Maintenance Manager

BlueScope•Rancho Cucamonga, CA

34d•Onsite

About The Position

BlueScope is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the site maintenance and reliability strategy. This role involves owning and driving the maintenance work management system, ensuring equipment reliability, and leading continuous improvement initiatives. The Manager will also lead and develop a structured maintenance organization, manage the maintenance budget, and ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards. Additionally, the role involves KPI ownership, documentation, performance management, and championing maintenance-led improvement projects and capital planning.

Requirements

Experience in maintenance work management, planning, and asset reliability.
Experience leading reliability improvement efforts, including root cause failure analysis (RCFA).
Experience in team leadership and management, including developing team capabilities and conducting performance reviews.
Experience in budget development and management.
Experience in troubleshooting and problem-solving critical equipment failures.
Knowledge of health, safety, environmental, and regulatory standards related to maintenance.
Experience in KPI ownership, documentation, and performance management.
Experience in capital planning and project execution, including leading maintenance-led improvement projects.
Ability to provide technical and maintenance resource support for plant capital projects.

Responsibilities

Own and lead the site maintenance and reliability strategy, including preventive (PM), predictive (PdM), and corrective maintenance programs.
Direct the maintenance work management system, ensuring disciplined execution of planned, scheduled, and reactive work aligned to production priorities.
Ensure equipment reliability and availability to meet production targets, minimizing unplanned downtime through effective prioritization and resource allocation.
Drive maintenance process performance, including backlog management, schedule compliance, PM/PdM execution, and work order quality.
Lead reliability improvement efforts, including root cause failure analysis (RCFA), defect elimination, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Accountable for overall asset performance, including reduction of equipment failures and development of risk-based asset strategies for critical equipment.
Lead and develop a structured maintenance organization including Supervisors, Planner/Scheduler, Reliability roles, Maintenance technicians, and contractors.
Build team capability and deliver performance feedback and conduct performance reviews as appropriate, training programs, and ensure team adherence to safety, quality, and operational standards.
Establish clear accountability across execution, planning, and reliability functions.
Develop and manage the maintenance budget, ensuring cost-effective solutions and alignment with financial targets.
Monitor and control maintenance expenditures, proactively managing costs to remain within approved budget.
Drive cost efficiency through improved planning, reliability improvements, and effective resource utilization.
Oversee procurement of maintenance materials, tools, equipment, and spare parts to support operational needs.
Manage inventory and critical spare parts to ensure equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
Lead the investigation and resolution of critical equipment failures and performance issues.
Collaborate with engineering and production teams to identify root causes of breakdowns and implement long-term solutions.
Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health, safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
Promote a culture of safety, ensuring that all team members follow established safety procedures and guidelines.
Conduct regular safety audits and risk assessments related to maintenance operations.
Lead incident investigations and ensure effective, sustainable corrective actions are implemented.
Own and drive performance of key maintenance KPIs.
Analyze KPI trends and implement corrective actions to drive continuous improvement.
Hold team accountable to defined performance targets.
Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, including work orders, maintenance logs, and equipment performance.
Provide regular reports on maintenance performance, key performance indicators (KPIs), and progress towards maintenance goals.
Champion maintenance-led improvement projects, ensuring initiatives focused on reliability, defect elimination, and cost reduction are identified, developed, and executed.
Provide technical and maintenance resource support for plant capital projects, ensuring maintenance requirements, reliability considerations, and long-term asset performance are incorporated.
Lead development of capital plans aligned with asset reliability and plant strategy.
Prioritize capital investments based on risk, reliability impact, and return on investment.
Ensure successful execution of projects (capital & maintenance led) within scope, schedule, and budget.