Maintenance & Reliability Manager

Pay Rate

$140k - $175k annually based on experience plus annual incentive bonus

The Maintenance Reliability Manager is a member of the Lucerne management team. This position is responsible for leading the maintenance and reliability processes in a manner that will have a direct impact on profitability, efficiency, cost management, quality, safety, customer satisfaction, and innovation. Key activities for this position include leading maintenance practices that will focus on reaching operational excellence, developing and implementing strategies to increase the skill level across our maintenance resources, and enhancing our maintenance capabilities to deliver improved equipment reliability decreasing our repair and maintenance costs.

The position supervises a team and is process, project, and improvement focused.

• Develop and implement strategies that accelerate and improve current maintenance practices and processes to improve equipment performance, reliability and lower repair costs
• Leverage company subject matter experience/experts to advance current maintenance and reliability efforts through enhanced communication and best practice sharing by driving their application globally
• Develop and deliver comprehensive maintenance and reliability tactical training to maintenance resources worldwide
• Identify required equipment and process upgrades and effectively manage associated projects
• Partner with worldwide operations group to coordinate maintenance activities in support of operational excellence. Provide leadership in a Lean Manufacturing environment; consistently driving out waste.
• Coordinate with cross-functional departments (Engineering, R&D, Supply Chain, etc.) to ensure operational effectiveness in new plants and expansions, and life cycle cost considerations in global equipment procurement activities.
• Supervise maintenance department personnel with a commitment to their development through performance management, individualized development plans/opportunities, and visibility.
• Coordinate planned maintenance and connectivity with Maintenance Technicians. Regularly respond with advice to maintenance/equipment related questions, ensure access to up-to-date maintenance/operating procedures, and facilitate strong team communications activities.
• Establish maintain, and leverage value from a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for tracking work orders, planned/predictive maintenance, spare parts inventory/sharing, MRO management, and maintenance history of plant equipment on a global basis.
• Analyze operational data and equipment performance history to deliver improvements in critical maintenance related metrics including unplanned downtime, PM compliance, schedule compliance, Mean Time-Between-Failures, and maintenance related costs
• Initiate, implement, and manage the plant maintenance program based on best practices in the chemical/mineral industry, with an emphasis on planning/scheduling, preventive/predictive maintenance, and safety, health & environmental policies and procedures
• As the immediate supervisor to the maintenance technicians, the Maintenance Manager will need to be able to resolve employee conflicts and concerns should they arise, all the while upholding the company’s values
• The successful candidate will need to be able to regularly evaluate technician performance, give constant feedback, hold semi-annual and annual reviews, and administer accountability as necessary

Actively participates in sustainable improvement processes and utilizes OE tools, such as 5S, Kaizen, Daily Management Control, Standard Work, Problem Solving, among others.

• Works to ensure alignment with corporate TPM vision, precision maintenance, and…