Maintenance Manager - Cement

Irving Knight Group; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Irving Knight Group is seeking a senior maintenance leader to oversee mechanical, electrical, and preventive maintenance across a cement plant. You will lead planning, scheduling, and execution for kilns and ancillary equipment while managing a diverse maintenance team and contractors.

Responsibilities include developing preventive/predictive programs, reducing downtime, tracking KPIs, and ensuring safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Must have 10+ years maintenance experience, cement plant experience preferred.
• Must have 5+ years management/supervisory experience.
• Must have a degree; mechanical engineering preferred.
• Must be a US citizen or Green Card holder.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all mechanical, electrical, and preventive maintenance activities across the cement plant to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
• Lead daily maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution for kilns, mills, crushers, conveyors, fans, pumps, baghouses, and other plant equipment.
• Manage a team of maintenance supervisors, mechanics, electricians, and contractors.
• Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve equipment failures quickly to minimize production interruptions.
• Partner with production, operations, and reliability teams to coordinate maintenance work and shutdown planning.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs such as downtime, MTBF, MTTR, work order completion, and maintenance costs.
• Oversee spare parts inventory, critical spares strategy, and maintenance purchasing to support plant uptime.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements, including lockout/tagout and confined space procedures.
• Support and manage major shutdowns, rebuilds, and capital projects.
• Review equipment condition, identify root causes of recurring failures, and drive long term corrective actions.
• Manage maintenance budgets, labor utilization, contractor performance, and cost control.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure maintenance work is performed in accordance with company standards.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records in the CMMS/EAM system and drive disciplined work order management.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Maintenance planning

Maintenance scheduling

Troubleshooting

KPI tracking

Budget management

Safety compliance

CMMS usage

Shutdown planning

Team leadership

Spare parts management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Mechanical engineering degree (preferred)

Job description

• Oversee all mechanical, electrical, and preventive maintenance activities across the cement plant to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations
• Lead daily maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution for kilns, mills, crushers, conveyors, fans, pumps, baghouses, and other plant equipment
• Manage a team of maintenance supervisors, mechanics, electricians, and contractors
• Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability
• Troubleshoot and resolve equipment failures quickly to minimize production interruptions
• Partner with production, operations, and reliability teams to coordinate maintenance work and shutdown planning
• Monitor maintenance KPIs such as downtime, MTBF, MTTR, work order completion, and maintenance costs
• Oversee spare parts inventory, critical spares strategy, and maintenance purchasing to support plant uptime
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements, including lockout/tagout and confined space procedures
• Support and manage major shutdowns, rebuilds, and capital projects
• Review equipment condition, identify root causes of recurring failures, and drive long term corrective actions
• Manage maintenance budgets, labor utilization, contractor performance, and cost control
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure maintenance work is performed in accordance with company standards
• Maintain accurate maintenance records in the CMMS/EAM system and drive disciplined work order management

Requirements

• Must have 10+ years maintenance experience, cement plant experience preferred
• Must have 5+ years management/supervisory experience
• Must have a degree, mechanical engineering preferred
• Must be a US citizen or Green Card holder