operate a computer keyboard to access data bases, to send and receive messages, and to prepare documents.
• Requires the ability to attend meetings throughout the area and potentially travel to other Amentum customer and/or vendor locations.
• Requires the ability to communicate with others on the telephone and in one on one or group discussions, meetings and presentations.
• Demonstrated fluency in computer use including the full Microsoft production line.
• Requires some moving of light to medium weight materials into desks, filing cabinets and other storage locations.
• Requires the ability to interact with all clients in a professional and friendly manner despite periods of stress.
• Wear steel toe safety shoes, safety glasses, gloves, hard hats, and other Personal Protective Equipment as needed.
• Cope with demands (stressors) that are associated with the job and/or the work environment so that acceptable levels of performance and overall contribution are maintained.

• Demonstrated experience utilizing P&L reporting with experience in managing multi-million dollar budgets.
• Experience managing preventive and predictive maintenance programs for facility or production equipment.
• Extensive experience using continuous improvement tools such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, 4M’s, Kaizen, etc.
• Experience in creating presentations and speaking to specific audiences.
• Experience utilizing performance metrics to identify gaps and create goals to maximize maintenance performance (ie, calculate OEE, meant time to repair, Pareto, 4-up, etc.)
• Extensive experience establishing, utilizing and enforcing an EH&S Safety Program