Senior Plant Maintenance Manager

Why work for WM?
Stability. Growth Opportunities. People-First Culture.

About the Sr Plant Maintenance Manager Role
You'll be responsible for planning, directing and controlling the efforts of the Maintenance Department required to sustain the safe and efficient operation of multiple recycling equipment and facilities while ensuring exceptional engineering practices.  You'll lead a 16-person team (including 3rd shift Maintenance Supervisor, administrative specialist, and technicians) across three (3) maintenance shifts.

Currently, our Minneapolis Material Recovery Facility (MRF) is going through an exciting retrofit project as part of an enterprise-wide initiative to upgrade the level of automation, throughput, and accuracy to our recycling operations.  Click here to see similar improvements we made recently at our MRF in Germantown, WI.

You can become a part of leading our sustainability mission at this state-of-the-art facility. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned. 

• Manages and executes the preventative maintenance program and maintenance of equipment and facilities to effectively reduce unscheduled down time.
• Direct leadership of maintenance team and other staff that may include contractors, consultants, and/or temporary employees.
• Develops, maintains and administers an organization qualified to maintain all equipment and facilities in a safe and efficient working condition.
• Coordinates maintenance tasks between operations, maintenance team and commercial venders to minimize down time.
• Performs plant inspections for safety, maintenance and process improvement opportunities. Generate work requests from findings of maintenance inspections.
• Conduct weekly maintenance operations meetings to insure all safety and mechanical issues are addressed in a timely manner. Perform safety related inspections and lead safety training for maintenance staff.
• Works with district/site management on cost studies for equipment and facilities to reduce operating costs. Consults with departments regarding desirable modifications of existing equipment and facilities and the possible replacement of existing equipment which will improve operations and maintenance.
• Analyzes cost studies of proposals for new facilities and equipment in the department designed to reduce operating costs. Make recommendations to the Plant Manager.
• Compile and analyze reports to plan and assign tasks to the maintenance team for up coming PM inspections & work requests.
• Manage department financials, maintenance budget and spend. Control labor costs. Generate monthly financial reports for the site Controller.
• Plans and provides for an adequate supply and ensures control over spare parts and maintenance supplies. Orders parts and supplies utilizing maintenance database and corporate purchasing program.
• Audits all completed Work Orders to insure all parts, labor and commercial venders are charged out correctly to the unit
• Build a good working relationship with all vendors to insure materials, supplies and third party repairs are delivered and accomplished to WM standards
• Attend and participate in all required financial, operation, safety and maintenance meetings.
• Responsible for hiring, on-going staff development, performance reviews and employee coaching and discipline.
• Coordinates and oversees the efficient maintenance of all plant transportation equipment.
• Develops objectives and standards of performance for projects within the maintenance department required to meet departmental, divisional and corporate goals and objectives.
• Maintains a clean, safe work area in compliance with Corporate/OSHA Standards, and performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures.
   

What does it take to be a Sr Plant Maintenance Manager?
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

Education and Experience

• Required: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, and seven to ten years previous experience in engineering or maintenance of equipment and facilities. 

Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

• Understanding of maintenance repairs and working knowledge of welding, conveyor equipment, motors, gearboxes, pumps, hydraulics, electrics, pneumatics, balers and compressors.
• Knowledge of computer based software such as; Windows, Excel, Power Point, Word.
• Accounting principles
• Budget p