Repair & Maintenance Manager

at  Weatherford

Overview:
Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.
We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.
Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.
When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.
Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course.
Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Responsibilities:

The R&M Manager is responsible for all aspects operating the R&M Facility, including providing overall direction, planning, scheduling, coordination, and execution with regards to Safety, Quality and Cost with all direct and support employees at the facility. The R&M Manager will also be responsible for achieving the assigned Key Performance Indicators and Objectives defined timely to satisfy operational demands and business needs. This will be accomplished through consistent implementation and daily execution of our global R&M standards ensuring user compliance throughout the R&M cycle.

• Effectively manage cross functional relationships, expectations, and consistent communication with other departments to support effective use of manpower, materials, and equipment as well as drive productivity and to deliver on-time delivery (OTD) daily to the business needs.
• Operate fully in relationship to models established for area(s) of responsibility.
• Interface with Company engineers, strategic sourcing, project management, human resources, logistics, customer service, and accounting personnel regarding facility operations, process optimization, methods development, personnel development, outside supplier development and performance, strategic project implementation, quotes, and order management for analyzing and preparing monthly financial reporting.
• Oversee planning and scheduling of production and authorize all necessary resources to meet OTD expectations within the facility’s and/or R&M budget.
• Develop and implement improvements to productivity, cost management and inventory management, including evaluating and maintaining appropriate levels of R&M parts responsible for OTD.
• Ensure proper use, care and preventive maintenance for all R&M workshop equipment providing optimal working condition and utilization to maximize personnel productivity minimizing repair cost and downtime impeding OTD.
• Responsible for the collaboration, implementation and executions of continuous improvement activities ensuring that Lean concepts are incorporated into the design, build and daily operations of the R&M facility locations which will drive optimized OTD and Cost.
• Various continuous improvement or development projects as assigned by manager.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or experience equivalent to 5+ years of experience related to R&M and/or manufacturing
• 5 years of experience in a manufacturing and/or R&M setting with hands on involvement in leading productivity improvement via setup reduction, tooling improvements, etc.
• 5 years of supervisory experience with multiple direct reports
• Legally authorized to work in assigned location
• Fundamental Lean Training and background knowledge of lean principles
• Strong understanding and experience in the oil & gas industry
• Experience working in a multi-product line plant serving international customers
• Ability to interact in language relevant in local plant

• Effectively manage cross functional relationships, expectations, and consistent communication with other departments to support effective use of manpower, materials, and equipment as well as drive productivity and to deliver on-time delivery (OTD) daily to the business needs.
• Operate fully in relationship to models established for area(s) of responsibility.
• Interface with Company engineers, strategic sourcing, project management, human resources, logistics, customer service, and accounting personnel regarding facility operations, process optimization, methods development, personnel development, outside supplier development and performance, strategic project implementation, quotes, and order management for analyzing and preparing monthly financial reporting.
• Oversee planning and scheduling of production and authorize all necessary resources to meet OTD expectations within the facility’s and/or R&M budget.
• Develop and implement improvements to productivity, cost management and inventory management, including evaluating and maintaining appropriate levels of R&M parts responsible for OTD.
• Ensure proper use, care and preventive maintenance for all R&M workshop equipment providing optimal working condition and utilization to maximize personnel productivity minimizing repair cost and downtime impeding OTD.
• Responsible for the collaboration, implementation and executions of continuous improvement activities ensuring that Lean concepts are incorporated into the design, build and daily operations of the R&M facility locations which will drive optimized OTD and Cost.
• Various continuous improvement or development projects as assigned by manager