Maintenance & Reliability Manager

The Role:

As the Maintenance & Reliability Manager, reporting to the Director - Newport Operations, you will lead the Maintenance Department from a Zero EHS impact, Zero Failure philosophy and enables the site to maximize its product output and lowest total cost of ownership. You will be responsible for the uptime of plant equipment and assets and oversees facility maintenance in accordance with SIG, regulatory, and industry accepted best-practice standards. Additionally, you will be responsible for creating, cultivating, and embedding a culture of Continuous Improvement to further the SI Group Brand promise and SI Operational Excellence as well as identifying and engaging team members in developmental activities designed to stimulate long-term individual and organizational growth.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Ensures EHS compliance and continuous improvement in EHS performance
• Ensures department goals are aligned with site business imperatives
• Develops budget plans following a zero-based approach and manages maintenance costs
• Ensures timely and quality repair for all site assets requiring maintenance support
• Executes the site’s asset reliability strategy and program to minimize downtime and leverage plant capabilities
• Maintains accountability for storeroom, ensures adequate availability of rightly identified critical components within budgetary guidelines
• Manages contractor relationships and contractor work assignments in a way that increases value added work completion;
• Manages service level agreements and all associated KPIs
• Directs the daily work order management processes to prioritize work dentification, work approval, planning, scheduling, executing, and closing out maintenance work orders
• Responsible for time management related to lost time for work orders and departmental overtime in a way that maximizes SI resources
• Is accountable for the problem-solving and RCA processes to resolve reliability problems, and reduce risks
• Plans and manages the turnaround/shutdown process in a way that maximizes to value developed through effective preventative maintenance strategies and engineering facility upgrades, while minimizing the impact on plant availability
• Establishes operational discipline by following Maintenance Manager daily standard work processes, monitors, measures, and audits department leaders to ensure accountability for adherence to daily standard work processes
• Consistently assesses and evaluates adherence to standard work models
• Drives KPI progress towards goals and takes appropriate action to ensure accomplishment of goals performance and improvement through effective use of planning and performance management cycle (PPMC).
• Sets clear goals, rigorously monitors
• Liaison with Site and Corporate Engineering to continuously improve engineering and construction practices and standards
• Serves as equipment owner for site infrastructure equipment and facilities

Drive a Culture of Continuous Improvement

• Drives LEAN/Six Sigma, continuous improvement of processes and operations for increased productivity and efficiency (Operational Excellence)
• Grow a culture of continuous improvement (CI) by consistently embedding CI into meetings, trainings, processes, and systems
• Ensures Maintenance work is accomplished through defined, measured, and continuously improved work processes; identifies and leverages best practices

Creating Extraordinary Starts With:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical or Electrical
• Minimum five years of experience in Process industry manufacturing; Minimum three years of experience in engineering roles in a process manufacturing environment
• Minimum three years supervisory experience
• Maintenance and Reliability Professional Certification (CMRP) preferred
• Strong Mechanical Equipment Systems knowledge

What We Value:

We strive for all employees to nurture physical, mental and emotional health both personally and professionally. Our commitment to health and wellness centers around prevention, early detection and embracing a healthy lifestyle. Some offerings may vary by role or region, but may include: 

• Physical Health benefitsincluding competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision packages, company contribution to Health Savings Account, cash incentive for Annual Physical and reimbursement
• Financial Wellness opportunitiesincluding company paid life insurance and disability plans, 401(k) Retirement Plan with generous company match, and certified Financial Planning & Investment services
• Mental Health benefits including generous Paid Time Off and 10 Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Bonding Leave, and much more!