Maintenance Manager Job
Middleton, MA, United States
Situation in organization
The Maintenance Manager reports to the Plant manager and is a member of the plant leadership team. Manages the Operations Maintenance Coordinator (OMC), three E&I technicians and 6 maintenance mechanics.
Job dimensions
The maintenance manager has direct responsibility for maintenance and service of the Middleton plant. This includes management of the annual maintenance and facilities budget of ~$1.5M. Drives excellence in maintenance work processes and part management to improve plant cost and productivity.
Key Activities and responsibilities
[10%] Maintain HSEQ (health, safety, environmental, quality) compliance as top priority.
- Follow all HSEQ policies and practices. This includes compliance with environmental regulations and permits, quality systems, and safe work practices (RTM, LOTOTO, CSE, Hot Work, Etc.).
- Demonstrate commitment to all HSEQ matters through individual actions that include CARE observations, SWP audits, RTS/LOTOTO audits, review of higher risk maintenance plans (Critical lift, high energy hot work, CSE, multiple crafts in close proximity, etc.)
- Lead the maintenance department in safe work practices in accordance with OSHA, EPA and Bostik EHS requirements.
- Ensure timely response to ATLAS First Report Events that involve repair work.
- Manages contractor safety program including contractor qualification through Avetta.
[40%] Plant Maintenance & Budget
- Ensure daily maintenance activities are prioritized in alignment with the needs of Manufacturing and Planning departments.
- Coordinate facilities management both internal and via 3rd party contractors.
- Develop and manage maintenance and facilities budget. Track committed cost to achieve spend to budget and provide spend forecast.
- Manage the maintenance work order system, equipment register and metric reporting.
- Provide support and guidance for the maintenance team including work prioritization across all shifts.
- Continuously drive operational efficiency improvements at the Middleton plant through improvements in maintenance processes thus increasing equipment uptime and efficiency.
- Develop and achieve maintenance team improvement goals and objectives in alignment with both Business and Plant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
[15%] Continuous Improvement
- Continuously drive improvements in the operational efficiency and reliability of Middleton through improvements in maintenance processes and equipment downtime and efficiency. Use lean tools, including OEE, to identify priorities.
- Identify and execute opportunities to drive fixed cost improvement through 3rd party vendor and service providers and work process efficiency improvements.
- Use equipment failure data to revise the preventative maintenance program to improve asset reliability and safety while optimizing uptime and reducing cost.
- Identify and execute small CAPEX projects to improve and maintain equipment capabilities.
- Lead maintenance natural work team in SMART operational excellence processes. Identify key KPIs and track at Tier meetings. Ensure effective problem-solving culture within maintenance team.
[10%] Maintenance Team Management
- Maintain knowledge of work scope for planned maintenance outages (RTO outages, unit outages …)
- Maintain and coordinate maintenance work schedule, attendance, and payroll.
- Coach, train and develop members of the maintenance department to achieve desired performance.
[<5%] Perform other duties as assigned.
Position has limited travel (<5%), predominately for training and development opportunities.
Required Education/Qualifications /Work experience
- Minimum of a B.S. degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or commensurate experience
- Minimum 10 years of experience in a PSM-covered chemical plant setting and 3-5 years of leadership experience.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational and team-building skills
- Demonstrated computer skills (MS Office, AutoCAD and CMMS, ideally EAM)
- PLC skills preferable, including troubleshooting and configuration
- Strong work ethic and the ability to work in cross-functional teams to deliver concrete results quickly.
- Demonstrated Competencies (Describe behaviors necessary for role)
- Ability to work cooperatively with others.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrates initiative, personal drive and accountability.
- Strong organizational skills.
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