Plant Maintenance and Reliability Manager

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Starting pay from $100,000 annually

As the Maintenance leader at Thompson Pipe Group, you start your shift with a plant walk. You greet your Maintenance Mechanics and Technicians, review overnight work orders in MaintainX (or similar CMMS), and set priorities for equipment repairs, DOT fleet compliance checks, and critical-path jobs on heavy equipment. By mid-morning, you’re coaching a tech on a hydraulic troubleshooting procedure, confirming a welding repair conforms to the work order and cost estimate, and coordinating with an electrician to safely lock out a motor circuit.

After lunch, you’re approving parts purchases, updating labor and materials records, and riding along in a light truck to pick up an urgent component. You close the day with 5S audits, safety check-ins, and preparing performance feedback for your team.

• Direct, schedule, and mentor a crew of Maintenance Mechanics/Technicians across multiple trades: mechanical, electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics, and welding.
• Ensure DOT fleet compliance and maintain heavy equipment and industrial electrical systems.
• Plan work, assign tasks, and track progress in a digital platform such as MaintainX or a comparable CMMS.
• Conduct performance reviews, coach team members, and administer discipline when needed.
• Perform and oversee skilled maintenance and repair, including constructing, rebuilding, and restoring equipment per specifications, work orders, and repair estimates.
• Serve as a safety advisor, ensuring adherence to company policies and applicable Federal, State, and local codes and regulations.
• Champion 5S practices to uphold an organized, efficient, and safe work area.
• Manage purchasing, installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of plant equipment and systems.
• Estimate labor and material costs; source competitive quotes for tools, parts, equipment, and supplies.
• Maintain accurate records for labor, materials, and work orders; pick up and deliver supplies using light trucks as needed.
• Model reliability, safety, regular attendance, and adherence to Company Safety policies and standards.

• Core disciplines:
  Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulics, Pneumatic, and Welding.
• How to schedule, lay out, and assign work effectively.
• Health and safety precautions and procedures relevant to industrial maintenance.
• Technical aspects of your specialty trade(s).
• Proper storage methods for equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Basic record-keeping and documentation best practices.
• Standards for keeping equipment safe, clean, and orderly.
• Trade tools, equipment, materials, and methods used in both skilled and general maintenance and repair.

• Perform journey-level maintenance and repair across a broad range of equipment.
• Prioritize, schedule, assign, and review work for a mobile equipment-focused team.
• Train and provide daily direction to maintenance personnel.
• Interpret and apply codes, rules, and regulations to assigned activities.
• Operate tools and equipment safely and effectively.
• Translate work orders into clear instructions for others.
• Communicate clearly in both oral and written forms; follow written and verbal directions.
• Make quick, accurate arithmetic calculations.
• Work independently, meet schedules and timelines, and maintain routine records.
• Build cooperative working relationships across teams.
• Observe legal and defensive driving practices; operate vehicles and perform heavy physical labor, including lifting heavy objects.

• Work involves standing, sitting, and walking in industrial settings.
• Effective communication using speech, vision, and hearing is essential.
• Frequent use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulation.
• Regular bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 75 pounds.
• Exposure to moving machinery, temperature changes, dust, and fumes.

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• Minimum of ten (5) years’ experience in one or more of the skilled trades.
• Valid driver's license in the work location State.

• Top-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Life and Supplement Life
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