Sr. Manager - Maintenance, Controls & Capital Implementation

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The Senior Manager - Maintenance, Controls & Capital Implementation leads site asset reliability, process automation systems, and capital execution at the ALAS Newport facility. Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Manufacturing, this position manages a multi-disciplinary technical team to maximize equipment uptime, maintain control system integrity, and execute plant capital projects while upholding safety, quality, and regulatory standards. This position manages a group supporting a 24/7 operational environment.  They are responsible for establishing & championing best practices in maintenance management for both corrective and preventative maintenance in support of achieving the organization’s objectives in quality, delivery, and cost.

Job Responsiblities:

• Responsible for the overall direction and effective coordination of the Maintenance Department activities. This position ensures that work is properly planned and safely executed in a timely manner for plant reliability

• Utilize a Computerized Maintenance Management System to review KPI’s, Develop WO plans, manage backlog, and ensure PM/CM optimization

• Establish, monitor, analyze, and own KPI’s.  Use the data to identify, prioritize, and focus improvement efforts

• Identify reliability risks and vulnerabilities, and mitigate with capital plans, redundancies, or with emergency plans

• Ensure Work orders are scheduled and completed per the weekly/ bi-weekly maintenance schedule

• Oversee training and development of all departmental staff to ensure technicians are meeting minimum qualifications and are progressing on-schedule

• Perform Root Cause Analysis for equipment/systems to improve reliability and performance

• Select, train, and manage new hires in the department to maintain a motivated, diverse-skilled, cross-trained, and technically capable work group

• Accountable for cost control for the maintenance function, including establishing and meeting fixed cost objectives, along with other metrics including overtime, PSM compliance, and training compliance

• Serve as Process Owner for GP-09 - Air Liquide’s Industrial Management System (IMS) Group Procedure for Maintenance, as well as related elements of the Quality Management System

• Ensure compliance with regulatory, IMS, and quality system requirements related to the maintenance and design of utilities

• Sets expectations for adherence to policies and procedures and safety standards. Drives for high standard of employee morale, ethics and respectful treatment and behavior

• Manage emergency maintenance needs affecting utilities or buildings and grounds

• Manage the upkeep of the buildings and grounds

• Remain up to date on recommendations from Boiler Condition Assessment Reports.

• Remain up to date on recommendations from Vibration Analysis

• Manage the selection of contractors, and manage the relationships

• Manages maintenance cost and quality of contracted services

• Responsible for effectively managing daily maintenance work and shutdowns and for managing the customer interface with Operations counterparts

• Oversee the daily maintenance, continuous operation, and upgrading of site PLCs, HMIs, data acquisition networks, and control systems

• Partner with manufacturing and process teams to support reliable control logic across multi-step continuous and batch process equipment.  

• Ensure process control architectures maintain high operational stability, network security, and instrumentation accuracy.

• Accountable for the functionality and reliability of the facilities server  

• Oversee all stages of site capital projects, facility upgrades, and equipment installations following standard investment guidelines.  

• Manage project scoping, cost estimation, risk assessments, Management of Change (MOC) processes, site safety, and commissioning activities. 

• Provide monthly updates of the status of all capital projects 

• Maintain accurate plant equipment records, including P&IDs, electrical schematics, and as-built documentation. 

• All applicants must possess a high school diploma or GED .

• Candidates must have valid employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not open for non-immigrant visa sponsorship.

• 10 years industrial maintenance experience

• 5 years maintenance management/supervision or reliability work experience in an industrial process

• Contractor/vendor management experience

• Knowledge of machinery vibration analysis methods, thermography, condition assessment via instrumentation and field experience performing each or other NDT methods.

• Knowledge of HVAC systems, air compressors, chillers, water coolers, boilers, steam and condensate piping systems, power distribution, nitrogen generators, DI water systems, and fire protection systems

• Knowledge of industrial codes and standards ex: ASME, NBIC, OSHA, NFPA.

• Proficiency in MS Office, especially with Excel (spreadsheets, modeling, and pivot tables), Outlook, and Access.

• Working knowledge of processing facility equipment including piping, mechanical, electrical (including PLC’s), pneumatic and hydraulic systems of equipment is necessary.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• High-hazard PSM experience

• Work Management Process (WMP) understanding

• Detail work/job planning and work hazard analysis

• Failure mode analysis and failure analysis techniques

• Industrial facility maintenance practices

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.