This position is responsible for providing technical direction, administrative support, and support to the maintenance department. It also assists in plant cost savings initiatives.
Responsibilities
* Manage and lead the activities of the maintenance and engineering teams to ensure process safety, safety, environmental, reliability, and cost goals of the refinery are achieved.
* Assure all work is performed safely and in compliance with environmental regulations
* Develop training plans and evaluate performance to aid operator training and coaching to develop operator skills on all lines.
* Drive continuous improvement using metrics and benchmarking to validate performance and by understanding root causes of failures.
* Develop and implement corrective action initiatives and programs to improve maintenance, control process, and engineering performance as required
* Responsible for managing preventive and predictive maintenance initiatives and programs
* Oversee contractor activities and performance as utilized to supplement Maintenance Department
* Develops and manages the maintenance and engineering capital project budgets and supports other departments with developing spending plans.
* Oversee and manage expenditures and continuously track, manage, and adjust spending to ensure performance to budget plans
* Oversee outage planning and execution through active participation in scope development, providing justification for work items, and providing support during commissioning of equipment, shutdown/startup and outage timeframe
* Ensure all Corporate & HR personnel policies and practices are understood and enforced
* Establish a working relationship with other staff and departmental managers to be sure activities across the Maintenance team support their needs as customers.
Performance Indicators
Safety & Compliance
* Number of safety incidents / near misses involving engineering work.
* Percentage of planned work executed with risk assessments / permits in place.
Maintenance & Reliability
* Planned vs. unplanned maintenance
* Downtime % vs targets
* OEE metrics to budgeted targets
Project & Work Execution
* Planned vs. actual project completion
* Budget adherence (CAPEX and OPEX projects within cost).
* Engineering change implementation time (from request to completion).
* Average response time to breakdown requests.
* % of downtime attributed to engineering delays.
Cost & Resource Management
* Spare parts stock-out incidents.
* % of budget spent on reactive vs preventive work.
* Energy/utilities consumption linked to equipment inefficiency.
* Number of improvement initiatives implemented (Kaizen, Lean, 5S, AM/PM).
* % of engineering solutions standardized or digitalized (e.g., predictive maintenance, CMMS usage).
Skills/Qualifications
* 5 years maintenance experience preferred including:
* Computer Maintenance Management Systems (preferably SAP)
* Planning and Scheduling
* Preventative/Predictive/Precision Maintenance
* Reliability Engineering
* Proficient with Microsoft Office, Outlook, and internet research skills
* PLC/Controls Programming preferred
* Project Management
* Leader with exceptional communication skills, good organization, and the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization
* Previous environmental experience is a plus
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
Packaging and Containers Manufacturing and Manufacturing
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