Maintenance Manager

Alpine Silica • Shreveport, LA

16d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager directs day-to-day maintenance activities and helps maintain a safe working environment. The role ensures the maintenance team can meet maintenance requirements through preventive maintenance efforts and major repair initiatives. It also ensures equipment complies with applicable safety, health, and environmental regulatory requirements.

The position supervises maintenance employees and coordinates preventive maintenance, ongoing repairs, automation, data collection system upgrades, and maintenance projects involving heavy equipment. The manager inspects work and equipment, reviews maintenance requests and reports, sets priorities, communicates requirements and policies, and reports activities and status to management. Work is performed in a plant environment, with most work taking place outdoors and exposure to inclement weather.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 10 years of advanced experience with preventive maintenance strategies and major repair initiatives.
• At least 5 years of supervisory experience in a maintenance capacity.
• Knowledge of maintenance procedures and heavy machinery functions.
• Strong background in maintenance best practices, proactive maintenance methods, and organizational development for maintenance employees.
• Knowledge of OSHA requirements and best practices for safe maintenance.
• Ability to organize and coordinate maintenance projects.
• Ability to read, speak, and write English.
• Strong work ethic, integrity, honesty, communication, dependability, and reliability.
• Ability to fulfill responsibilities and use hands and arms to handle, install, position, and move materials and manipulate objects.
• Ability to wear common protective or safety equipment, such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, and hard hats, when needed.

Nice To Haves

• A higher-level degree in a related field is desired but not required.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, and direct the work activities of the maintenance team.
• Assign duties and evaluate the performance of maintenance employees.
• Communicate proactively with supervisors and maintenance team members.
• Maintain, repair, and optimize large-scale industrial equipment.
• Emphasize safety when working with maintenance personnel, contractors, electricians, engineers, and management.
• Manage preventive maintenance operations, ongoing repairs and maintenance, automation, and data collection system upgrades on heavy equipment.
• Recommend replacement of outdated equipment and controls, and direct or assist with replacement as needed.
• Tour the work location daily to inspect assigned maintenance jobs and assess mechanical performance, including mobile equipment and transportation vehicles.
• Collect, review, and file daily maintenance reports; present reports in meetings and communicate outstanding maintenance requirements to the team.
• Review maintenance work orders and set priorities for the upcoming shift and week, adjusting them to align with objectives and goals.
• Communicate PPE and EHS requirements, company policies, and procedures.
• Initiate maintenance directives and carry implementation plans through to completion.
• Report activities and status to management regularly.
• Ensure completion of lubrication and inspection routes, including required paperwork and filing.
• Perform duties outside normal responsibilities when needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED