Maintenance and Reliability Site Leader

DuPont•New York, NY

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance and Reliability Site Leader owns maintenance, reliability, and associated processes for DuPont’s Yerkes Site in Tonawanda, New York. The site is a multi-business-unit manufacturing campus spanning more than 95 acres, supporting Corian® and Tedlar® manufacturing, with approximately 500 employees and a maintenance organization of approximately 77 people. The role provides functional direction to support roles and is accountable for the safety, productivity, quality, and overall effectiveness of the maintenance workforce. The leader develops and executes the site maintenance strategy and Maintenance Work Management Processes, manages functional and administrative goals, establishes budgets aligned with business needs, and develops future talent. The role also drives proactive maintenance, asset reliability and lifecycle value, maintenance effectiveness, cost management, risk reduction, and continuous improvement while aligning services and processes with site and business needs.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
7–10 years of manufacturing or related experience.
Prior maintenance experience with a large multi-business campus or large maintenance team.
Experience with Process Safety Management in a high-hazard process.
Technical understanding of unit operational processes.
Knowledge of appropriate standards, protocols, and systems.
Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Functional understanding of computerized maintenance management software (CMMS).
Strong interpersonal and conflict-resolution skills, with the ability to influence managers, peers, and the maintenance team.
Effective risk management and mitigation skills.
Verbal and written communication, planning, and organizing skills.
Organization and time-management skills, including prioritization, scheduling, and optimizing workforce skills and resources.
Root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Safety, quality, and environmental auditing skills.
Leadership skills in coaching and mentoring.
Proven understanding of unit Maintenance Work Management Processes.
Organizational skills to use knowledge of organizational systems, procedures, and culture to identify issues and opportunities and take action that meets customer needs.
Ability to collaborate, empower purposeful engagement, keep work simple, and engage individuals and teams to achieve value-driven outcomes.
Ability to appreciate differences, seek diverse perspectives, and support diversity and inclusion.
Accountability, including taking responsibility, communicating transparently, recovering from mistakes, and owning one’s impact.
Functional skills and experience needed to deliver and develop in the role and throughout a career.
Business judgment to understand and navigate the business and develop solutions that improve business and customer experience.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience working with a union workforce.
CMRP or CRL qualifications.
Experience with SAP.

Responsibilities

Lead the organization through the journey of its Proactive Maintenance objectives.
Collaborate with other resources and work processes to achieve shared asset management.
Deliver results in safety, reliability, and maintenance cost optimization.
Ensure discipline in maintenance standard work to generate data for MRO improvement, preventive maintenance optimization, and strategic planning.
Provide functional direction to unit Maintenance Activity Coordinators, planners, schedulers, coordinators, and maintenance and reliability engineers.
Be accountable for the safety, productivity, quality, and overall effectiveness of the workforce.
Leverage the Global Maintenance Work Process and its sub-processes across the plant.
Lead the site maintenance and reliability strategy, including preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs, asset health management, equipment maintenance strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Support and champion the advancement of ultrasound, infrared, and vibration programs.
Manage reliability performance, maintenance effectiveness, reliability metrics and reviews, deep drills, and improvement plans to enhance asset performance and reduce risk.
Apply the Maintain Facility Work Process in alignment with business needs, implement the Maintenance Work Management Process at the locally required and value-adding level, and ensure effective linkages with other processes.
Ensure maintenance procedures include hazard assessments covering safety, health, and environmental considerations and control measures to prevent contact or exposure.
Manage functional and administrative goals and establish budgets consistent with business needs.
Carry out cost management and ensure proper unit maintenance staffing levels.
Resource reliability and maintenance representatives for capital projects and maintenance improvement projects.
Manage competency profiles, employee development, deployment, and compensation within the role’s span of control.
Develop Maintenance Engineers for future project, technical, and leadership roles.
Drive the emergence of the desired culture and behaviors.
Analyze and audit work process results and manage unit maintenance reliability metrics.
Communicate expectations to unit maintenance employees through the site vision, Facility Maintenance Strategy, goals, and common behaviors.
Coordinate or sponsor teams to leverage resources in a timely way for significant opportunities.
Require use of Management of Change for value-added improvements.
Measure individual performance against work-process expectations and effective technology utilization.
Ensure delivery of agreed services as required by the business, area, or site, and optimize interfaces with other work processes.
Participate actively in maintenance leadership teams within the business or site.
Ensure delivery of best-in-class services to businesses.