Maintenance Manager

LHH; Manteno (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Paid time off (PTO)

Sick leave

Team building events

Food trucks

Great environment

Job summary

LHH is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance operations in a specialty chemical manufacturing environment. This role prioritizes safe, reliable, and cost-effective execution across mechanical, electrical/instrumentation, welding, planning, storeroom/MRO, contractor, and turnaround activities.

The ideal candidate is an engineering-based leader who thrives in a hands-on setting, uses data to drive decisions, and effectively guides teams through continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a chemical, mechanical, or industrial engineering field.
• 10+ years of maintenance experience in a PSM chemical manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance teams and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing maintenance organization, including supervisors, planners, mechanics, E&I technicians, welders, storeroom personnel, and contractors.
• Drive a culture of safety, accountability, ownership, and operational excellence.
• Manage routine, preventive, corrective, emergency, outage, and startup maintenance activities.
• Support root cause investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Improve backlog management, PM compliance, and MRO inventory effectiveness.
• Oversee maintenance budgets, labor costs, contractors, inventory, and turnaround spending through data-driven financial analysis.
• Support planning and execution of plant turnarounds, shutdowns, and high-risk maintenance projects.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, PSM, GMP, environmental, quality, LOTO, confined space, hot work, and contractor safety requirements.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Mechanical Integrity, Procurement, Safety, Quality, and site leadership to achieve business objectives.
• Approximately 25 Direct and Indirect Reports

Skills

Maintenance planning

PM optimization

Backlog management

KPI-driven performance

Rotating/fixed equipment knowledge

AI/data analytics

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Job description

• LHH is seeking an experienced and highly independent Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance operations in a specialty chemical manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for driving safe, reliable, and cost-effective maintenance execution across mechanical, electrical/instrumentation, welding, planning, storeroom/MRO, contractor, and turnaround activities. The ideal candidate is an engineering-based leader who thrives in a hands-on environment, leverages data to drive decisions, and successfully leads teams through continuous improvement initiatives. The anticipated pay range for this role is between $125K-$155K

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a high-performing maintenance organization, including supervisors, planners, mechanics, E&I technicians, welders, storeroom personnel, and contractors.
• Drive a culture of safety, accountability, ownership, and operational excellence.
• Manage routine, preventive, corrective, emergency, outage, and startup maintenance activities.
• Support root cause investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Improve backlog management, PM compliance, and MRO inventory effectiveness.
• Oversee maintenance budgets, labor costs, contractors, inventory, and turnaround spending through data-driven financial analysis.
• Support planning and execution of plant turnarounds, shutdowns, and high-risk maintenance projects.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, PSM, GMP, environmental, quality, LOTO, confined space, hot work, and contractor safety requirements.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Mechanical Integrity, Procurement, Safety, Quality, and site leadership to achieve business objectives.
• Approximately 25 Direct and Indirect Reports

Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.

Experience

• 10+ years of maintenance experience within a PSM chemical manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance teams and contractors.
• Proven experience managing maintenance budgets, forecasts, labor, contractors, and MRO inventory.
• Strong turnaround/shutdown planning and execution experience.
• Ability to leverage AI tools and advanced data analysis to improve workplace effectiveness.

Technical Skills

• Maintenance planning and scheduling, PM optimization, backlog management, and KPI-driven performance.
• Knowledge of rotating and fixed equipment, including pumps, compressors, reactors, heat exchangers, piping, and instrumentation.
• Understanding of welding, metallurgy, and fabrication practices under ASME and API standards.

Additional Requirements

• High sense of urgency and ability to respond to emergency and non-routine operational events.
• Available for occasional after-hours support, turnarounds, and plant shutdowns.
• Ability to lift to 60 lbs.
• Comfortable working around hazardous chemicals and high-temperature operating environments.
• 401k (100% match on the first 5%)
• Employee & Team Building Outings, Food Truck, Great environment
• PTO – typically 3 weeks + 3 floating days (18 days total)
• Paid Sick Leave where applicable by law
• Available for occasional after-hours support, turnarounds, and plant shutdowns.

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