Manager, Maintenance and Engineering

Hollingsworth & Vose; Hawkinsville (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hollingsworth & Vose in Hawkinsville, GA seeks a senior operations leader to guide maintenance, reliability, facilities, and capital engineering for safe, compliant, and cost-effective plant performance. You will lead maintenance teams, set asset-management strategies, and ensure plans are met.

The role requires a strong background in maintenance planning, budgeting, RCFA/RCM, and cross-functional collaboration to reduce downtime and drive continuous improvement across the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field; relevant experience considered.
• 7+ years in maintenance, engineering, or reliability in a continuous-process setting with leadership.
• Experience in maintenance planning, reliability improvement, capital projects, RCFA/RCM, and budgeting.
• Pulp and paper or comparable process industry background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, reliability, facilities, and capital engineering programs aligned with plant priorities.
• Establish safe work practices and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies.
• Lead planning, scheduling, shutdown prep, and coordination with Operations.
• Monitor PM and schedule KPIs, backlog, downtime, and maintenance costs using CMMS data.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring downtime events.
• Manage maintenance budget, contractor costs, and spare-parts strategy.
• Ensure asset coverage with proper plans, drawings, and documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Kaizen, waste reduction, cost saving).
• Oversee capital projects from scope to closeout and provide technical leadership across electrical, instrumentation, and mechanical systems.
• Develop team capability through coaching, training, and performance management.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

Budget management

RCFA/RCM

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

CMMS

Job description

H&V is a global leader in filtration and energy storage solutions. Our advanced materials are used in nearly every industry and touch every aspect of modern life. Wherever you work, live or travel, chances are an H&V solution is close by, contributing to a cleaner, healthier, more sustainable world. H&V serves the world from 13 strategically located facilities. Our footprint in the Americas, Europe and Asia lets us meet the unique requirements of global and regional customers efficiently, accurately and cost effectively, while capturing supply chain efficiencies. These advantages help make H&V a valuable partner and a true worldwide leader. Our success comes from our ability to adapt, our values and the people of H&V. We act with integrity, and we treat customers, partners and each other with dignity and respect. We live these values every day and could not have prospered for more than 200 years without them.

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides leadership for plant maintenance, reliability, facilities, and capital engineering to support safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operations. Leads the maintenance and facilities teams, develops asset-management strategies, and ensures annual operating and capital plans are achieved.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead maintenance, reliability, facilities, and capital engineering programs in alignment with plant priorities.
• Establish and enforce safe work practices for employees and contractors, including electrical, mechanical, controls, installation, repair, and maintenance activities.
• Partner with the Site EH&S Manager to improve safety and environmental performance and maintain applicable regulatory compliance.
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies that improve equipment availability and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Lead maintenance planning and scheduling, shutdown preparation, work prioritization, and coordination with Operations.
• Use CMMS data and maintenance KPIs to monitor PM compliance, schedule compliance, backlog, downtime, labor utilization, and maintenance cost.
• Lead root cause failure analysis and corrective actions for recurring equipment failures and significant downtime events.
• Manage the maintenance budget, contractor costs, spare-parts strategy, and other resources within the annual operating plan.
• Ensure critical assets have effective maintenance plans, job plans, drawings, documentation, and appropriate spare-parts coverage.
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement efforts, including Lean, Kaizen, waste reduction, equipment optimization, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Identify, prioritize, and implement reliability and process improvements using performance data and cross-functional problem solving.
• Lead capital projects from scope development and justification through design, installation, commissioning, and closeout.
• Provide technical leadership for electrical, instrumentation, controls, and mechanical systems, including new equipment installations.
• Develop team capability through clear expectations, coaching, training plans, competency assessment, and performance management.
• Build strong partnerships with Operations, EH&S, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Finance to support plant goals.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Minimum seven years of maintenance, engineering, or reliability experience in a continuous-process industrial environment, including leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience with maintenance planning and scheduling, reliability improvement, capital projects, root cause analysis, and budget management.
• Pulp and paper or comparable process-industry experience preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND COMPETENCIES

• Strong safety leadership, project management, problem-solving, and financial-management skills.
• Working knowledge of CMMS, preventive and predictive maintenance, RCFA, RCM, critical-spares management, and maintenance performance metrics.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage contractors, balance multiple priorities, and meet cost and schedule commitments.
• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, and process-control systems is preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Ability to work in an industrial manufacturing environment, including heat, humidity, noise, elevated areas, and confined spaces, while using required PPE.
• Ability to stand, walk, climb ladders, bend, reach, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Occasional overtime, nights, weekends, holidays, and travel may be required for shutdowns, breakdowns, projects, and business needs.

Hollingsworth & Vose is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.