Maintenance Manager

Carmeuse • Middletown, VA

11d

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager leads and coaches the site Maintenance team while applying Carmeuse guiding principles. The role works to advance predictive maintenance and ensure high standards of repair quality and workmanship. Reporting directly to the Site Operations Manager, the Maintenance Manager engages daily with Quarry and Plant Production teams to execute site maintenance and reliability strategies.

The role provides safety leadership, planning the staffing and budget resources needed to meet site safety goals and ensuring employees follow applicable state, federal, and company safety rules. It interfaces with MSHA and other health and safety agencies as needed, and participates in or facilitates root cause analyses when appropriate.

The Maintenance Manager coordinates with Production through daily meetings and weekly planning and scheduling, leads longer-term outage planning through the Maintenance Planner, Managers, and Supervisors, and ensures daily and weekly maintenance plans are executed and communicated to Operations. The role maintains knowledge of the maintenance modules in CMMS/SAP and guides the team in using them to optimize preventive and predictive maintenance. It also ensures accurate, timely work-order reporting and documentation, quality work and follow-up, employee training, and support arrangements during breakdowns, including off-hours coordination.

The position monitors key performance indicators, communicates findings and performance expectations, identifies improvement opportunities, and leads the Reliability Centered Maintenance program to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs.

Requirements

• Related engineering bachelor’s degree.
• At least 7 years of progressive experience in mining, manufacturing, or heavy industry.
• Extensive knowledge of maintenance and operations business processes.
• Demonstrated competency in preventive and predictive maintenance, basic care practices, and computerized maintenance management systems.
• Strong management and Total Productive Maintenance experience.
• Proven ability to lead operational excellence through behavior-based management.
• Prior experience demonstrating effective management skills.
• Demonstrable teamwork and maturity, with a strong work ethic.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of continuous manufacturing and production processes preferred.
• Six Sigma training is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the site Maintenance team in support of predictive maintenance and high standards of repair quality and workmanship.
• Execute maintenance and reliability strategies in coordination with Quarry and Plant Production teams.
• Lead the Maintenance team to ensure safe, effective, and timely maintenance of plant equipment.
• Provide safety leadership, ensure compliance with applicable safety rules and regulations, and plan manpower and budget resources for site safety goals.
• Interface with MSHA and other local and federal health and safety agencies as required.
• Participate in or facilitate root cause analyses when appropriate.
• Participate in daily morning production meetings and communicate with Production and Maintenance.
• Engage routinely with direct and indirect Maintenance and Production reports, providing feedback and coaching.
• Prepare and implement training plans for employees.
• Participate in weekly maintenance and production planning and scheduling, and drive longer-term planning for major outages through the Maintenance Planner, Managers, and Supervisors.
• Use knowledge of CMMS/SAP maintenance modules to optimize preventive and predictive maintenance capabilities.
• Ensure accurate and timely maintenance work-order reporting, including urgent repairs, and adequate documentation of completed work.
• Ensure quality maintenance work, follow-up, and feedback; identify and close performance gaps through training.
• Ensure daily and weekly maintenance plans are executed and communicate plan status to Operations.
• Arrange support to keep the plant running during breakdowns, including off-hours coordination when needed.
• Monitor key performance indicators, identify improvement opportunities, and inform appropriate supervisory and management personnel.
• Provide the Maintenance team with feedback on goals and expectations.
• Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions through designated channels.
• Lead the Reliability Centered Maintenance program to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs.

What This Job Offers

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