Maintenance Superintendent

About the role

The Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective execution of all maintenance activities for a 24/7 catalyst recycling facility. This position provides leadership to the maintenance organization, ensuring equipment reliability, regulatory compliance, and execution of the preventative maintenance strategy.

Responsibilities

• Establish clear expectations and hold employees accountable for safety, quality, productivity, and attendance.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, TCEQ, company safety policies, and environmental regulations.
• Lead weekly maintenance meetings and participate in production planning meetings.
• Conduct field audits, safety observations, and job site inspections.
• Coach and develop supervisors and technicians to improve performance and accountability.
• Direct all preventive, predictive, corrective, emergency, and turnaround maintenance activities.
• Ensure work is planned, scheduled, and executed efficiently with minimal impact on production.
• Follow the Asset Management strategy which is defined by the Engineering Manager.
• Manage mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, rotating equipment, piping, structural, and utility maintenance.
• Prioritize work orders based on safety, environmental risk, production impact, and asset criticality.
• Ensure proper documentation within the CMMS (computerized maintenance management system), through detailed notes and correct work order management.
• Establish and monitor equipment KPI’s and implement corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities to optimize maintenance costs while improving reliability.
• Manage to the annual maintenance execution budget.
• Monitor labor, contractor, and material costs.
• Hire, train, coach, and evaluate maintenance personnel.
• Evaluate contractor effectiveness and cost performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or combination of Trade certification and leadership experience.
• 15+ years of industrial maintenance experience.
• 10+ years leading maintenance teams.
• Experience supervising multiple maintenance disciplines.
• Experience managing contractors.
• Root Cause Failure Analysis.
• Vibration Analysis.
• Infrared Thermography.
• Oil Analysis.
• Mechanical Integrity Programs.
• CMMS experience – such as SAP, ROSS, Maximo, JD Edwards, etc.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

The role requires the ability to work throughout an industrial manufacturing facility, climb ladders, stairs, and elevated platforms, wear required PPE, including respirators, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. The working conditions include a 24/7 continuous operation, industrial manufacturing environment, exposure to heat, dust, noise, chemicals, and moving equipment, and occasional evening and weekend work.