EQUIPMENT MANAGER

Knife River Corporation; Newman Lake (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

HSA/FSA

401(k) with match

PTO & holidays

Profit sharing

AIP bonus opportunities

Job summary

Knife River Prestress (KRPI) is seeking an Equipment Manager to lead maintenance strategy across its Northwest plants, aligning reliability and preventive maintenance with CAPEX initiatives. You will partner with plant leaders, asset management, and corporate teams to strengthen asset performance while upholding Knife River's safety-first culture.

This multi-plant role offers growth and a track record of impactful reliability improvements.

Qualifications

• Progressive maintenance leadership in manufacturing or heavy equipment environments.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience standardizing practices and coaching leaders.
• Ability to analyze downtime and drive improvements.
• Ability to pass pre-employment screenings.
• Safety-focused with track record of safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance strategy, execution standards, and reliability across KRPI plants.
• Align preventive maintenance, work order discipline, spare parts planning, downtime tracking, repair prioritization, and follow-through between plants.
• Partner with plant leadership and maintenance supervisors to schedule work, review progress, resolve barriers, and support consistent execution.
• Support asset planning, CAPEX development and implementation, reliability improvements, and maintenance-related compliance requirements.
• Support troubleshooting, repairs, fabrication, equipment upgrades, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Assure safety policies and procedures are followed and address unsafe actions, conditions, processes, or behaviors.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Asset reliability

CAPEX support

Cross-plant alignment

Safety leadership

Job description

Knife River Prestress (KRPI) is a leading precast concrete manufacturer serving commercial, industrial, infrastructure, parking, data center, and institutional markets across the western United States.

This is a multi-plant leadership role supporting KRPI’s operations. The KRPI Equipment Manager aligns maintenance practices between plants, improves equipment reliability, supports CAPEX execution, and partners with plant and corporate teams to strengthen long-term asset performance.

Position Summary:

The KRPI Equipment Manager leads maintenance strategy, standard work, asset reliability, and maintenance execution across KRPI's Northwest plants. This role partners with plant leaders, maintenance teams, the KRPI VP Operations, the Divisional Asset Manager, and corporate functions to align maintenance practices, strengthen preventive maintenance, support CAPEX development and implementation, and reinforce Knife River's safety-first culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead maintenance strategy, execution standards, and reliability across KRPI plants.


• Align preventive maintenance, work order discipline, spare parts planning, downtime tracking, repair prioritization, and follow-through between plants.


• Partner with plant leadership and maintenance supervisors to schedule work, review progress, resolve barriers, and support consistent execution.


• Support asset planning, CAPEX development and implementation, reliability improvements, and maintenance-related compliance requirements.


• Support troubleshooting, repairs, fabrication, equipment upgrades, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.


• Assure safety policies and procedures are followed and immediately address unsafe actions, conditions, processes, or behaviors.


• Coach and support maintenance leaders and team members with a professional, accountable, standards-based leadership style.


• Perform other duties as assigned to support safe, reliable, and productive KRPI operations.

Required Qualifications:

• Progressive maintenance, asset management, millwright, industrial mechanic, reliability, or related leadership experience in manufacturing, construction materials, industrial, or heavy equipment environments.


• Demonstrated leadership experience aligning teams, standardizing practices, coaching leaders, communicating priorities, and driving accountability.


• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with plant operations, maintenance teams, regional asset management, and corporate functions.


• Reliable, safety-minded, organized, and able to prioritize work under pressure in fast-moving plant environments.


• Ability to teach, troubleshoot, build systems, and support continuous improvement in maintenance planning and execution.


• Ability to pass applicable pre-employment screening, including background check, physical or functional exam, and drug screen.

Why Join KRPI?

• Lead high-impact maintenance and reliability work supporting safety, uptime, quality, productivity, and asset performance.


• Join a PEOPLE-first company focused on safety, teamwork, training, accountability, and operational excellence.


• Build a long-term career with strong benefits, AIP bonus opportunity, profit share, and advancement potential.

Military Experience:

Relevant military experience may include maintenance leadership, equipment repair, machinery technician, diesel technician, construction mechanic, facility maintenance, fleet maintenance, or maintenance supervisor experience.

• Medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life insurance, EAP, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays.


• AIP bonus opportunity, profit sharing, safety incentives, recognition, and applicable development programs.


• Supportive culture focused on safety, reliability, asset stewardship, continuous improvement, and practical leadership.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Knife River Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Employment is subject to applicable pre-employment screening consistent with company policy and law.

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