Maintenance Manager

About the role

At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other. Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career. You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for the strategic oversight and operational execution of all maintenance activities within an organization. This role ensures the safety of all physical assets, optimal reliability, efficiency, including machinery, equipment, and facilities. The Maintenance Manager leads the maintenance team, develops and implements maintenance strategies, manages budgets, and ensures adherence to regulatory and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the EHS team to ensure the plant is compliant with all state, federal, and local regulations regarding safety, to include but not limited to OSHA and EPA regulatory standards.
• Serve as a leading advocate for safety initiatives within the plant, cultivating a mindset that prioritizes safety throughout the organization’s culture.
• Conduct safety inspections of work practices and work areas.
• Facilitate training to identify, prevent, and correct unsafe conditions and practices.
• Support and facilitate the continued development of the Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) databases.
• Ensure all applicable SOPs and JSAs are updated with capital processes or equipment changes.
• Lead critical plant safety programs such as LOTO.
• Champion and update EHS Management Practice sections for the Maintenance department.
• Drive a culture of continuous learning by proactively identifying knowledge gaps and providing targeted training initiatives to elevate the capabilities and performance of the maintenance team.
• Foster a culture committed to ongoing continuous improvement across the Maintenance team by participating in various projects, such as 5S events, the application of lean principles, kaizen events, and cultivate continuous process improvement.
• Establish explicit objectives, supply necessary resources, and motivate the production team to welcome and drive change.
• Develop & Maintain critical relationships between internal and external customers to ensure proper feedback loops, customer satisfaction and the continuous improvement of plant operations.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, positive reinforcement, open communication and employee engagement.
• Proactively pursue ideas and incorporate relevant suggestions from the team.