Maintenance Manager

Carmeuse•Middletown, VA

11d

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager leads and coaches the site Maintenance team while applying Carmeuse guiding principles and advancing predictive maintenance, repair quality, and workmanship. Reporting directly to the Site Operations Manager, the role works daily with Quarry and Plant Production teams to execute site maintenance and reliability strategies and ensure safe, effective, and timely maintenance of plant equipment. The role provides safety leadership, ensures compliance with applicable state, federal, company, and MSHA requirements, and plans manpower and budgets to support site safety goals. It participates in root cause analyses when appropriate, communicates with production and maintenance through daily and weekly planning meetings, and coaches employees to improve performance. The manager develops training plans, oversees maintenance documentation and work-order reporting in CMMS/SAP, executes maintenance plans, and coordinates support during breakdowns, including off-hours when necessary. The Maintenance Manager monitors performance indicators, communicates findings and progress toward goals, recommends solutions through designated channels, and leads the Reliability Centered Maintenance program to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related engineering field.
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.
Extensive knowledge of continuous manufacturing and production processes.
Six Sigma training.

Responsibilities

Lead and coach the site Maintenance team to deliver safe, effective, and timely maintenance of plant equipment.
Provide safety leadership and ensure employees follow state, federal, company, and applicable health and safety requirements.
Plan manpower and budget resources needed to achieve 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 production meetings and coordinate communication between production and maintenance.
Engage routinely with direct and indirect reports, providing feedback and coaching to improve maintenance performance.
Prepare and implement training plans so employees can perform their jobs safely and effectively.
Participate in weekly maintenance and production planning and scheduling, and drive longer-term planning for major outages through the Maintenance Planner, Managers, and Supervisors.
Maintain understanding of maintenance modules in CMMS/SAP and optimize their use for preventive and predictive maintenance.
Ensure accurate and timely reporting on maintenance work orders, including urgent repairs, and ensure completed work is documented promptly.
Ensure maintenance work meets quality standards, provide follow-up and feedback, identify performance gaps, and address them 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 communicate findings to 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.