Maintenance Manager Jobs

The Maintenance Manager is foremost a leader and responsible for making decisions regarding the proper functioning of all production equipment, services, facility equipment, and infrastructure. The role manages all maintenance and safety policies in the department. This includes the creation and execution of preventative and predictive programs, and equipment monitoring and repairs. The Maintenance Manager also coordinates the spare parts and equipment inventories that are managed by the storeroom coordinator, and third-party service contractors.

Key Responsibilities

• Available to coordinate emergency repairs
• Schedule, coordinate, train, and lead hourly employees and outside contractors
• Implement improvement projects (scope, cost estimation, request capital money, supervision of fieldwork, commissioning)
• Communicate with vendors on quotes, orders, and part identification
• Comply with all safety procedures and requirements including cGMP/Quality
• Maintain JDE software updated in part order requisitions and receive parts upon arrival
• Provide technical leadership for employees in implementing long term solutions to recurrent problems beyond their day-to-day work to reduce downtime or costs in the process units
• Responsible for maintaining and adhering to Safety & Health standards, actively participating in employee safety training, hazard prevention and control, worksite analysis, and exercising management leadership
• Create and maintain the information required for plant assets to facilitate the maintenance support of these assets
• Manage all aspects of the site maintenance department including fixed cost control and capex spend
• Work with team to ensure personnel coverage for production needs based on upcoming operating schedule. Work with maintenance Team and Lead to distribute and balance workload of both planned and trouble call work
• Ensure direct reports document daily work accomplished for entry into the maintenance management software

Required Education And Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering
• 5 or more years of Maintenance Supervisory/Management experience

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of mechanical conveying equipment (screw, drag, & belt conveyor, bucket elevators, dust collectors, rotary valves, centrifugal pumps, compressors, blowers, fans, mills, centrifuges, rotary dryers, and tanks)
• Communicate effectively both orally and writing
• Demonstrated knowledge of industrial maintenance techniques (PM, CMMS, RCM, TPM)
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Experience with process control systems, control I/O and PLC programming is a plus
• Experience in CAPEX
• Understanding of good engineering and safety practices
• Experience in Project Management is a plus
• Strong teamwork skills to collaborate with colleagues and to support the maintenance team
• Maintain detailed and accurate reports
• Able to troubleshoot control logic and control components

Environmental And/or Physical Requirements

• Frequent standing, bending, climbing (ladder/stairs), temperature changes, and plant field visits
• Occasional lifting (Avg 20 lbs-Max 70 lbs), squatting, operating mobile equipment (Cushman/Pick up truck), and office work

About Innophos

Innophos is a leading international producer of specialty ingredient solutions that deliver far-reaching, versatile benefits for the food, health, nutrition and industrial markets. We leverage our expertise in the science and technology of blending and formulating phosphate, mineral and botanical based ingredients for our customers.

Our people are the heart of our organization and the foundation of our success. We are driven by our core values of safety, diversity, integrity and collaboration.

Headquartered in Cranbury, New Jersey, Innophos has manufacturing operations across the United States, in Canada, Mexico and China and sells into over 70 countries.