Maintenance and Reliability Leader

* Partners with the Site leader to drive a strong personal safety, process safety, quality, and environmental improvement plan to achieve EHS&Q goals and ensure compliance with regulatory and permit requirements.
* Relentlessly pursues maximum plant reliability to reduce department unplanned events and support safe operations.
Teaches and encourages behaviors to support reliable operations.
* Knows and advocates Life Critical Standards within the facility.  Demonstrates priority and commitment through personal behavior and coaching in the field. Provides the needed positive and negative reinforcement to address deviations with urgency and ensures appropriate follow up and investigations.
* Ensures appropriate technical review of work plans (maintenance or improvement) such that Life Critical Standards are applied appropriately for the job.
* Partners with Site Leader to ensure capital is allocated appropriately to design out industrial hygiene hazards, improve environmental compliance & sustainability, and reduce personal/process safety hazards.  Implements administrative controls and process controls for safe and reliable operation.
* Focal point for managing the Site Budget in close alignment with the Plant Leader and Site Cost Accountant.  Responsible for running the plant COGS team (COST of Goods Sold) and mentoring other leaders on site in budget management and forecasting for their respective departments.
* Shows courageous leadership by coaching, asking questions, and intervening when needed.  Challenges status quo and past norms to make the operation safer and more effective.
* Keeps active field presence and assesses work activities routinely to maintain awareness of plant needs and understanding of personnel behaviors.
* Ensures the operation team is fully supported from a technical resource perspective, including production engineers, maintenance and reliability engineers, process automation support and plant maintenance.
* Supports Site Leader to provide motivation, explanation, context, and communication purpose of messages to the empowered organization.
* Inspires and motivates the organization through leadership and strong connection with the team fostering an empowered organization. Shows appreciation for employees and maintains a servant leadership mindset.
* Accountable for maintaining and improving the expertise index for reliability, and maintenance for the facility, ensuring that appropriate knowledge remains within the facility.
* Works closely with Human Resources as needed to hire reliability engineers and maintenance employees with strong skill sets.
Ensures personnel are on-boarded and trained to maximize their opportunity for success and increase plant expertise.
* Manages a workgroup of 19 plus technical staff and maintenance trades. Including coaching for career progression and discipline up to termination.
* Direct supervisor of the Maintenance and Reliability Team and drives accountability within the organization.  This includes safely coordinating and executing the Methocel and Ethocel maintenance turnarounds, managing break-fix maintenance work, and equipment maintenance strategies
* Ensures effective application of the Site Maintenance Work Process  + Accountable for functional/administrative goals and for establishing the budget that is consistent with the business needs  + Goal alignment for work processes and measurements  + Maintain Facility Event management representative  + Partners with Site Contract Administrator to manage master service agreements, site conditions and expectations for our contractor partners.
* Owner of Maintenance and Reliability Key Performance Indicators.
* Ensures Maintenance team complies with ISO 9001:2015, FSSC, EXCiPACT and other Regulatory standards.
* Model and promote a customer focused culture within the team.
* Function as a member of the Midland Management Team providing site-wide leadership and strategic direction to issues affecting the Midland plant such as safety, quality, financial, human resources, environmental and regulatory concerns.
* Models Roquette’s core values and behaviors and understands that his/her behavior shapes the…