Plant Maintenance & Reliability Leader

Austin Powder; Kentucky; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Powder is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the site’s maintenance and reliability organization, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of all manufacturing assets.

You will oversee maintenance execution, planning, scheduling, reliability engineering, contractor management, and workforce development, while collaborating with Operations and Engineering to improve equipment performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Industrial Maintenance, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Minimum 5 years of maintenance leadership experience.
• Experience with CMMS/EAM systems, maintenance planning and scheduling, and reliability programs.
• OSHA 1910.119 PSM experience preferred.
• Explosives experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Maintenance Supervisors, E&I Supervisor, Maintenance Planners, Reliability Engineers, Facilities Manager, and Inventory Clerk.
• Ensure all maintenance activities are executed safely and in compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and process safety standards.
• Drive maintenance work management processes, including planning, scheduling, backlog management, and work execution.
• Establish and monitor maintenance and reliability KPIs, developing action plans to improve performance.
• Lead reliability improvement initiatives, root cause analyses, and preventive/predictive maintenance programs.
• Manage maintenance budgets, contractor services, and maintenance-related capital projects.
• Support plant turnarounds, shutdowns, and major maintenance activities.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve equipment reliability, asset utilization, and overall plant performance.
• Develop training and workforce development programs to strengthen maintenance capabilities and succession planning.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Planning & scheduling

Safety compliance

Root cause analysis

Budget management

CMMS/EAM systems

Industrial maintenance

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

CMMS/EAM software

MS Excel

Job description

Austin Powder is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the site’s maintenance and reliability organization, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of all manufacturing assets.

You will oversee maintenance execution, planning, scheduling, reliability engineering, contractor management, and workforce development, while collaborating with Operations and Engineering to improve equipment performance.