Maintenance Manager

This position will be responsible for developing and leading safe and effective maintenance and reliability activities for Teijin Carbon America’s (TCA) facility in Greenwood, SC. This role will also be a contract administrator for third-party factory maintenance services. This position is a key member of the TCA leadership team and will report to the Plant Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with all Environmental, Safety & Health (ESH) requirements.

• The primary person responsible for third-party factory maintenance service provider(s).

• Serve as the Factory Maintenance Contractor Administrator & manage all external maintenance contractors.

• Transfer knowledge from equipment suppliers into the TCA maintenance plans and systems.

• Transfer technical knowledge from other Teijin sites to TCA to develop robust maintenance systems.

• Support integration of maintenance resources with production to optimize resources.

• Assure maximization of warranty agreements.

• Support the budget development and assure compliance with the department operating budget, report variance to budget, and corrective actions.

• Lead maintenance activities for product changeovers and annual shutdowns. Partner with the production team.

• Responsible for tracking and communicating site KPIs.

• Coordinate with Central Utilities Plant (CUP) and Nitrogen supplier maintenance teams so work is seamless in both directions.

• Responsible for carrying out and overseeing implementation of small capital projects coordinated with Teijin corporate engineering and/or sub-contracted engineering firms for project execution.

• Responsible for calibration of measuring instruments in cooperation with external service providers and in coordination with quality assurance.

• Manage all regulatory maintenance requirements for TCA site.

• Provide cross-functional support to the organization as a leadership team member.

• Willingness to travel Domestic and Internationally 5%-10%

• Other duties as required

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

• Maintenance leadership experience in multi-shift manufacturing facility (10 years preferred).

• Experience working with third-party contract facility maintenance partners.

• Experience working with an international, culturally diverse team is preferred.

• Proven ability to manage and control budgets.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and superior organizational abilities.

• Proven experience leading Reliability and Predictive Maintenance programs.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and meet deadlines.

• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening and criminal background check.