Plant Maintenance Manager: Lead Reliability & EHS Excellence

3M; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 188,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

3M in Knoxville is seeking a Plant Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance and reliability initiatives across the site. You will drive EHS culture, manage capital projects, and partner with engineering, quality, and EHS to improve safety and productivity.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of plant maintenance or manufacturing operations, with 2 years in supervision. Travel up to 10% and relocation support may be available.

Qualifications

• Seven years of plant maintenance and/or manufacturing operations experience in a private, public, government, or military environment.
• Two years of supervisory and/or managerial experience in a private, public, government, or military environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start).

Responsibilities

• Drive EHS culture improvements through daily engagement with all operations on the site.
• Develop and execute a maintenance and reliability improvement plan that aligns with the manufacturing plant and business strategic objectives.
• Partner to identify, define, and install new and/or advance existing equipment to improve safety and productivity.
• Responsible for site renewal planning and execution as well as capital budget and driving capital project execution.
• Site leader for IFM, maintenance contacts and external services, including contractor coordination and oversight.
• Utilize and coach team to use systematic methodologies, such as root cause analysis, to identify and implement solutions to complex manufacturing problems.
• Collaborate with cross functional partners such as engineering, quality, EHS, to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.
• Leading and continually developing self and others at multiple levels of the organization through supervision, providing recognition, policy administration, continuous coaching for improvement and participation in hiring processes.

Skills

Plant maintenance

Manufacturing operations

Supervision/management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

3M in Knoxville is seeking a Plant Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance and reliability initiatives across the site. You will drive EHS culture, manage capital projects, and partner with engineering, quality, and EHS to improve safety and productivity.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of plant maintenance or manufacturing operations, with 2 years in supervision. Travel up to 10% and relocation support may be available.