Maintenance Manager
Job Summary
The Maintenance Manager directs and coordinates the activities of employees engaged in chemical production plant support in the functions of maintenance, utilities supply, electricity, treatment of incoming water, pretreatment of waste waters, air, and others. This position also provides business unit support, design, electrical, HMI programming and programming for PLC controls and automation.
Essential Functions
- Develops programs, procedures and practices to encourage employees to work safety in an environmentally responsible manner to achieve quality results at acceptable cost levels.
- Participates in safety, health, and environmental continuous improvement initiatives.
- Prepares budgets and monitors expenses.
- Plans, coordinates and oversees equipment rebuilds and upgrades.
- Provides mechanical and technical support for the business unit and home plant.
- Manages the predictive and preventative maintenance of the Avient Reliability Program. Key Business Unit resource and support person for these programs.
- Provides advisory support to the plant-engineering group.
- Maintains plant engineering standards and compliance.
- Drives the cultural changes necessary for the organization.
- Resolves personnel conflicts and ensures customer satisfaction.
- Develops systems and uses applicable tools to improve understanding of maintenance costs and utility measures relative to overall goals of reliability.Inspects and troubleshoots equipment as needed, including electrical, mechanical,
- controls and drives.
- Manages maintenance stores functions to properly support plant needs, including maintenance material and contracting needs, process material needs, raw material purchasing, and physical inventory.
- PLC and HMI Programming and troubleshooting.
- Electrical Controls Design and Troubleshooting
- Other projects/duties as assigned.
Competencies
- Leader of Others - Drives Engagement
- Leader of Others - Courage
- Leader of Others - Values Differences
- Leader of Others - Ensures Accountability
- Leader of Others - Develops Talent
- Leader of Others - Organizational Savvy
- Personal Skills - Stress Management
- Personal Skills - Reading/Comprehension
- Personal Skills - Self Motivated
- Personal Skills - Team Building
- Personal Skills - Time/Priority Management
- Software Skills - Microsoft Outlook
- Software Skills - Microsoft Word
- Software Skills - Microsoft Excel
- Personal Skills - Work on a Team
- Personal Skills - Organizational Skllls
Education and Experience
- Bachelors-Engineering or equiv exp
- Cross Functional - Budget Management 5 Years
- Cross Functional - Leadership Experience 3 Years
- Manufacturing - Utility Management 7 Years
- Cross Functional - Managing Direct Reports 3 Years
- Manufacturing - PLC Troubleshooting and Repair 7 Years
- Cross Functional - Manufacturing Industry 7 Years
- Manufacturing - Safety Procedures 7 Years
- Cross Functional - Process Improvement 7 Years
- Manufacturing - Mechanical 7 Years
- Manufacturing - Pneumatics 7 Years
- Cross Functional - Cost Management 5 Years
- Manufacturing - Maintenance Management 7 Years
Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS&S) Requirements
- Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization.
- Security includes physical security and cyber security.
Who We Are
Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
- Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
- Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
- Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
- Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility
Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.avient.com.
Why Avient
Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.
At Avient, we believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.