Maintenance Manager, Fixed & Rotating

southern recruiting solutions, inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided.

Job summary

Southern Recruiting Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Manager for Fixed & Rotating Equipment in San Francisco. You will lead the engineering team, set priorities, and drive reliability across fixed and rotating equipment in a chemical/process environment.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, 10+ years on fixed/rotating equipment, and 5+ years in management. You will oversee compliance, MOC/HAZOP processes, and major maintenance projects with relocation provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience with fixed and rotating equipment in process industries.
• 5+ years of management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the fixed and rotating equipment engineering team and set department priorities and objectives.
• Provide technical leadership for pressure vessels, piping, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, compressors, and other critical equipment.
• Develop and maintain equipment reliability and mechanical integrity programs.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, API, ASME, NFPA, and applicable standards.
• Oversee inspection, testing, repair, and maintenance strategies for fixed equipment.
• Provide technical direction for rotating equipment reliability, predictive maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Review equipment failures and lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Develop and manage equipment replacement, reliability, and capital improvement projects.
• Establish equipment criticality assessments and risk-based inspection strategies.
• Support MOC, PHA/HAZOP, PSSR, and process safety initiatives.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Process Engineering, and EHS teams.
• Provide engineering support for turnarounds, outages, and major maintenance activities.
• Evaluate equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and operating efficiency.
• Manage engineering consultants, contractors, equipment suppliers, and inspection service providers.
• Review equipment specifications, engineering designs, calculations, and vendor documentation.
• Develop department budgets, capital plans, and long-term equipment reliability strategies.
• Identify and implement technologies that improve equipment reliability and predictive maintenance.
• Relocation provided.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Troubleshooting

Communication

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• The Maintenance Manager, Fixed & Rotating Equipment will lead the fixed and rotating equipment engineering team and establish department priorities and objectives.
• Provide technical leadership for pressure vessels, piping, heat exchangers, tanks, pumps, compressors, and other critical equipment.
• Develop and maintain equipment reliability and mechanical integrity programs.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, API, ASME, NFPA, and applicable chemical industry standards.
• Oversee inspection, testing, repair, and maintenance strategies for fixed equipment.
• Provide technical direction for rotating equipment reliability, predictive maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Review equipment failures and lead root-cause failure analysis and corrective actions.
• Develop and manage equipment replacement, reliability, and capital improvement projects.
• Establish equipment criticality assessments and risk-based inspection strategies.
• Support Management of Change (MOC), PHA/HAZOP, PSSR, and process safety initiatives.
• Partner closely with Operations, Maintenance, Process Engineering, and EHS teams.
• Provide engineering support for turnarounds, outages, and major maintenance activities.
• Evaluate equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and operating efficiency.
• Manage engineering consultants, contractors, equipment suppliers, and inspection service providers.
• Review equipment specifications, engineering designs, calculations, and vendor documentation.
• Develop department budgets, capital plans, and long-term equipment reliability strategies.
• Identify and implement technologies that improve equipment reliability and predictive maintenance.
• Relocation provided.

Requirements

• The Maintenance Manager, Fixed & Rotating Equipment, will have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline required.
• Typically requires 10+ years of experience with fixed and rotating equipment in a chemical plant, refinery, or other process manufacturing environment. 5+ years of management experience.
• Strong leadership, project management, troubleshooting, communication, and decision-making skills are required.
• Must be legally eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.