Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

This role leads and manages a maintenance team to maximum plant utilization by efficient and effective coordination and deployment of department resources, focused on the customer. This role is focused on day-to-day leadership of the planning, scheduling, and execution of maintenance activities at the site. Implementation of key methods and technologies may include reliability centered maintenance (RCM), preventive, predictive, and other proactive maintenance approaches.

Key Responsibilities :

• Promote a workplace that has an unwavering commitment to safety, health, and environmental compliance and encourages total employee participation in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support continuous improvement with near term goals and targets to implement the department and plant strategies.
• Tracks and publishes standardized maintenance performance metrics on a routine basis consistent with company requirements and aligns maintenance performance indicators with overall business key performance indicators.
• Defines and manages the training needs for maintenance personnel and develops an associated training plan.
• Manages the maintenance work planning function and the maintenance scheduling function. Develops and implements planning and scheduling standards and procedures for the plant.
• Works with plant production, engineering, and SHE personnel to ensure that management of change (MOC) and mechanical integrity (MI) requirements which support OSHA 1910.119 Process Safety Management (PSM) are complied with.
• Identifies opportunities for reliability improvement and cost reduction.
• Oversees the execution of the preventive maintenance (PM) program and works with production and engineering to develop and maintain current PM procedures and schedules.
• Involved in the maintenance budget development process annually and provides monthly spending analysis reports for plant personnel.
• Manages the planning and execution of scheduled plant shutdowns / turnarounds.
• Manages all facilities maintenance including buildings, yards, and grounds. Also manages all contract services associated with facilities and plant maintenance.
• Manages and administers the plant's CMMS (SAP) and ensures that its use is optimized to control cost and boost reliability.
• Applies Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) techniques to help manufacturing areas address major reliability issues.
• Manages the plant's storeroom and works to minimize inventory value and operating cost while maximizing plant reliability. As such, manages and approves the set-up of all new spare parts.
• Works with storeroom personnel to assess the storeroom's performance level and its impact on unplanned equipment breakdown.
• Reinforces compliance with standards and specifications during the execution of work.
• Assists with reviews of new equipment and installations to improve maintainability.
• Participates in plant HAZOP analyses and other safety reviews.

Qualifications :

Qualifications that can set you apart...

We are ambitious! We have grown significantly both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we're recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety. We believe in high challenge, high support! We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring, and personal development planning. So, be up for an inspiring long-term career adventure. We personalize our approach to development! At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.