Maintenance Manager Job Jackson area,Mississippi USA,Management

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Leadership & Team Development

Build and sustain a strong maintenance culture based on professionalism, trust, constructive conflict, commitment, accountability, and focus on results.
Lead and develop a team of ~25 maintenance employees, including four direct reports (2 mechanical supervisors, 1 controls supervisor, 1 reliability engineer).
Coach supervisors and technicians; guide technical development, training, and performance management.
Participate in hiring and on-boarding of technicians, supervisors, and planners.
Maintain a strong daily presence on the plant floor to understand equipment conditions, support supervisors, and model safety and reliability expectations.
Partner closely with Operations and Engineering leadership to ensure plant-wide alignment and teamwork.
Drive measurable improvements in equipment availability, unplanned downtime, maintenance cost effectiveness, and overall equipment reliability.

Maintenance Execution

Ensure safe, effective, and timely execution of work in a 24/7 production environment.
Oversee mechanical, electrical, controls, and reliability work across conveyors, elevators, mills, asphalt systems, fired heaters, web-handling equipment, palletizers, and other production systems.
Support troubleshooting during breakdowns and engage as needed to resolve issues quickly and safely.
Ensure notifications, work orders, planning, and execution through SAP meet standards.
Promote proactive maintenance by emphasizing PM compliance, reducing break-in work, and optimizing labor utilization.
Remain informed of weekly maintenance schedules developed by supervisors; ensure alignment with production priorities.

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

Partner closely with the Reliability Engineer to drive PM optimization, predictive technologies, and reliability improvements.
Provide leadership for RCPEs when triggered by downtime, waste, safety, environmental, or quality events; ensure follow-up actions are completed and present findings to plant leadership.
Monitor key reliability metrics (e.g., PM compliance, break-in work) and drive actions to improve equipment performance.
Support deployment and sustainment of reliability tools and programs across the plant.
Ensure strong maintenance planning and scheduling discipline, with clear weekly schedules, backlog management, and labor efficiency expectations.
Develop and maintain a long-term asset lifecycle and capital replacement strategy in partnership with Engineering and Plant Leadership.

Project Management

Lead planning and oversight for down-day and shutdown activities, typically coordinating up to 25 contractors.
Manage maintenance capital projects and major replacements, delegate project execution to supervisors, lead technicians, or the reliability engineer.
Ensure effective coordination with Operations, Engineering, and Support Services during project and down-day activities.

Safety & Compliance

Oversee maintenance safety programs and ensure compliance with LOTO, contractor safety, hot work, and confined space requirements.
Support regulatory inspections including boilers, pressure vessels, and relief devices.
Lead expectations for safe work practices and reinforce safety training across the maintenance organization.

Financial Management

Develops, manages, and optimizes the annual maintenance budget, ensuring responsible stewardship of spending aligned with plant priorities.
Reallocate resources as needed to support uptime, maintenance strategy, and cost effectiveness.
Support cost optimization efforts while maintaining strong operational reliability.


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