Maintenance & Engineering Manager
About The Position
The Maintenance & Engineering Manager will be responsible for ensuring full compliance with OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, and other applicable regulations. This role involves leading and supporting Mechanical Integrity (MI) programs, ensuring maintenance practices align with safety policies, and participating in incident investigations. The manager will develop and execute maintenance strategies to support safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant operation, driving reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) principles and analyzing equipment performance. Key responsibilities include owning and maintaining mechanical integrity programs for critical assets, developing and optimizing preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and standardizing maintenance methods for continuous improvement. This leadership role also involves managing the maintenance and engineering staff, fostering a strong safety culture, managing department budgets, and leading small to mid-size capital projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related technical discipline
- 8+ years of maintenance and engineering experience in a chemical or process manufacturing environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365
- Strong knowledge of OSHA PSM, mechanical integrity, and regulatory compliance
- Proven experience leading maintenance teams and reliability programs
- Hands-on experience with CMMS, PM/PdM programs, and root cause analysis
- Ability to respond to off-hours maintenance or emergency situations as required
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Experience with capital project execution in operating chemical plants
- Formal training in reliability engineering, RCM, or asset management
- Strong leadership, communication, and change management skills
Responsibilities
- Ensure full compliance with OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, and other applicable federal, state, and local regulations
- Lead and support Mechanical Integrity (MI) programs in accordance with OSHA PSM requirements
- Ensure maintenance practices align with site safety policies, procedures, and permit systems
- Participate in and lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action implementation
- Support audits, inspections, and regulatory agency interactions related to maintenance and engineering
- Develop and execute maintenance strategies that support safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant operation
- Drive reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) principles and asset criticality analysis
- Analyze equipment performance, downtime, and failure data to improve reliability and availability
- Establish KPIs for maintenance performance (MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, backlog, etc.)
- Own and maintain mechanical integrity programs for pressure vessels, piping, relief devices, rotating equipment, and other critical assets
- Ensure inspection, testing, and documentation requirements are met and maintained
- Coordinate with inspectors, contractors, and engineering resources to address deficiencies and repairs
- Manage equipment standards, specifications, and maintenance procedures
- Develop, optimize, and sustain preventive maintenance (PM) and predictive maintenance (PdM) programs
- Leverage technologies such as vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and condition monitoring
- Ensure effective use of the CMMS for work management, asset history, and continuous improvement
- Balance reactive, preventive, and predictive work to minimize unplanned downtime
- Standardize maintenance methods, job plans, and work processes
- Implement best practices in maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, reliability, cost, and efficiency
- Support Management of Change (MOC) processes for equipment and system modifications
- Lead, coach, and develop maintenance and engineering staff, including supervisors, technicians, and engineers
- Foster a strong safety culture and accountability across the maintenance organization
- Manage department budgets, contractors, and external service providers
- Collaborate closely with Operations, EHS, Supply Chain, and Quality teams
- Lead and manage small to mid-size capital projects from scope development through execution and startup
- Develop project justifications, cost estimates, schedules, and risk assessments
- Ensure projects meet safety, regulatory, technical, and operational requirements
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external engineering and construction resources
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
