Site Leader, Maintenance & Reliability

DuPont Group; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DuPont seeks a Maintenance and Reliability Leader for the Yerkes Site in Tonawanda, NY. This role directs proactive maintenance strategies across a 95+ acre site with ~500 employees, supporting Corian and Tedlar manufacturing.

Lead set of maintenance processes, asset health programs, and continuous improvement while ensuring safety, productivity and cost optimization. You will develop and implement maintenance standards, coordinate with planners and engineers, and drive reliability improvements

Qualifications

• Technical understanding of all unit operational processes.
• Knowledge of appropriate standards, protocols, and systems.
• Microsoft Office knowledge and skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Functional understanding of Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) software, SAP preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills with the ability to influence managers, peers and the maintenance team.
• Effective risk management and mitigation skills.
• Demonstrated skill in verbal and written communications, planning and organizing.
• Excellent organization and time management skills to include prioritization, scheduling, and optimizing workforce skills and resources.
• Root cause analysis, troubleshooting and problem-solving skill.
• Safety, Quality & Environmental Auditing skills.
• Leadership skills – Coaching & mentoring.
• Proven understanding of Unit Maintenance Work Management Processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the organization through the journey of our Proactive Maintenance objectives.
• Collaborate with other resources and work processes to achieve the goal of shared asset management.
• Deliver results: Safety, Reliability and Maintenance cost optimization.
• Ensure discipline to our maintenance standard work to drive the necessary data for MRO improvement, PM optimization, and strategic planning.
• Provide functional direction to unit Maintenance Activity Coordinators, planners, schedulers, coordinators, maintenance and reliability engineers.
• Accountable for the safety, productivity, quality and overall effectiveness of the workforce.
• Leverages the Global Maintenance Work Process and Sub-Processes across plant.
• Lead the site's maintenance and reliability strategy, including preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs, asset health management, equipment maintenance strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives to maximize asset reliability, availability, and lifecycle value.

Skills

Technical understanding of unit ops

Standards knowledge

MS Office

CMMS knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Risk management

Verbal & written communications

Org & time management

Root cause analysis

Safety, QA & Environmental auditing

Leadership

Maintenance Work Management

Education

BS engineering discipline or equivalent experience

Tools

CMMS

SAP

Job description

DuPont seeks a Maintenance and Reliability Leader for the Yerkes Site in Tonawanda, NY. This role directs proactive maintenance strategies across a 95+ acre site with ~500 employees, supporting Corian and Tedlar manufacturing.

Lead set of maintenance processes, asset health programs, and continuous improvement while ensuring safety, productivity and cost optimization. You will develop and implement maintenance standards, coordinate with planners and engineers, and drive reliability improvements