Maintenance Manager

ArcelorMittal•Portland, TX

13d

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager leads a rotational-shift maintenance team in safely and reliably executing maintenance activities that support plant operations. The role provides frontline leadership, coaching, mentoring, and workforce development for maintenance technicians while advancing safety, reliability, productivity, and continuous improvement. The Maintenance Manager works with Operations, Engineering, Planning, Reliability, and other departments to ensure maintenance is performed efficiently and in alignment with business objectives. The position is accountable for building team capability, supporting succession planning, and fostering safety, accountability, and operational excellence.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Minimum 8 years of industrial maintenance experience in a heavy industrial, manufacturing, steel, mining, petrochemical, power generation, or similar production environment.
Minimum 3 years of leadership experience overseeing maintenance personnel, contractors, or maintenance-related projects.
Strong hands-on mechanical maintenance background supporting rotating equipment, conveyors, material handling systems, pumps, compressors, gearboxes, hydraulics, pneumatics, bearings, and power transmission equipment.
Experience troubleshooting complex mechanical equipment failures and leading root cause analysis efforts.
Strong understanding of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance practices.
Experience with maintenance planning, scheduling, backlog management, and shutdown/turnaround execution.
Experience using SAP PM or a comparable computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
Knowledge of industrial safety requirements, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, hot work permitting, mobile equipment safety, and contractor management.
Ability to lead, coach, mentor, and develop maintenance personnel while driving accountability, safety, reliability, and performance expectations.
Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate across operations, maintenance, engineering, and reliability functions.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
Ability to analyze maintenance metrics, equipment history, and reliability data to support continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, or a related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

Promote safety, environmental stewardship, and regulatory compliance.
Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a rotational-shift maintenance team to meet safety, reliability, productivity, and performance objectives.
Set performance expectations and provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and performance management.
Identify workforce capability gaps and develop technician training, qualification, and development plans.
Support talent development, succession planning, and career progression.
Oversee workforce planning, including staffing, scheduling, recruitment, onboarding, employee development, and disciplinary actions.
Foster ownership, teamwork, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
Coordinate with Maintenance Planners, Reliability, Engineering, and Operations to prioritize, schedule, and execute maintenance work.
Ensure maintenance is completed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
Review maintenance metrics, KPIs, and reliability data to identify improvement opportunities and achieve sustainable results.
Participate in incident investigations, root cause analyses, layered safety audits, and corrective action implementation.
Support shutdown, turnaround, and capital project planning and execution.
Oversee maintenance budgets and control costs while maintaining equipment reliability and operational effectiveness.
Ensure accurate SAP maintenance records, notifications, work orders, labor reporting, and material transactions.
Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement, and Reliability to optimize spare-parts strategies and inventory management.
Develop, review, and maintain maintenance procedures, standard operating procedures, work instructions, training materials, and management-of-change documentation.
Monitor equipment performance, maintenance effectiveness, and emerging risks to address reliability concerns proactively.
Build cross-departmental relationships that support communication, problem solving, and alignment of maintenance priorities.
Reinforce ArcelorMittal values, leadership expectations, and a positive team culture.
Perform other duties as assigned.