Aggregate Plant Maintenance Manager

Heidelberg Materials • Chico, TX

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About The Position

The Aggregate Plant Maintenance Manager leads and optimizes fixed-plant maintenance programs to maximize equipment reliability, safety, and operational performance. The role plans and coordinates preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for plant processing equipment and works with operations teams to identify improvements, reduce downtime, and improve plant performance.

The manager develops and coaches maintenance team members and promotes accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities also include managing maintenance budgets, inventory, contractors, shutdowns, and capital projects. The position is primarily based in a quarry and plant environment and requires regular field presence, with occasional travel and flexibility to address operational needs and after-hours emergencies.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of maintenance experience supporting fixed-plant operations in quarry, mining, aggregates, cement, manufacturing, or other heavy industrial environments.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience supervising maintenance personnel, contractors, or cross-functional teams.
• Experience leading maintenance teams responsible for fixed-plant assets, including crushers, screens, conveyors, pumps, motors, and material processing equipment.
• Strong technical knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and process-equipment maintenance practices.
• Knowledge of preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize resources to achieve operational and maintenance objectives.
• Ability to analyze equipment performance data, identify root causes, and implement sustainable reliability improvements.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, inventory, contractors, shutdowns, and capital improvement projects.
• Strong understanding of safety regulations, environmental requirements, and maintenance best practices in a heavy industrial environment.
• Effective communication, problem-solving, and team-development skills, with a focus on collaboration and safety.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence.
• Ability to safely operate a motor vehicle and travel throughout quarry and plant operations.
• Ability to walk, stand, climb, navigate uneven terrain, work at heights and in confined spaces, and work in varying weather and environmental conditions.
• Ability to perform physical tasks including bending, reaching, kneeling, and crouching, and occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to wear required PPE and work safely around moving equipment, dust, noise, and other operational hazards.

Nice To Haves

• Background in aggregates.
• Experience supporting and maintaining crushing, screening, conveying, and material processing systems.
• A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, or a related field; equivalent combinations of education, technical training, certifications, and relevant experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead and optimize fixed-plant maintenance programs to improve equipment reliability, safety, and operational performance.
• Plan, prioritize, and coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for plant processing equipment.
• Develop and coach maintenance team members while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Manage maintenance budgets, inventory, contractors, shutdowns, and capital improvement projects.
• Partner with operations teams to identify improvement opportunities, reduce downtime, and improve plant performance.
• Analyze equipment performance, identify root causes, and implement sustainable reliability improvements.
• Maintain compliance with safety regulations, environmental requirements, and maintenance best practices.
• Conduct field inspections and support maintenance activities throughout quarry and plant operations.
• Respond to after-hours emergencies when needed.

Benefits

• Annual incentive plan.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with automatic company contributions and matching contributions.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits.
• Health Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• AD&D, short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• Paid bonding leave.
• 15 days of paid vacation.
• 40 hours of paid sick leave.
• 10 paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager