Maintenance Manager

Blackbook Executive; Tauranga; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackbook Executive is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance, reliability and engineering across a chemical manufacturing site in New Zealand. You will drive uptime, safety and compliance while delivering maintenance programs and small capital projects.

The role combines hands-on leadership with autonomy to improve plant performance, mechanical integrity and overall site profitability in a complex process environment.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or relevant tertiary engineering qualification.
• 3+ years’ experience in a similar maintenance leadership role.
• Strong understanding of process/manufacturing environments.
• Experience managing maintenance contractors and external service providers.
• Experience managing shutdowns, budgets and maintenance programs.
• Understanding of Mechanical Integrity and Management of Change.
• Strong knowledge of industrial safety, compliance and risk management.
• Leadership capability with the ability to coach and influence teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site’s maintenance strategy, systems and day to day maintenance activities
• Drive plant reliability, uptime and equipment performance
• Lead maintenance planning, shutdowns and preventative maintenance programs
• Oversee contractors and the MaintenanceTeam
• Manage maintenance budgets, forecasts, spares and operational expenditure
• Lead smaller capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives
• Own key EHS systems including Mechanical Integrity, Management of Change and Fire Risk Management
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency and overall site profitability

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Project leadership

Contractor management

Safety & compliance

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

CMMS

Reliability analytics

Job description

Lead maintenance, reliability and engineering across aMHF manufacturing site.

The Opportunity
An established manufacturing business is looking for an experienced Maintenance Manager to take ownership of maintenance, reliability and engineering activities across a critical chemical manufacturing site.

This is a hands on leadership position where you’ll have genuine autonomy to improve plant reliability, uptime, maintenance systems and site performance, while ensuring the highest standards of safety and compliance.
You’ll work closely with the Site Manager,leading maintenance activities across a complex process environment where mechanical integrity, reliability and EHS are critical to the operation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the site’s maintenance strategy, systems and day to day maintenance activities
• Drive plant reliability, uptime and equipment performance
• Lead maintenance planning, shutdowns and preventative maintenance programs
• Oversee contractors andthe MaintenanceTeam
• Manage maintenance budgets, forecasts, spares and operational expenditure
• Lead smaller capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives
• Own key EHS systems including Mechanical Integrity, Management of Change and Fire Risk Management
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency and overall site profitability

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for an experienced Maintenance Managerwho has worked within a Chemical or MHF Manufacturing Site!
You’ll ideally bring:

• Engineering degree or relevant tertiary engineering qualification
• 3+ years’ experience in a similar maintenance leadership role
• Strong understanding of process/manufacturing environments
• Experience managing maintenance contractors and external service providers
• Experience managing shutdowns, budgets and maintenance programs
• Understanding of Mechanical Integrity and Management of Change
• Strong knowledge of industrial safety, compliance and risk management
• Leadership capability with the ability to coach and influence teams

Why This Role?

• Genuine ownership of site maintenance and reliability
• Opportunity to influence plant performance and long-term reliability
• Senior role within an established manufacturing operation
• Significant opportunity to implement new systems, technology and improvement initiatives
• Work within a technically complex chemical/process manufacturing environment

If you’re a Maintenance Manager who enjoys improving reliability, leading teams and making a measurable impact on plant performance, we’d like to hear from you.