Maintenance Reliability Manager

About Verdant Specialty Solutions

Verdant Specialty Solutions is a global specialty chemical company. Its customers include world-leading personal care and home care brands, energy solutions providers, and industrial companies. Verdant’s vision is to be the go-to provider of batch specialty surfactant-based chemistry for applications in the consumer and industrial markets. Based in Houston, the company has nine locations in the US and Europe. Verdant’s international team of 280 employees are committed to safety, quality, and supply reliability.

Why Join Verdant?

Opportunities for growth Verdant is a fast-growing company that has the spirit of a small business. The company was formed in May 2021, so every employee plays an important role in culture and performance. It offers a dynamic ‘start up’ atmosphere with opportunities for professional growth.

Committed to safety Despite having the spirit of a small business, Verdant rivals larger companies in its commitment to safety. Verdant prides itself on industry-leading environmental, safety, health and quality standards. At Verdant, there is no priority higher than safety

About this Position

The primary role of this position is to lead and manage the maintenance, utilities, and stores functions at the site, focusing on equipment reliability in maintenance activities, along with leading the effort to move the plant and maintenance into a predictive, proactive state. The person in this position will ensure the efficient utilization of departmental resources to enforce and comply with Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) standards as set forth under various regulatory agencies and Verdant. Additionally, this position will continually improve equipment and utility reliability, optimize the stores function and implement cost efficiency measures.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As a member of the plant leadership team, the maintenance/reliability manager is jointly responsible for:
• Setting standards for safety and housekeeping.
• Fully participate in site HSE initiatives including performing periodic audits, incident investigations and housekeeping inspections.
• Conduct periodic departmental inspections to assure compliance to existing safety rules and procedures and to assess the effectiveness and need for other risk reduction activities within the departments.
• Assure all equipment safety inspections and audits are performed and documented.
• Instill discipline and accountability. Lead this effort by example.
• Enforce all site and Verdant safety rules and procedures within the maintenance, utility, and stores departments as well as contractors used in these activities. Lead by example.
• Assure appropriate and adequate HSE training is provided to, and understood by, all direct and indirect reports, and contractors.
• Assure mechanical integrity program is maintained and adhered to.
• Assure all maintenance and stores contractors understand and adhere to plant safety rules and procedures.
• Participate in regulatory and internal audits as needed.
• Represent Verdant through daily actions that reinforce the corporate values demonstrating personal commitment to a safe, healthy, and environmentally sound workplace for employees.
• Supervises staff and contractors with regard to hazardous and universal waste regulations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain general plant and operations facilities.
• Manage maintenance and departmental costs.
• Improve plant reliability through maintenance excellence pillars.
• Manage the utilities function for reliable, cost effective generation.
• Manage the storeroom for optimum cost, proper stock levels and high-quality items.
• Manage maintenance supervisor(s) and provide oversight of maintenance crews, both Verdant employees and outside contractors.
• Manage and execute small maintenance capital projects through the system and resources.
• Manage Maintenance Planner/Scheduler, Storeroom Coordinator, Maintenance Administrative Assistant, other contract technical resources and their activities.
• Instill discipline and accountability in execution of site and departmental plant policies/procedures. Lead this effort by example.
• Follow formal program of root cause identification/failure analysis and corrective actions for maintenance related failures.
• Provide the leadership to perform work in an orderly and proactive manner based on principles of reliable design and preventive/predictive maintenance practices.
• Develop, implement, and continually improve maintenance management systems including mechanical integrity programs, work order system, maintenance standards an