Surface Maintenance Manager

Globally Recognized Chemical Manufacturer, focusing in materials, chemicals and solutions, is seeking a Surface Maintenance Manager to effectively direct all aspects of the Surface Maintenance Department while ensuring development, implementation, and execution of the department's strategic plan for safe, reliable, and cost effective operation of the plant.

Client Details

Our Client is a global leader in materials, chemicals and solutions, brings advancements in planes, cars, batteries, smart and medical devices, water and air treatment, to solve critical industrial, social and environmental challenges.

This site serves as a key player in the company's production of sodium carbonate (soda ash) and related products. This facility is part of organization's extensive global operations and contributes to its leadership in the chemical and materials industries.

Description

• Surface Maintenance Department, composed of approximately 115 people, is integrated into the Surface Operations Team and focuses on safe and reliable operation of plant equipment in collaboration with Surface Production.
• You will be responsible to direct our Solmax (Maintenance Excellence) transformation and have a positive impact on the organization while working to improve the employee experience. And as part of the Plant Leadership Team you will have a voice in the strategic direction of the operation and the design of the workplace culture.
• You will be accountable for:
• Assuring a safe and regulatory compliant work environment with the goal of ZERO injuries
• Ensuring effective use of resources to drive equipment availability at optimum cost in support of continually increasing production volume requirements. This will be achieved via implementation of advanced equipment reliability practices and industry best practices for Maintenance Excellence.
• Setting the strategic and tactical plans for achievement of annual and long range safety, volume, cost and productivity business goals
• Driving world class training and skills development for the maintenance organization to support achievement of strategic objectives including technical repair methods and advanced predictive techniques for workforce and general leadership capability for staff
• Creating a positive, supportive workplace culture that emphasizes effective communications, trust, transparency and engagement
• We offer at-will employment based on site working a 4/10 schedule

Profile

• Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or relevant field
• Relevant work experience:
• 5+ years' experience in industrial maintenance leadership roles, ideally has experience leading transformation or change initiative project
• Must have experience with Maintenance Excellence elements such as predictive maintenance technologies, planning & scheduling processes, equipment reliability methods and outage optimization
• Candidates with experience in large, complex continuous process chemical plant operations will be given preference in consideration
• Candidates with both Production and Maintenance experience highly desirable
• Competencies:
• Strong drive for results and ensuring accountability
• Effective communication and business process oriented thinking
• Development of direct reports and others
• Behaviors:
• Strong influencing skills
• Agility and adaptability to changing conditions and priorities
• Fosters transparent, collaborative and engaging workplace culture

Job Offer

• Competitive base salary: $150,000 - $180,000
• Bonus Incentive (Individual performance + company performance)
• Clear growth trajectory
• Hands-on Position

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