Regional Project & Maintenance Manager

Liberty Tire Recycling•Des Moines, IA

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About The Position

The Regional Project & Maintenance Manager improves equipment reliability, maintenance execution, and capital project delivery across multiple facilities. Partnering with Asset Reliability leadership, Safety, Maintenance, Operations, and outside vendors, this hands-on leader helps ensure equipment and facilities are safe, reliable, productive, and maintained to Liberty standards. The role supports preventive maintenance, equipment uptime, maintenance-team development, consistent best practices, and the planning and execution of equipment and facility projects. The manager provides regional leadership and technical support for maintenance and production teams; develops preventive and predictive maintenance programs; troubleshoots industrial equipment; and helps sites address recurring failures, manage critical spares, and make repair-versus-replacement decisions. The position also drives effective use of Fiix for asset records, work orders, preventive maintenance, inspections, equipment history, and maintenance planning. The role leads or supports capital and facility projects from planning through startup, coordinating scope, schedules, budgets, engineering, contractors, vendors, permitting, installation, commissioning, and training. It develops and updates Gantt charts, tracks project progress, and ensures new equipment is recorded in Fiix and has spare parts and an appropriate preventive maintenance program before closeout. The manager also develops vendor relationships, coaches maintenance personnel, visits sites, promotes continuous improvement, and communicates equipment risks, project status, major repairs, and capital needs to leadership. Regular travel to assigned facilities and support for urgent maintenance or project needs may be required.

Requirements

At least 5 years of industrial maintenance, reliability, engineering, or project-management experience in a manufacturing or processing environment.
Previous experience leading maintenance personnel, contractors, equipment installations, or capital projects.
Strong mechanical aptitude and practical knowledge of industrial manufacturing and processing equipment.
Ability to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
Strong project-management, planning, organization, and follow-through skills.
Ability to manage multiple sites, projects, and priorities simultaneously.
Working knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance practices and CMMS systems such as Fiix.
Strong leadership, communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to read equipment drawings, layouts, manuals, and technical documentation.
Strong understanding of industrial safety requirements and safe maintenance practices.
Willingness to work hands-on alongside site and maintenance teams.
Ability to travel regularly to assigned facilities and support urgent maintenance or project needs when required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with industrial mechanical and electrical systems.
Technical degree, skilled-trades background, engineering education, or equivalent combination of education and practical experience.
Experience with CMMS systems, equipment reliability programs, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Champion the company’s safety culture and ensure maintenance and project work follows company policies and applicable safety requirements.
Support compliance with OSHA requirements and applicable federal, state, and local environmental requirements.
Promote lockout/tagout/try-out, machine guarding, electrical safety, contractor safety, and safe work practices.
Ensure tools, specialty equipment, fire-protection systems, and maintenance-related safety systems are maintained, inspected, and documented.
Provide leadership and technical support to maintenance and production teams across assigned facilities.
Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs to increase equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
Support troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, conveying, shredding, screening, liberation, separation, fine-grinding, and material-handling equipment.
Identify root causes of recurring premature failures with site teams and implement permanent corrective actions.
Help establish equipment-condition standards and replacement priorities using downtime, maintenance history, operating hours, OEM guidance, and site experience.
Support critical-spares identification, inventory standards, and repair-parts availability.
Promote consistent maintenance practices and share best practices among facilities.
Drive effective use of Fiix for asset records, work orders, preventive maintenance, equipment history, inspections, and maintenance planning.
Verify work-order processes and review completion, equipment downtime, PM compliance, maintenance costs, and other reliability measures.
Help maintain accurate asset and maintenance data and use it to inform repair-versus-replacement decisions.
Request purchase orders and verify that orders are sent and received.
Support standardization of task groups, scheduled maintenance, asset hierarchies, and maintenance reporting.
Lead or support equipment installations, replacements, facility improvements, and other capital projects from planning through startup.
Develop project scope, equipment requirements, preliminary layouts, schedules, budgets, and implementation plans.
Coordinate engineering, contractors, vendors, permitting, equipment delivery, installation, commissioning, and training.
Coordinate with Operations and site leadership to minimize production disruption and maximize uptime during projects.
Track project costs, schedules, risks, open items, and completion status, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
Develop, maintain, and regularly update Gantt charts for capital, maintenance, and continuous-improvement project schedules, milestones, budgets, resource requirements, and completion status.
Ensure new equipment is identified, entered into Fiix, supported with spare parts, and assigned an appropriate preventive maintenance program before project closeout.
Build relationships with equipment manufacturers, service providers, contractors, and engineering resources.
Assist in evaluating proposals, scopes of work, equipment selections, warranties, and service agreements.
Hold vendors and contractors accountable for safety, quality, schedule, documentation, and agreed performance.
Support warranty claims and resolution of equipment or installation issues.
Coach and develop maintenance leaders and technicians through hands-on training and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate with General Managers and site teams while maintaining regional standards and expectations.
Conduct site visits to assess equipment condition, maintenance practices, project needs, safety concerns, and improvement opportunities.
Drive continuous improvement through equipment data, root-cause analysis, standardized work, and lessons learned.
Communicate equipment risks, project status, major repairs, and capital needs to site, regional, and corporate leadership.
Travel regularly to assigned facilities and support urgent maintenance or project needs when required.