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Operations and Maintenance Specialist
Placentia, CA
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About the Role Picture starting your week with a walk-through of dashboards from three aerospace manufacturing sites . You review preventive maintenance tasks, align facility work with production milestones, and confirm that safety training rolled out by your EH&S Specialist is complete. By midweek, you're coordinating a heat-treat oven upgrade at one site, inspecting chemical storage at another, and closing out documentation for an NDT lab improvement at the third. That's the rhythm of this Facilities & Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) leadership role. Scope of Impact You'll ensure a safe, compliant, and efficient environment that supports diverse aerospace processes, including plating, chemical processing, punch press operations, heat treat, blasting, NDT inspection, CNC machining, and assembly. What You'll Do Direct facilities and maintenance operations across machine tools, electrical systems, buildings, and grounds—planning, prioritizing, and supervising daily work. Lead and coach maintenance teams performing repairs, modifications, and preventive tasks to keep critical assets running. Build and execute preventive and predictive maintenance programs that cut downtime and extend equipment life. Coordinate closely with production to schedule maintenance windows that protect manufacturing throughput and minimize disruptions. Own technical documentation —equipment specifications, diagrams, maintenance histories, and compliance records. Run facilities projects from concept to closeout: equipment installations, upgrades, and infrastructure improvements. Manage vendors and contractors to deliver safely, on schedule, and within budget. Oversee EH&S programs to maintain full compliance with OSHA, EPA, and applicable state/local regulations. Drive safety practices —policies, procedures, and training—partnering directly with an EH&S Specialist for execution across all operations. Safeguard hazardous materials handling : implement systems for proper storage and disposal, including chemicals used in plating and related processes.
Qualifications Education :
Bachelor's in Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related field preferred.
Experience :
7+ years in facilities, maintenance, and EH&S within a manufacturing setting.
Leadership :
Minimum 3-5 years leading teams or supervisors.
Industry :
Aerospace or other highly regulated environments strongly preferred. Skilled trades knowledge : plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and air conditioning.
Systems :
Proficiency with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems). Working style : Adept at balancing multiple priorities in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.