Maintenance & Reliability Lead

About the role

As the Maintenance and Reliability Leader at Grace's historic Curtis Bay, MD site, you will drive site-wide reliability strategy and asset integrity. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you will act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Fixed Equipment across 6 production plants, powerhouse operations, utilities, and wastewater treatment facilities. In this role, you will lead a multidisciplinary team of maintenance engineers, reliability engineers, and inspectors. Your focus will be transforming reactive maintenance into proactive asset care, maximizing equipment uptime, and building sustainable reliability solutions in a high-capacity manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage a preventive and predictive maintenance program using techniques such as automated vibration monitoring, thermal imaging, and lubrication analysis.
• Develop current and future Maintenance and Reliability leaders through coaching, talent management and modeling best practices
• Manage the site Mechanical Integrity Program
• Provide expertise and guidance on pressure vessels, piping systems, heat exchangers, storage tanks, and other static equipment.
• Ensure Fixed Equipment assets operate safely, reliably, and in compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulations.
• Drive transformation and continuous improvement and utilize subject matter expertise leaders in fixed, rotational and other specialty equipment.
• Develop and manage critical equipment management including lists, preventive maintenance (PM) plans, and spare inventory requirements in SAP.
• Support reliability-based capital and maintenance projects including scope development, planning/scheduling, budgeting, and field construction management.
• Provide technical support to the maintenance department for routine issues and manage mechanical/electrical contracts as necessary.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) studies to identify equipment failures and develop corrective actions.
• Collaborate with the Safety Department to ensure compliance with safety protocols and participate in Process Hazard Analysis (PHAs).
• Manage site maintenance budgets and track maintenance metrics to improve up time and reduce reactive work.

Physical Requirements and Environment

• Ability to follow safety protocols and standards working in a pilot plant facility with highly hazardous materials
• Ability to work in a high hazard environment, including adverse weather conditions, elevated spaces, confined spaces, extreme temperatures, and noisy surroundings.
• Must be able to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb stairs and ladders over 100 ft.
• Must be willing to wear PPE (Personal Protective equipment) including but not limited to hard hat, protective eyewear, steel-toed boots, hearing protection, Level A suit, full face respirator

Required Qualifications

• B.S. degree in an Engineering discipline, Mechanical or Chemical highly preferred.
• 8+ years maintenance and reliability experience in an industrial manufacturing environment such as Chemical, Paper, Metals, Refinery, or Pharmaceutical.
• Prior people management experience.
• Proficient in SAP or another ERP.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working in a union environment.
• Demonstrated experience using automated vibration monitoring, thermal imaging, and lubrication analysis.
• Experience using solids handling equipment such as rotary kilns, conveyors, and spray dryers.
• Experience managing capital and maintenance projects.

Pay

Annual Wage Range: $140,535.20 - $193,235.90. Eligibility for the Short-Term Incentive program and other applicable bonuses.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance and Disability
• Grace Wellness Program
• Flexible Workplace Retirement Plans 401(k) Company Match
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company Donation Match Program