Engineering Maintenance Manager

LED FastStart • Alexandria, LA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Ucore is a TSX-listed company commercializing its patent-pending RapidSX™ rare earth element separation technology. The company is developing its first commercial rare earth processing and rare earth oxide production facility, the Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex, in Alexandria, Louisiana, and continues to demonstrate its technology at a facility in Kingston, Ontario. The Engineering Maintenance Manager will contribute to corporate initiatives and will be based in Alexandria, with frequent travel to Kingston and regular travel within the United States and Canada.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Engineering Maintenance Manager independently and collaboratively oversees preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance. The role supports safe, efficient, and compliant plant operations by overseeing maintenance and reliability staff, monitoring production processes, and troubleshooting equipment issues. The manager works to meet production goals, minimize downtime, and maintain quality standards. The position also participates in equipment installation, startup, and commissioning for manufacturing and facilities equipment, while supporting organizational policies, goals, and objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5–10 years of industrial plant maintenance experience.
• At least 2–5 years in a supervisory or management role in a chemical, oil and gas, or heavy-processing environment.
• Proficiency with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS/SAP), root cause analysis (RCA), and predictive maintenance technologies.
• Familiarity with Allen Bradley PLC controls.
• Proven leadership experience in an industrial setting.
• Ability to walk and stand for extended periods throughout an industrial plant.
• Ability to climb stairs and platforms and access elevated or restricted areas.
• Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach as needed for inspections.
• Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to visually inspect equipment, systems, drawings, gauges, and work areas.
• Ability to hear alarms, equipment sounds, and communications in a noisy environment.
• Ability to work safely around machinery, dust, noise, vibration, and temperature extremes.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and comply with plant safety requirements.
• Regular travel within the United States and Canada, with frequent travel to Kingston, Ontario.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with solvent extraction metallurgy.

Responsibilities

• Oversee maintenance of RapidSX extraction units, piping, pumps, recovery systems, and associated support equipment to maintain scheduled uptime above 95%.
• Lead root cause analyses of unscheduled downtime and recovery time.
• Enforce compliance with Process Safety Management, OSHA, and EPA requirements, including safe practices around concentrated acids, concentrated bases, and organic extractants.
• Manage, train, and schedule multi-shift Maintenance Technicians and the Reliability Engineer/Maintenance Planner.
• Manage annual repair budgets, capital improvement projects, and critical spare-parts inventory.
• Oversee preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance.
• Monitor production processes and troubleshoot equipment issues to support safe, efficient, compliant operations and minimize downtime.
• Participate in equipment installation, startup, and commissioning of manufacturing and facilities equipment.
• Support the organization’s policies, goals, and objectives.

What This Job Offers

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