Maintenance & Projects Manager

The Maintenance & Projects Manager ensures the reliable, safe, and efficient operation of all plant equipment and facilities while leading maintenance, repair, and improvement initiatives. This role focuses on maximizing equipment uptime, optimizing production processes, controlling maintenance and repair (M&R) costs, managing spare parts and inventory, and delivering capital and improvement projects on time and within budget. By coordinating engineering, maintenance, and project teams, the manager drives operational excellence, continuous improvement, and value creation while fostering a strong safety culture and ensuring compliance with environmental, quality, and regulatory standards.

Competencies

• Effective Communication: Communicates clearly across plant departments, ensuring alignment and follow-through; demonstrates strong listening and influence skills to drive collaboration and results.
• Ownership and Accountability: Takes responsibility for maintaining and longevity of plant equipment and facilities
• Critical Thinking and Decision Making: Strong problem-solving skills to quickly identify issues and implement timely effective solutions
• Time Management: Ability to prioritize tasks and be able to focus on the most important tasks
• Safety: Promotes safe working environment by adhering to safety standards and regulations
• Environmental: Maintains an awareness and complies with hazardous waste management and other environmental management requirements in the workplace
• Collaboration and Influence: Builds a collaborative environment by effectively influencing, motivating, and working cross-functionally to achieve shared goals
• Empowering Others: Empowers team members to take ownership and drive results, leveraging data to share positive results and celebrate team accomplishments
• Asset Management: Tracks and plans for upgrades, replacements and decommissioning
• Budgeting and Cost Management: Prepare and manage budgets for maintenance operations while identifying opportunities to optimize resources and reduce expenses.

Skills

• Technical and engineering skills: Knowledge of plant engineering functions and system integration
• Ability to negotiate with contractors for facilities/building maintenance.
• Ability to estimate, budget and prepare AFE’s for capital projects
• Ability to develop and manage maintenance programs
• Knowledge of utility systems, cost tracking, and conservation methods
• Strong understanding of preventive maintenance systems and documentation

Accountabilities

• Ensure plant equipment and systems operate reliably and efficiently. Oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to maximize uptime. Manage spare parts inventory to minimize downtime and support maintenance needs.
• Plan, execute, and deliver capital and improvement projects on time and within budget. Coordinate with engineering and other plant teams to implement process or facility upgrades. Monitor project performance and ensure adherence to designs, specifications, and standards.
• Control maintenance and repair (M&R) costs, optimizing resource allocation. Develop and manage maintenance budgets and AFEs for projects, Identify opportunities for cost savings and value creation through process optimization.
• Foster and maintain a strong safety culture across maintenance and project teams. Ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety, and quality regulations. Monitor facility conditions to meet safety, food safety, and housekeeping standards.
• Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team. Maintain positive labor relations and promote employee engagement and trust. Communicate effectively with plant leadership, engineering, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Track and report key performance metrics for maintenance, uptime, and projects. Identify areas for process improvement, efficiency gains, and reduced spoilage. Implement best practices and standardized procedures to drive operational excellence.

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