Polymer Center Maintenance Manager

Republic Services•Indianapolis, IN

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Polymer Center Maintenance Manager is responsible for overseeing the management of Polymer Center equipment across one or more locations. This role involves leading a team of technicians (mechanics and electricians) in performing preventive maintenance and repairs on fixed and mobile equipment, as well as managing building and facility maintenance. The manager ensures that all repairs and maintenance for Republic Services' machinery and equipment, including stationary sorting, grinding, and washing equipment, trucks, containers, powered industrial lifts, and other heavy-duty equipment, comply with the Company’s safety and maintenance standards, and all federal and state regulations. Key responsibilities include planning and scheduling work to ensure safety, efficiency, and timely completion, thereby reducing lost productivity and maximizing facility operating time. The role also involves managing personnel, including hiring, training, performance evaluation, and disciplinary actions, and controlling maintenance costs. The company, Republic Services, Inc., is a leader in the environmental services industry, providing recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste, and field services. They are committed to advancing circularity and decarbonization, serving 13 million customers with 41,000 team members across North America. The company emphasizes safety, customer service, environmental responsibility, and a human-centered approach, with a focus on sustainable growth through recycling, environmental solutions, and sustainability innovation, including the development of Polymer Centers for plastics recycling.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Maintenance Supervisor in the recycling, manufacturing, transportation, disposal, or related industry which requires a thorough knowledge and application of safe working practices including OSHA Haz Com, OSHA Lock Out Tag Out, OSHA Fire Safety and other federal and state regulations; or participation in the Company’s management trainee program.

Nice To Haves

Computer proficiency including Microsoft Office and Excel.
Advanced Root Cause Problem Solving.
Effective and professional communications skills.
Strong customer service orientation.
Ability to anticipate business needs and plan accordingly to ensure that equipment, employee and fiscal resources are utilized in the most efficient manner.
High level of analytical skill to develop a range of possible solutions to address a wide range of issues
Organizational skills.
Ability to collaborate and encourage employee engagement.
Good financial management and planning skills; ability to understand financial terms, budgets, tables and reports.
Ability to develop realistic, comprehensive plans to make efficient use of resources.

Responsibilities

Provide direction to all technician levels, as well as the lead technicians, in the maintenance shop and may manage a Maintenance Supervisor in a satellite maintenance shop or a Maintenance Supervisor, assigned to his or her work group to ensure that all repair and maintenance work is performed is a safe, efficient and timely manner.
Oversee the planning and scheduling of all repair work to increase productivity, while effectively managing the department’s overtime.
Monitor the shop’s operational performance and efficiency and take action to redirect activities as appropriate.
Report to management on shop performance, and implement procedures for process or programmatic changes for improvement for efficiencies.
Manage technicians and supervisor(s) in the maintenance shop, to include such responsibilities as overseeing daily shop huddles; facility and fleet walks; coaching and counseling lead technician and supervisor(s) on performance and corrective action, when necessary; make hiring and termination decisions, in concert with Human Resources and appropriate management; oversee employee training and performance evaluation; evaluate, recommend and approve supervisor recommendations for merit increase, promotion and job change recommendations, as appropriate.
Maintain an on-going preventive maintenance program for assigned locations.
Identify trends in downtime, break downs; oversee maintenance of the building and other facility on site; control maintenance costs relating to personnel, purchasing, inventory control and outsourcing of repairs.
Manage outside repair facilities and repairs to ensure all work is properly completed in accordance with the Company’s safety and compliance procedures, and federal and state regulations; follow up where appropriate.
Identify training opportunities and, as necessary, document issues and constructively discusses corrective action, as needed, with maintenance supervisor.
Conduct Quality Control Inspections, track issues and issue resolution to ensure all work is properly completed and is in accordance with the Company’s safety and compliance procedures, and federal and state regulations.
Maintains advanced knowledge of all Polymer Center Sorting/Grinding/Washing equipment, including all mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems to manage advanced preventive and corrective maintenance functions of equipment used by the Company, including: stationary Polymer Center equipment such as conveyors, screens, reducers, balers, optical sorting units, air drum separators, compactors, magnets, dust collectors, metering bins, ballistic separators, delabelers, dewiring equipment, grinders/granulators, PET wash line equipment, optical flake sorting equipment, bulk material handling equipment, and others.
Manages routine external service/maintenance providers and contracts related to equipment such as air compressors, boilers, dust collectors, facility services, select OEM equipment, and others.
Knowledge of welding tools to fix heavy equipment in a safe and efficient manner to ensure the equipment is back in an operable condition as quickly and as safely as possible.
Manage related administrative matters for the team, including payroll, maintain employee records, maintain records of all preventive and corrective maintenance performed, ensure the appropriate recording of all information into Dossier Maintenance Software, prepare and submit the budget for approval, set departmental goals to align with the targets and performance objectives established by the division’s leadership team.
May require local travel.
Ability to read and interpret complex mechanical & electrical schematics, P&IDs for the purpose of troubleshooting, preventive, and corrective maintenance.
Work with equipment suppliers for the preventive & corrective maintenance purposes, as well as continuous improvement efforts.
Work with Operations Manager to minimize unplanned downtime, including coordinating scheduled preventive maintenance activities while maintaining operational targets.
Partners with Operations Support team to ensure effective implementation and execution of company-wide maintenance systems and processes, such as CMMS and others.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.