Maintenance Manager

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

Minimum Requirements:

• 10+ years engineering maintenance experience and expertise in chemical manufacturing
• Mechanical Engineering degree
• Familiarity with pumps and other rotating equipment is required
• Experience in the SAP Maintenance module
• 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