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Maintenance Manager

Happy cog
Full-time
On-site
Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

About the job
Description

LignoTech Florida is growing and in need of a Maintenance Manager!
Besides a beautiful location (Fernandina Beach, Florida), we offer a comprehensive benefits package including the following:

Full medical, dental, vision insurance coverage with low employee premiums
100% company-paid Life, Short-Term and Long-Term disability coverage for all employees
PTO accrual upon hire
Annual bonus program
401k match

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for managing and directing the daily work and maintenance activities of the maintenance team - including planning, scheduling, and delivery of preventative, corrective, and predictive maintenance functions. The candidate must be able to work cohesively as part of a cross-functional team, be able to develop and implement a successful maintenance strategy as well as offer technical expertise in day-to-day operations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure a safe work environment and compliance to all OHS&E regulations and standards
  • Provide technical expertise and support to the maintenance team
  • Create, implement and optimize a preventative maintenance program for the plant that encompasses both preventative tasks and predictive techniques as well as critical spare part identification and acquisition

  • Build the program within SAP and analyze the data to identify improvement areas
  • Investigate and analyze reasons for OEE losses and implement cost-effective means for eliminating or minimizing these
  • Facilitate outage planning meetings and actively monitor and report on outage progress
  • Proactively recognize and act on opportunities for performance improvement
  • Recognize and take action in relation to opportunities to prevent breakdowns and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness
  • Facilitate improvement team meetings with a focus on identifying the root cause of equipment failures in the plant and implement improvement actions
  • Liaise with other engineering resources for the implementation of CAPEX or major projects
  • Review and update preventative Maintenance Plans
  • Liaison with Supervisors to develop work plans that incorporate reliability improvement targets
  • Review and train on tribology methods to prevent oil cross-contamination and ensure the correct lubricants are specified for applications
  • Ensure thermography, oil analysis and vibration analysis programs are adhered to and give direction to the Maintenance Supervisor when items need urgent attention
  • Schedule and manage outage tasks and timelines using a project management approach

Core Competencies

  • Safety, Health & Environmental
  • Maintenance Management
  • Experience Working in SAP
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Cost Control
  • Tribology
  • Coaching and Training
  • Spares and Stock
  • Failure investigations
  • Condition monitoring
  • Thermography
  • Project Management

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

  • Mechanical Engineering degree
  • 10+ years engineering maintenance experience and expertise in chemical manufacturing
  • Experience in the SAP Maintenance module
  • Familiarity with pumps and other rotating equipment is required
  • Experience creating or managing a maintenance program is required
  • Detailed understanding of Failure Analysis Techniques
  • Sound understanding of Maintenance techniques and systems
  • Knowledge of national and international engineering standards
  • Benefits found in job post
  • Vision insurance
  • 401k