General Maintenance Manager

Austin Powder•Midway, TN

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining a reliability-focused maintenance program at a Process Safety Management (PSM)-covered chemical manufacturing facility. The role develops policies, procedures, processes, and improvement strategies to support a high-performing maintenance organization and protect employees, customers, the community, and the environment. It works with leaders in SHES, Engineering, and Operations to coordinate immediate and long-term maintenance needs through daily work management and shutdown planning, and develops and monitors goals that support the company’s mission and values. The position leads and develops maintenance staff, oversees mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation work, and promotes safe, compliant, cost-effective, and reliable plant operations. Responsibilities include maintenance planning and scheduling, budget and expenditure management, turnaround coordination, performance measurement, training, contractor oversight, and coordination with Engineering on capital projects. Work is divided between an office environment and field activities in plant processing areas. Field work may involve wearing PPE and respirators, climbing stairs, working at heights and in confined spaces, exposure to high noise and hot or cold environments, and occasional lifting; the lifting description in the posting is incomplete.

Requirements

Maintenance experience in the chemical processing industry.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team, coach, and mentor others.
Strong understanding of OSHA, EPA, and Process Safety Management requirements.
Ability to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and process issues in a production environment and identify when something is wrong or likely to go wrong.
Ability to use logic and reasoning to assess alternative solutions, exercise discretion and independent judgment, and weigh costs, benefits, and consequences.
Ability to interpret P&IDs, flow diagrams, and process documentation, and to read electrical and mechanical schematics and OEM manuals.
Ability to understand facility processes and product reactivity.
Knowledge of key performance indicators used to support effective maintenance practices.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
Seven or more years of maintenance leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Protect the environment and the health and safety of employees, customers, and the communities in which the company operates.
Reinforce compliance with safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements, and lead by example in promoting a strong safety culture.
Ensure supervisors conduct safety meetings, job hazard analyses, and incident investigations.
Support environmental and regulatory compliance related to maintenance operations.
Develop and administer programs, methods, systems, and practices to reduce costs and improve employee and plant efficiency, safety, productivity, and reliability.
Plan, organize, control, integrate, and evaluate the work of the maintenance team.
Contribute to department budget development and monitor performance against budgets.
Coordinate mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation maintenance activities for safe and proper plant turnarounds, seeking to minimize shutdown cost and duration.
Establish and monitor key performance measures for the maintenance and reliability program.
Evaluate and implement training programs for maintenance technicians and staff.
Direct and manage site maintenance staff, applying best practices and technical expertise to reduce costs and improve process uptime and mechanical reliability.
Direct the maintenance planning and scheduling program and assess its effectiveness against established benchmarks and parameters.
Control maintenance expenditures by monitoring spending, adjusting priorities, and forecasting maintenance needs.
Coordinate and direct outside resources and contractors assigned to the plant.
Coordinate with Engineering on capital project execution to ensure effective use of capital funds.