Maintenance and Engineering Manager

Are you ready to do something remarkable? Ready to collaborate with an incredible team to solve problems that improve people’s lives? At Ingevity, we develop innovations that purify, protect and enhance the world around us. Our products enable oil to flow better, crops to grow fuller, roads to last longer and ensure that the air we all breathe is cleaner. Our people come from all different backgrounds and help reimagine new possibilities daily. We seek out new ideas for tackling complex problems and celebrate achieving the improbable. We value each person’s unique talents and synergize them to create meaningful impact and sustainable solutions for our customers and our world.

About the role

The Maintenance and Engineering Manager will provide project engineering, maintenance, and reliability support including mechanical, instrumentation and electrical repair, contractor supervision, project engineering, process control, capital budgeting, storeroom management, and necessary training for the team.

Responsibilities

• Manage plant maintenance functions to include mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation functions.
• Utilize methods to continuously improve efficiency of resources, planning, scheduling, and execution of work orders.
• Prioritize project engineering activities, including capital requests, design, approvals, forecasting, and budget management.
• Collaborate with the project engineering group to include scope development, equipment specifications, and construction and startup assistance.
• Manage the contractor program, including qualifications of contractors and ensuring they are utilized according to company standards and practices.
• Lead the annual outage planning process, including budget development, scope definition, staffing plans, and duration scheduling.
• Manage the process control function, including strategic and short-term reliability and redundancy.
• Manage the Mechanical Integrity program.
• Manage the Storeroom and vendors that provide parts and services.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable environmental, safety, and health regulations and requirements.
• Develop individuals and the organization through training, mentoring, and managing performance.

Travel Requirements: Minimal

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science required; Engineering degree preferred.
• Comparable experience in Project Management, Maintenance, and Reliability Management will be considered in lieu of degree.
• 10+ years of related experience required; manufacturing/industrial environment preferred.
• Experience supervising and/or leading plant maintenance teams required.
• Experience planning, managing, and implementing expense projects.
• Experience planning, managing, and implementing capital projects.
• Experience managing budgets.
• Must be able to communicate effectively through oral and written methods.
• Skilled in problem-solving and troubleshooting complex technical obstacles.
• Working knowledge of cash flow accounting, and a broad understanding of structural, civil, electrical, mechanical, and process control engineering.
• Broad understanding of structural, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering concepts as they relate to plant operations and maintenance.
• Experience leading reliability initiatives to include PM compliance, Predictive technologies (PdM), RCA/RCFA, asset hierarchy, and overall asset management strategy.
• Leadership skills to include organizational, facilitation, teambuilding, mentoring, and delegation.

This role is eligible for relocation assistance. This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship; the successful candidate must not now, or in the future, require sponsorship to work in the US.