Engineering & Maintenance Manager

Summary

The Engineering & Maintenance Manager will administer and coordinate the affairs of all disciplines of the department, including Mechanical Maintenance, Instrument/Electrical Maintenance, Reliability, and Project Engineering to achieve overall departmental and corporate goals.

• Keep safe work habits as the highest priority at all times.
• Maintain a clean and well-organized workspace at all times.
• Develop strong working relationships with all coworkers, customers, and associates.
• Ensure department training and safety needs are identified and met.
• Identify any safety/quality/environmental issues; define solutions using the Corrective and Preventive Action Program.
• Support facility and individual departments in the development and implementation of the Operating Budgets (capital and expense) including the development of project proposals, budget estimates, and updates for annual and quarterly budget reviews.
• Develop, implement, maintain programs as needed to keep project costs to a minimum while maximizing safety, reliability, and efficiency.
• Actively involve employees in the continual development, maintenance, and improvement of maintenance/engineering policies, procedures, design specifications, and business systems.
• Evaluate Maintenance/Engineering staffing requirements to meet facility/department goals; make recommendations for staffing changes to the Plant Manager.
• Secure, coordinate and supervise contract consulting, engineering, design, and vendor services for supplemental design assistance as needed to accomplish goals of the facility.
• Strive to continually improve all aspects of the Maintenance/Engineering Dept to create a better work environment for employees.
• Lead the Maintenance/Engineering Dept in the scoping, planning, scheduling, & coordination of all project‑related activities utilizing all applicable work groups & resources for the efficient completion of tasks.
• Conduct regular Maintenance / Engineering Dept group meetings to discuss current and completed activities, share lessons learned, and determine upcoming project activity priorities.
• Work with dept employees to balance resources for construction related activities and take advantage of manpower efficiency opportunities.
• Lead the Maintenance / Engineering Dept in all phases of project development, preparation, and implementation. Monitor progress of all project phases to verify accuracy of schedule and budget estimates.
• Lead the preparation of detailed project estimates/cost justifications and the development of Authorization for Expenditure (AFE’s) & other documentation as necessary for management approval of project related activities.
• Organize, prepare, and conduct project review and update meetings with key personnel to further develop and review project details.
• Ensure the documentation of all phases of project design, construction, and installation to verify compliance with Ergon specifications and standards, all applicable design and construction codes, industry recommended practices, etc.
• Initiate, participate in, and ensure the completion of Management of Change (MOC) procedure including Pre‑Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR) for project related activities.
• Participate in all aspects of miscellaneous projects as necessary to meet the needs of the department.
• Actively involve employees in all business systems development, maintenance, and improvement.
• Participate in periodic management reviews of the quality system.
• Manage both daily maintenance and turnaround planning/scheduling activities.
• Identify, monitor KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for Maintenance/ Engineering.
• Monitor accuracy of cost allocations to orders and purchase orders.
• Monitor parts warehouse inventory; approve new stock requests.
• Assist sister plant as needed with Maintenance, Project Engineering, AFE’s, etc.

• B.S. Mechanical, Chemical or Civil Engineering
• 5 years minimum experience in a maintenance/engineering environment.
• Experience in a chemical processing or refining environment preferred.
• Self‑motivated; strong leadership, communication, and organization skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and various other software platforms is required.
• Knowledge of SAP maintenance management system ideal.
• Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing and managing preventative, predictive and risk‑based maintenance programs as part of implementing an Asset Reliability Culture.
• Knowledge of OSHA Process Safety Management Elements would be ideal.
• Experience in managing others of varying backgrounds.
• Demonstrates values of Integrity, Performance, Teamwork, Courage and Learning.
• Strong experience in strategic and tactical planning and implementation.
• Potential, desire for growth into Operations.