Manager - Maintenance

Who we are

For more than 40 years, Reworld has been a leader in sustainable waste solutions, providing our customers with innovative solutions that help them achieve carbon-negative outcomes.

Our Vision

Reworld is leading the charge to a carbon-negative future through revolutionary sustainable materials management solutions that reduce, reuse, recycle and reimagine waste for the benefit of society and the environment.

Our Business

Reworld partners with businesses by offering cutting-edge engineering and innovative solutions, to help customers reduce, reuse, recycle and recover value from waste streams and meet or exceed their sustainability goals.

Our Value

Reworld's differentiator comes from our ecosystem of technology, facilities and partnerships, trusted by the world's largest organizations to reimagine waste management for a smarter, more sustainable world.

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About the role

Reporting to the Facility Manager, the Maintenance Manager provides functional leadership and direction to the maintenance team and reports directly to the Facility Manager. This individual must be a proven leader capable of providing vision and leadership to achieve daily, yearly, and long-term asset reliability goals through the application of maintenance best practices site-wide. The Maintenance Manager is responsible for overseeing the personnel and activities of the maintenance department, ensuring compliance with established safety protocols, federal and state environmental regulations, maintenance schedules, output requirements, and contractual obligations.

The ideal candidate will have a strong working knowledge of maintenance, reliability, mechanical integrity, and quality assurance best practices. They must possess the organizational capability to work across multiple functions and systems, and communicate effectively with operators, mechanics, peers, and leadership. Additionally, they should be able to lead improvement teams, network with professional organizations, and maintain strong connections to regional and corporate M&R and technical groups. The position includes direct reports such as Fleet / Heavy Equipment Mechanics and Storekeeper.

Key Responsibilities:

* Prioritizes all maintenance and maintenance-related project activities to ensure optimal facility performance relative to available resources (personnel, finances, and allotted time).

* Act as a Safety Leader to ensure individual and team Safety remain top priority in the planning and execution of all tasks.

* Continuous improvement in maintenance approach, encourage initiatives intended to reduce safety risk, increase productivity and efficiency, reduce maintenance cost.

Ability to demonstrate how your actions support Reworld Values and Behaviors, including Safe and Inclusive Workplace, Delivering Results through Trust and Building Breakthrough Capabilities.

* Lead in the promotion of a strong safety and environmental stewardship culture. Ensure good maintenance & reliability practices are followed. Contribute with managerial and leadership expertise to events that impact the safety, health and environmental performance of the site.

* Plan, develop, and implement new methods and procedures designed to improve operations, minimize operating costs, and effect greater utilization of labor and materials.

* Lead the selection, assignment, development, coaching and performance evaluation of the maintenance team. Develop self, direct reports, and other leaders and subordinates.

* Manage Maintenance Shops comprised of both heavy equipment and diesel fleet mechanics.

* Maintain the buildings and grounds to satisfactory metrics. This includes preventative maintenance for industrial equipment such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical landscaping. Winter preparedness duties and responsibilities.

* Develop a 5-year long-term maintenance plan for the site.

* Maintain a metric dashboard for maintenance that drives improvement and helps prioritize actions.

* Develop yearly and monthly maintenance budgets and the activities to ensure alignment and achievement of budgets.

* Provide overall leadership and direction for the site Work Management Program (WMP) to be cost competitive by utilizing correct application of best practices.

* Support a Computer Maintenance Management System and other associated tools.

* Drive reliability improvements and identify gaps between the reliability goals and plant performance.

* Set expectations for the reliability efforts to develop solutions to repetitive failures through root cause analysis and through preventive and predictive maintenance practices.

* Inspect operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.

* Confer with management, engineering, and quality control personnel to resolve maintenance problems, and recommend measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment.

* Manages the activities of the facilities maintenance department, ensuring the effective execution of the maintenance department's job responsibilities

* Provides technical expertise and directs coordination of the department and support personnel in upgrading of equipment and development of systems and design changes for the enhancement of overall plant reliability, efficiency, and economy

Ability to demonstrate how your actions support Reworld Values and Behaviors, including Safe and Inclusive Workplace, Delivering Results through Trust and Building Breakthrough Capabilities.

* Oversees the planning and assures coordination of all participating site personnel and outside contractors in all major projects and scheduled site projects

* Position involves substantial planning of activities along with developing documented reporting.

* Assures compliance with all government regulations, environmental standards and all plant safety procedures and programs

* Administers human resources within the department, participating in the recruitment and hiring of qualified personnel, completing annual performance/coaching reviews, assuring that all personnel are adequately trained, assessing each individual's performance on a regular basis, and ensuring that corrective actions procedures are followed when appropriate

* Develop maintenance programs and schedules to optimize use of staffing and effective completion of preventative maintenance.

* Other duties and tasks as assigned by manager.

Qualifications:

* Minimum 8 years of experience in the maintenance experience with heavy equipment and truck maintenance and repair, crane experience strongly preferred.

* Must possess a minimum of high school diploma or equivalent, Bachelor's degree preferre

* Strong organizational and technical writing ability for converting vendor manuals into plant-specific procedures, such as inspections and preventative maintenance

Excellent team building skills/leadership skills

* Familiar with reliability tools such as Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)

Ability to demonstrate how your actions support Reworld Values and Behaviors, including Safe and Inclusive Workplace, Delivering Results through Trust and Building Breakthrough Capabilities.

* Solid understanding of Lean, 5S and other reliability process improvements tools in order to move the organization into a more competitive position.

* Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skill

* Excellent computer skills

Physical Demands

* Ability to walk, stand, sit, and climb

* Ability to lift/carry 50lbs

* Ability to work from heights and in confined spaces

* Qualify to wear a full-face respirator

* Consistently work in various weather conditions

What Reworld Offers You:

* Health Care Benefits - start 1st day of employment

* Wellness Program Incentives & Rewards

* 401k - match up to 7%

* Paid Time Off (Vacation & Holiday)

* Paid Parental Leave

* Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Benefits

* Tuition Reimbursement

* Employee Referral Bonus

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Our DEI Commitment

Reworld is an Equal Opportunity Employer, has developed an Affirmative Action Program (AAP), and will not discriminate against any qualified applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability (including perceived disability, physical, mental, and/or intellectual disabilities), veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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