Maintenance Manager

* Partner with the EHS team to ensure the plant is compliant with all state, federal, and local regulations regarding safety, to include but not limited to OSHA and EPA regulatory standards. Serve as a leading advocate for safety initiatives within the plant, cultivating a mindset that prioritizes safety throughout the organization’s culture.
* Conduct safety inspections of work practices and work areas. Facilitate training to identify, prevent, and correct unsafe conditions and practices.
* Support and facilitate the continued development of the Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) databases. Ensure all applicable SOPs and JSAs are updated with capital processes or equipment changes. Lead critical plant safety programs such as LOTO.
* Champion and update EHS Management Practice sections for the Maintenance department.
* Foster a culture committed to ongoing continuous improvement across the Maintenance team by participating in various projects, such as 5S events, the application of lean principles, kaizen events, and cultivate continuous process improvement. Establish explicit objectives, supply necessary resources, and motivate the production team to welcome and drive change.
* Foster a culture of collaboration, positive reinforcement, open communication and employee engagement. Proactively pursue ideas and incorporate relevant suggestions from the team.
* Establish meaningful objectives for maintenance employees that are tied to the organization's overall short and long term objectives. Responsible for identifying and developing talent within the maintenance team to include but not limited to, performance management, succession planning, and creation of development plans,.
* Lead, mentor, and maximize the maintenance team with a One Team mindset.
* Develop and maintain the plant’s maintenance workflow process, including work identification, planning, scheduling, execution, and documentation.
* Track, analyze, and improve maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
* Provide direction and leadership for the plant’s overall maintenance strategy.
* Lead activities aimed at the improvement of proactive maintenance processes and equipment reliability. Maintenance has transformed from reactive to a proactive, strategic function. Improving asset reliability must be positioned as a business project.
* Oversee the plant’s storeroom inventory and spare parts processes, assuring critical spares are identified and strategies are in place for critical spares access, including spare part kitting. Manage the inventory of maintenance supplies.
* Support root cause analysis (RCA) for electrical, instrumentation, and mechanical issues that cause extended downtimes (e.g., 4+ hours). Utilize continuous improvement methods and the GAF network for Major Downtime (MDT) events to implement permanent corrective actions and sustain maintenance strategies to prevent re-occurrence.
* Manage daily maintenance operations through direct reports such as the Planners, Schedulers, and Supervisors, using work practices that optimize machine availability while balancing costs.
* Participate in the development, submission, and approval of the annual capital plan. Support the facility’s Capital plan (e.g., 1-3 year, 3-year, or 3+ year).
* Manage outage planning, prioritization, and execution process by partnering with direct reports, Production, and Process Engineering. Utilize critical path analysis and deploy resources accordingly to ensure compliance with the asset availability schedule. Scheduling and assigning work orders and tasks.
* Develop and maintain the plant’s Maintenance budget and forecast. Manage maintenance budget and departmental performance objectives. Budgeting and financial acumen are crucial. Analyze costs and implement cost-saving measures.
* Monitor, define applicability, and implement necessary codes, standards, and regulatory requirements throughout the facility. Perform NFPA 70E tasks as required.
* Utilize a strong computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to streamline processes.
* Utilize data analytics and business intelligence tools to monitor…