EQUIPMENT MANAGER

Knife River Prestress (KRPI) is a leading precast concrete manufacturer serving commercial, industrial, infrastructure, parking, data center, and institutional markets across the western United States. This is a multi-plant leadership role supporting KRPI’s operations.

About the role

The KRPI Equipment Manager leads maintenance strategy, standard work, asset reliability, and maintenance execution across KRPI's Northwest plants. This role partners with plant leaders, maintenance teams, the KRPI VP Operations, the Divisional Asset Manager, and corporate functions to align maintenance practices, strengthen preventive maintenance, support CAPEX development and implementation, and reinforce Knife River's safety-first culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance strategy, execution standards, and reliability across KRPI plants.
• Align preventive maintenance, work order discipline, spare parts planning, downtime tracking, repair prioritization, and follow-through between plants.
• Partner with plant leadership and maintenance supervisors to schedule work, review progress, resolve barriers, and support consistent execution.
• Support asset planning, CAPEX development and implementation, reliability improvements, and maintenance-related compliance requirements.
• Support troubleshooting, repairs, fabrication, equipment upgrades, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Assure safety policies and procedures are followed and immediately address unsafe actions, conditions, processes, or behaviors.
• Coach and support maintenance leaders and team members with a professional, accountable, standards-based leadership style.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support safe, reliable, and productive KRPI operations.

Requirements

• Progressive maintenance, asset management, millwright, industrial mechanic, reliability, or related leadership experience in manufacturing, construction materials, industrial, or heavy equipment environments.
• Demonstrated leadership experience aligning teams, standardizing practices, coaching leaders, communicating priorities, and driving accountability.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with plant operations, maintenance teams, regional asset management, and corporate functions.
• Reliable, safety-minded, organized, and able to prioritize work under pressure in fast-moving plant environments.
• Ability to teach, troubleshoot, build systems, and support continuous improvement in maintenance planning and execution.
• Ability to pass applicable pre-employment screening, including background check, physical or functional exam, and drug screen.

Military Experience

Relevant military experience may include maintenance leadership, equipment repair, machinery technician, diesel technician, construction mechanic, facility maintenance, fleet maintenance, or maintenance supervisor experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life insurance, EAP, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays.
• AIP bonus opportunity, profit sharing, safety incentives, recognition, and applicable development programs.
• Supportive culture focused on safety, reliability, asset stewardship, continuous improvement, and practical leadership.

Why Join KRPI?

• Lead high-impact maintenance and reliability work supporting safety, uptime, quality, productivity, and asset performance.
• Join a PEOPLE-first company focused on safety, teamwork, training, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Build a long-term career with strong benefits, AIP bonus opportunity, profit share, and advancement potential.