Maintenance Manager

Position Summary

The Maintenance Manager leads the maintenance program at the Brownsville Plant, ensuring safety and implementing a strategic maintenance plan.

Primary Objectives

• Ensure safety of Lignetics and contract personnel through best safety practices
• Implement a maintenance program based on a solid strategy
• Hire and retain great people, providing them with the tools to reduce unplanned stops at the plant
• Develop a team of craftsmen and a planner
• Manage the implementation and operation of the site's CMMS (MVP)
• Support the planner in the kitting and planning process for both planned and opportunity maintenance
• Maintain the stores systems and ensure parts are on hand as needed
• Develop and manage capital appropriation requests
• Drive improvement in all maintenance systems by supporting the Maintenance Excellence program
• Provide regular reports to the Plant Manager regarding safety and maintenance concerns and projects
• Participate in employee performance management, hiring, disciplinary, and annual/development reviews
• Stand in for the Plant Manager in their absence

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Technical degree or equivalent industry experience in mechanical and/or electrical maintenance
• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management systems
• PLC knowledge a plus
• Situational leadership
• Outstanding communication skills
• Time Based/Condition Based maintenance routine development
• Experience with Predictive maintenance tools such as Vibration Monitoring, Thermography, and Oil sampling
• Analytical thinking and outstanding RCA skills
• Solid Project planning & implementation skillset
• Experience developing/implementation/managing TPM programs preferred
• Office and ERP system experience (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Sage) is preferred