Maintenance Manager

Smart4Sciences are working with a global chemical manufacturer who are looking to appoint an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance and reliability activities at their Cleveland facility.

This is a key leadership position responsible for driving equipment reliability, maintenance strategy, safety, continuous improvement and team development across the site.

The Role

• Lead and oversee all preventive and corrective maintenance activities across production equipment, machinery and facilities.


• Develop and implement maintenance strategies focused on maximizing uptime, improving reliability and minimizing production disruption.


• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) following equipment failures and implement long-term corrective actions.


• Manage maintenance activities through a CMMS, including work orders, preventive maintenance, asset history, inventory and performance metrics.


• Develop and maintain a rolling 3-year Maintenance, Facilities and Equipment plan.


• Lead, develop and mentor a team of maintenance supervisors, engineers and technicians, creating a culture of accountability, safety and continuous improvement.


• Manage maintenance scheduling and resources to support 24/7 operations where required.


• Develop and manage the annual maintenance budget, including contractors, spare parts, tools and services.


• Drive opportunities to reduce maintenance costs while maintaining high standards of safety, reliability and performance.


• Ensure maintenance activities comply with PSM requirements, including MOC, asset integrity, incident investigations, PHA activities and operating procedures.


• Champion a strong safety-first culture, including LOTO, PPE, audits and risk assessments.


• Drive reliability and continuous improvement using OEE, MTBF, MTTR and other maintenance KPIs.


• Implement Lean, TPM and/or Six Sigma initiatives to improve equipment performance and operational efficiency.


• Partner closely with Engineering and Operations on capital projects and site improvement initiatives.

The Person

The successful candidate will have:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management or a related technical discipline preferred.


• 5–10+ years of maintenance experience, including 3+ years in a leadership position; alternatively, significant technical maintenance experience with 5+ years of leadership.


• Experience managing maintenance teams within a manufacturing environment.


• Strong knowledge of PSM, MOC, RCA and asset reliability.


• Experience working with CMMS systems and maintenance performance metrics.


• Technical knowledge across equipment and systems including PLCs, boilers, chillers, cooling towers, thermal oxidizers, dust collection, solvent recovery, fire protection, nitrogen systems, bulk storage/transfer, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.


• A strong track record of developing technical teams and improving maintenance performance.


• Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Package

$130,000 - $150,000 basic + Excellent benefits

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Industry: Global Chemical Manufacturing

Employment: Permanent / Full-Time