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Covanta Projects Incorporated Maintenance Manager in Chester, Pennsylvania

Reference #: JR9000 Who we are

For more than 40 years, Reworld has been a leader in sustainable waste solutions, providing our customers with innovative solutions that help them achieve carbon-negative outcomes.

Our Vision

Reworld is leading the charge to a carbon-negative future through revolutionary sustainable materials management solutions that reduce, reuse, recycle and reimagine waste for the benefit of society and the environment.

Our Business

Reworld partners with businesses by offering cutting-edge engineering and innovative solutions, to help customers reduce, reuse, recycle and recover value from waste streams and meet or exceed their sustainability goals.

Our Value

Reworld's differentiator comes from our ecosystem of technology, facilities and partnerships, trusted by the world's largest organizations to reimagine waste management for a smarter, more sustainable world.

All that we're missing is you. Apply today!

About the role

This job offers an exciting growth opportunity with a very competitive Total Rewards package that includes:

A Competitive Base Salary

Performance based Annual Incentive Plan

Great benefits including PTO, health insurance from Day 1, up to 7% company contribution for Retirement Savings Plan and 401K match

Relocation assistance available

JOB SUMMARY The Maintenance Manager provides functional leadership and direction to the maintenance team. This position will report directly to the Facility Manager. The individual must be a proven leader who can provide vision and leadership to achieve daily, yearly and long-term asset reliability goals through application of Maintenance best practices site wide. The individual must have a good working knowledge of maintenance, reliability, mechanical integrity, and quality assurance best practices. This person must have the organizational capability to work across multiple functions, systems, and be able to communicate well with operators, mechanics, peers and leadership. They must be able to lead improvement teams, network with appropriate professional organizations and maintain strong connections to regional and corporate M&R and technical groups. The position has direct reports including Mechanics, Welders, Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians, and Storekeeper.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Lead in the promotion of a strong safety and environmental stewardship culture. Ensure good maintenance & reliability practices are followed. Contribute with managerial and leadership expertise to events that impact the safety, health and environmental performance of the site.

Plan, develop, and implement new methods and procedures designed to improve operations, minimize operating costs, and effect greater utilization of labor and materials.

Lead the selection, assignment, development, coaching and performance evaluation of the maintenance team.

Manage Maintenance Shops comprised of both Mechanical and E&I crafts with advanced skills.

Manage site maintenance attrition forecasting and plan for hiring.

Develop a 5-year long-term maintenance plan for the site.

Maintain a metric dashboard for maintenance that drives improvement and helps prioritize actions.

Develop self, direct reports, and other leaders and subordinates.

Develop yearly and monthly maintenance budgets and the activities to ensure alignment and achievement of budgets.

Develop a strong cost management structure for Maintenance that identifies opportunities to improve our business and provides for short and long-term actions that reduce cost.

Provide overall leadership and direction for the site Work Management Program (WMP) to be cost competitive by utilizing correct application of best practices.

Support a Computer Maintenance Management System and other associated tools.

Provide overall direction and vision for Outage Planning processes and teams that plan and coordinate the implementation shutdowns.

Achieve the Outages budgets, scopes, and schedules.

Drive reliability improvements and identify gaps between the reliability goals and plant performance.

Set expectations for the reliability efforts to develop solutions to repetitive failures through root cause analysis and through preventive and predictive maintenance practices.

Continue to implement current reliability improvement programs seeking to achieve a more proactive work management process and a stronger relation between the maintenance activities and the business' cost performance.

Inspect operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.

*Confer with management, engineering, and quality control personnel to resolve maintenance problems, and recommend measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment.

Qualifications, Education, Training and Skills:

TTF maintenance experience or a solid background in power or industrial or chemical plant maintenance including a minimum of 5 years supervisor experience to be considered for this position.

Engineering degree preferred.

Must be able to identify needs for improvement and implement change

Must have knowledge of maintenance budgeting and methodologies

Must manage spare parts inventory to optimum levels.

Good computer skills, able to work with ALM/Peoplesoft, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Must possess good knowledge of electrical and instrumentation including the National Electric Code and familiarity with NFPA Arc Flash safety regulations.

Proficiency in work management processes including planning & scheduling and preventative maintenance.

Experience planning and leading major maintenance outages.

Thorough understanding of Mechanical Integrity and Quality Assurance Practices and systems

Work experience in design, repairs, maintenance, reliability, failure modes, and/or inspection of chemical process equipment.

Familiar with reliability tools such as Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)

Solid understanding of Lean, 5S and other reliability process improvements tools in order to move the organization into a more competitive position.

Physical Requirements:

Walk, stand, sit, and climb

Consistently work in various weather conditions

Ability to lift/carry 50lbs

Qualify to wear a full-face respirator

Ability to work from heights and in confined spaces

Our DEI Commitment

Reworld is an Equal Opportunity Employer, has developed an Affirmative Action Program (AAP), and will not discriminate against any qualified applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability (including perceived disability, physical, mental, and/or intellectual disabilities), veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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