Maintenance Manager

Job Description
Overall Purpose and Objective of Position
This position is responsible for managing the maintenance process of a dry mill ethanol plant and works with management in an integrated team environment. Primary functions are to maximize productivity and product quality while minimizing costs and ensuring compliance with environmental, occupational health and safety regulations, and best practices.
Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions
Manages daily performance of the maintenance team to achieve or exceed Company objectives.
Provides daily guidance and instruction to the maintenance staff conducting repair of operating equipment, including removal, installation, rebuilding, lubrication and cleaning of all equipment associated with the production process.
Predictive and preventive maintenance scheduling which includes holding regular meetings with production personnel to plan/isolate and repair equipment problems in a scheduled down time; and implement and lead a future asset care module.
Develop and execute the site’s continuous improvement capital engineering plan, based off of asset life cycle and reliability data, and lead and execute Kaizen projects as required.
Maintains equipment information, repair files, and ensure parts data entry are up to date.
Oversees maintenance jobs and projects to be done safely, on time, and with minimum cost.
Collect and process predictive/reliability data from plants’ equipment to schedule repairs by keeping two-way communications with production personnel and maintenance manager.
Uses reliability data to conduct/manage root cause analysis to improve equipment safety, uptime and efficiency.
Coordinates with plant operations staff to accomplish all tasks in a timely and safe manner.
Learns plant process and procedures for plant start-up, shutdown, cleaning, and batching for better understanding of how equipment is utilized.
Conducts audits of the facility to ensure production operations are conducted in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with Company standards.
Maintains and updates maintenance process standard operating procedures; ensures that these procedures are followed, and Company standards are met.
Maintains proper coverage by managing maintenance staffing schedules.
Plans and manages maintenance budget to meet facility needs and production goals.
Promptly reports unsafe working conditions to management and communicates potential hazards to affected employees.  
Promptly reports all incidents to management and conducts incident investigation as soon as practicable; no later than 24 hours from time of incident.
Monitors the plant’s inventories of maintenance supplies and spare parts to ensure accuracy of information represented.
Makes improvements to the maintenance process as necessary to maximize efficiency, increase Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and/or lower costs.
Actively participates in the facility’s Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Program. 
Maintains good working knowledge of SHE policies, rules and procedures applicable to area of responsibility and ensures all applicable requirements are adhered to.  
Ensures employees are provided required training for area assigned, and jobs and tasks prior to assigning work.  
Ensures area of responsibility is maintained in orderly and safe manner.  
Ensures unsafe working conditions are remedied as soon as practicable.   
Additional Responsibilities
Supports the Safety, Health & Environment, (SHE) Manager in assessing the impact of occupational health and safety regulations, and environmental regulations on plant operations; coordinates the development and implementation of compliance plans.
Investigates any complaints concerning alleged unsafe or unhealthy working conditions; notifies the SHE Manager or Plant Manager accordingly.
Contributes to and supports implementation of the Company’s drug and alcohol testing policy, including random testing requirements.
Contributes to the development and implementation of strategies and tactics to improve occupational health and safety, as well as performance.
Other duties as assigned.