Senior Manager Maintenance & Reliability - Northeast

Messer Americas; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Career progression opportunities

Ongoing training

Job summary

Messer Americas, based in Bethlehem, PA, is seeking a Reliability and Maintenance Manager to oversee operations in our plants. The role emphasizes safety, efficiency, and compliance within all sites in the area. Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and a minimum of 15 years in an operational setting.

The position entails continuous improvement initiatives, leading multi-discipline teams, and managing maintenance strategies to ensure operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience in operational and engineering environment.
• Experience with Air Separation preferred.
• Continuous improvement and change management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Area Reliability and Maintenance team ensuring safety and reliability.
• Manage multi-discipline engineers providing maintenance support.
• Drive performance improvements through KPIs.

Skills

Strong communications skills

Attention to detail

Team management

Operational safety leadership

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline (Mechanical or Electrical Preferred)

Tools

CMMS systems

SAP PM

Job description

Why Messer?

Messer is the world's largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on.

The true strength of Messer is our people-at every level and in every role.

Join us and take pride in the impact you will make by providing solutions essential to our world and lives. Reach your highest potential at our stable, inclusive company with diverse opportunities in a growing industry, supported by people who care.

Messer stands apart because we put what matters first, and you matter.

Principal Responsibilities

• Supports the Area Production Director in achieving key outcomes in safety, reliability, efficiency, cost, and customer service.
• Leads the Area Reliability and Maintenance team by establishing a culture of safety in working and in the execution of all aspects of the team's role requirements.
• Ensures compliance with all safety, health, environmental and quality standards within the area.
• Leads a team of multi-discipline engineers that provide technical, troubleshooting and maintenance support for all machinery, mechanical equipment, electrical, controls and instrumentation within all ASU, CO2, H2, and He plants in the area.
• Demonstrates HPO continuous improvement by sharing best practices employed or developed in Messer Americas and adopt best practices identified by global peers.
• Supports the effort for continuous improvement through EMBRACE and Six Sigma programs.
• Ensures the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all plants and plant equipment within the area by:
• Assuring all incidents are properly investigated, required reports are issued, and corrective actions are completed on time.
• Ensuring that any and all modifications to existing assets strictly follow the Management of Change Process (MOC), comply with internal and external regulatory codes, standards, and best practices, as well as provide technical review and approval of all changes within area.
• Leading the troubleshooting and repair process of any critical failed equipment, including MOC guidance, plant/equipment outage decision making, repair plan, and root cause analysis.
• Leading the planning, scheduling, and execution of short, medium and longer-term maintenance work within the region including preventive maintenance, repair maintenance, turnaround, and plant improvement projects.
• Championing new maintenance work processes and collaboratively drive continuous improvement in their effectiveness and efficiency through a comprehensive set of performance KPIs.
• Owning the Preventative Maintenance (PM) and Condition Based Monitoring (CBM) programs within the area and ensuring proper execution, effectiveness, compliance, review, and appropriate follow-up actions of any found deficiencies.
• Ensuring that agreed maintenance strategies are fully implemented at all sites.
• Leading the plant equipment assessment process and annual reviews for all sites within area.
• Ensuring that critical spare parts for all sites within the area are identified in the CMMS, stocked in appropriate warehouses with accurate inventory data, are in a condition for immediate use and are replenished in a timely manner once consumed.
• Identifying, defining, estimating, budgeting, developing, planning and executing turnaround maintenance activities, improvement, and major projects within the area.
• Being accountable for the development, routine review, and ensuring compliance of the repair and maintenance budget for all sites within the area.
• Representing the area reliability interests with the Messer Projects Execution Team in the proposal and project commercialization process, including scope, spares input, and new plant acceptance and commissioning.
• Working with the Remote Operations Center (ROC) to execute projects and initiatives identified to drive performance and close performance gaps.

Required Skills

Interpersonal skills

• Possesses strong communications skills at all levels
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to follow through to completion on projects and solutions
• Demonstrated ability to manage a cohesive team environment
• Demonstrated exceptional operational safety leadership
• Demonstrated ability to challenge the status quo and improve existing processes/programs

Managerial skills

• Knowledgeable in plant operations. Can effectively identify and evaluate technical and business process opportunities and translate to financial terms to support investment and business case development
• Continuous improvement drive and ability to implement change in a geographically diverse organization.
• Management by influence - experience delivering results in a highly matrixed organization and the ability to influence others to deliver results.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects and achieve results
• Strong technical skills and ability to troubleshoot industrial equipment
• Proven experience in Root Cause Analysis, Cause and Effect or FMEA methodologies
• Proven experience and knowledge of predictive maintenance methodologies and technologies
• Proven understanding of regulatory and industry standards and codes

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Discipline - Mechanical or Electrical Preferred
• Minimum 15 years of experience in operational and engineering environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Air Separation experience and knowledge preferred
• Experience with CMMS systems required, SAP PM preferred
• Six Sigma qualification a plus

About Messer

Messer's safety culture, commitment to providing dependable supply and innovative gas technology solutions help customers unlock opportunities to be safer, more sustainable, more productive and more efficient, so their business thrives. We nurture lasting, meaningful relationships with customers, our communities, and with one another.

We offer comprehensive benefits and appreciable pay, with steady schedules and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression. We prioritize and invest in our people at every level of our organization - the dedication, knowledge, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit of our employees is what make Messer refreshingly different.

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