Maintenance & Reliability Manager

The Company

Effective Key Operating Indicators of success include but are not limited to:

• Equipment Availability (Cumulative Downtime / Scheduled Downtime), targeting 90% efficiency

• Performance Efficiency (Actual Output / Design Output), targeting 95% efficiency

• Quality Rate (Maintenance Defects & Rework / Total Work Performed), targeting 99% efficiency

• Failure Rate (Total # Failures / Total operating Hours)

• Maintenance Cost % of OEI (Maintenance Expenditures / Original Equipment Investment)

• Maintenance Cost % of Product Revenue / Fixed Cost

• Performance to Budget / Forecast

Work Management / Asset Management Operational Indicators include but are not limited to:

• % Call outs in relation to equipment failure

• % Completed, received work orders

• Number of planned work orders for current week

• Total number of work orders completed

• Number of work orders backlogged by category

• P1 work orders as a % of total

• Work orders planned % of complete

• Total number of work orders received

• P2 work orders as a % of total 

Institutionalized organized maintenance management processes and procedures by

• Applying and driving facility wide focus in identifying, planning, scheduling and executing work

• Evaluating and benchmarking (gap analysis) existing plant procedures/practices/performance measures versus internal & external industry specific benchmarks

• Working with peers to define roles and responsibilities to ensure the success of maintenance management programs

• Leads maintenance improvement initiatives identified through failure root cause analysis and /or compliance, growth or cost reduction requirements

• Develops detailed planning to control departmental elements, including spending, staffing, etc.

• Liaisons with purchasing to identify and negotiate purchase of needed components, equipment and contract services

• Ensures all maintenance objectives are completed on time and within budget / forecast

• Supports individual technical experts with required cost / benefit analysis, budget and schedule development and identification of constraints

• Achieves synergies with vendors / contractors supporting maintenance initiatives

• Assess and documents success / failure of completed work orders, creating feedback to further drive effective work order execution

• Establishes preventive and predictive maintenance tasks, including oil analysis, vibration monitoring, thermo graphic analysis, ultrasonic detection, sound analysis and frequencies for key process and support equipment

• Establishes work schedules to include lubrication, cleaning and inspection routines

• Conducts “root cause” failure analysis on chronic maintenance and repair issues and initiates corrective actions to equipment design and / or work practices

• Optimizes spare parts carrying costs

• Ensures equipment historical data is available for decision making processes

• Develops an on-going replacement analysis program for capital equipment based on work order and preventative maintenance histories, reliability performance and cost

• Establishes programs for and maintains a mechanical, instrumentation, electrical, regulatory and civil equipment integrity plan which aligns long range strategic planning, turnaround activity (shut downs), preventative maintenance activity and predictive maintenance activity

OTHER IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS

• Manages maintenance projects from concept to implementation, including managing personnel, developing sketches, reviewing detailed drawings, vendor negotiations, supervising contractors, and documenting final results.

• Mentors and develops  subordinates  for maintenance department succession

• Conducts cost / benefit analysis, oversees development of key maintenance initiative justification, presents projects to superiors and gains approval / guidance

• Coordinates efforts of multi-disciplinary craft teams to achieve a common goal

• Responsible for communicating the status of a wide range of maintenance activities to key stakeholders

• Anticipates questions and prepares technical and business correspondence pertaining to the business case for each maintenance initiative from all affected parties, including senior management members

• Identifies maintenance constraints (manufacturing process, budget, schedule, etc.) and either eliminate the constraints or manage within

• Manages opportunities for maintenance related programs, including but not limited to, reliability engineering (RCM, On Stream Time, MTBF, OEE, WCAM and TPM)

• Makes decisions by understanding causes, weighing options and making final decisions based on achieving highest priority objectives

Education and/or Experience requirements

• BS in Mechanical Engineering and/or equivalent experience

• Experience in implementing and managing organized maintenance management and work management programs

• Experience in implementing and managing reliability improvement programs

• At least 7 years experience in a heavy industrial environment

• At least 5 years experience supervising personnel, preference in a union environment

This is not a remote position.

Annual Salary Range:  $135k - $160k

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