Manager, Engineering & Maintenance

Roehm•Wallingford, CT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

We are a leading supplier of methacrylate chemistry. As a global company with around 2,800 employees, we are represented on three continents. We serve a global market with our MERACRYL® methacrylates and PMMA molding compounds under the PLEXIGLAS® brand (in the Americas registered under the trademark ACRYLITE®), which we manufacture in our worldwide production network. Our products supply growth markets including the automotive, construction, and medical technology industries. Röhm is committed to operating with social responsibility, and sustainability forms an integral part of our business strategy. We view our employees as our strength, and we value diversity and inclusion. If you thrive in an environment where individual contributions are both visible and recognized, Röhm may be right for you. Manages technical and maintenance departments of the acrylic polymer manufacturing process. Responsibilities include implementation of capital improvements, function as a technical resource for equipment and processes, lead the maintenance department to ensure uninterrupted production plans through direction of a maintenance group using effective preventive maintenance programs and prompt, correct equipment repair the first time every time. As a member of the Site Management Team work with other department heads and plant manager to direct the plant to meet all safety, environmental, and operational goals.

Requirements

BS in Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
Minimum 10-15 years experience in Engineering, Maintenance or Operations.
Good interpersonal skills.
Knowledge of pumps, extrusion, rotating equipment, electrical switchgear, plc’s, controls, and instrumentation.

Responsibilities

Comply with all Roehm and governmental safety standards and regulations.
Ensure that subordinates are well trained and competent to carry out their duties in a safe fashion following accepted procedures.
Maintain the safety practices of all contractors entering the premises.
Provide service to the production group to design improvements to the process and advise during production upsets.
Foster cooperation between shift mechanics and operators to perform departmental responsibilities to encourage cooperation.
Implement capital projects in a cost-effective way for process improvements, equipment replacement, de-bottlenecking, etc. with a project engineering group that are compliant with PSM plant standards including Management of Change (MOC).
Coordinate the preparation of capital job orders issued by the plant for all projects, reporting the status of approved and future expenditures on a monthly basis.
Prepare an annual capital expenditure budget with quarterly reporting.
Maintain a 5 year plan for future capital expenditures inline with business and operational needs.
Guarantee that all emergency equipment, devices and alarms are functional.
Maximize equipment uptime and machine reliability through comprehensive preventive maintenance programs and competent, quick repair.
Lead the annual two week maintenance turnaround including the plant-wide electrical outage.
Maintain effective systems for scheduling of work orders and measurement of cost.
Understand how to use SAP to manage maintenance work, PM’s, equipment master data, and spare parts to act as a secondary for maintenance activities.
Direct energy conservation efforts.
Actively support quality improvement programs.
The employee must be completely conversant with applicable safety, loss prevention, and environmental standards of the Company, business group, and plant.
The employee must also be aware of the regulatory requirements and must implement those standards as specified in the standards and regulatory requirements in this work assignment.
Use of SAP PRIMA Project Portal for capital job request approval work flow and capital project cost accounting and forecasting.
Manage capital and maintenance budgets to ensure they meet budgets given by the organization.
Accountable and responsible to insure all relative elements of the TPM (Total Productive Management) process, Focused Improvement, Autonomous Management, Planned Maintenance, and Training And Education Pillars are managed consistent with the TPM sustainability process outlined in 5-9539 as applicable to the respective departments.