Maintenance Manager

Kankakee, IL (On-Site) $135,000 - $155,000 Base Salary + Bonus

Our client, a well-established chemical manufacturing organization, is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance and reliability operations at its Kankakee facility. This role will be responsible for developing maintenance strategy, leading a skilled maintenance team, managing budgets, and driving equipment reliability in a Process Safety Management (PSM) environment.

• Provide leadership and direction to maintenance supervisors, skilled trades personnel, planners, and contractors.
• Drive equipment reliability, asset performance, and continuous improvement initiatives throughout the facility.
• Oversee preventative, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance activities.
• Partner with operations and engineering teams to identify and resolve reliability issues.
• Utilize SAP, maintenance data, equipment history, and operational metrics to improve plant performance and reduce downtime.
• Support major plant turnarounds, shutdowns, and critical maintenance projects, ensuring proper planning and execution.
• Manage maintenance budgets, forecasts, labor costs, contractor expenses, inventory, and overall maintenance spending.
• Perform detailed financial analysis to identify trends, cost-saving opportunities, and operational improvements.
• Lead contractor selection, bidding activities, and vendor management programs.
• Champion safety initiatives and ensure compliance with PSM requirements and industry regulations.
• Establish and monitor KPIs to measure maintenance effectiveness and reliability performance.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required.
• Experience with in a PSM-regulated chemical manufacturing environment.
• Proven maintenance leadership experience within chemical, process, or manufacturing operations.
• Strong understanding of reliability engineering and maintenance best practices.
• Experience utilizing a CMMS system; SAP preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyze operational and financial data.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, forecasting, and contractor relationships.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• A hands-on leader who can balance strategic planning with plant-floor execution.
• Strong experience leading maintenance teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Someone who can drive reliability improvements while developing and mentoring employees.
• A data-driven professional comfortable making decisions based on operational and financial performance.

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