The Lubrizol Corporation · 2 weeks ago
Maintenance and Engineering Manager
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company focused on delivering sustainable solutions. They are seeking an Engineering and Maintenance Manager to lead improvement engineering functions and maintenance operations at the Wilmington facility, ensuring safety, operational excellence, and efficient facility management.
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Responsibilities
Lead and exemplify a culture where ‘safety is a core value’ is a true belief and ensure safety accountability across the organization
Provide leadership for operational excellence programs, including continuous improvement, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action
Provide leadership and direction to the plant maintenance and project engineering teams
Provide leadership in a sustainable preventative/predictive maintenance and reliability improvement programs
Oversee talent management and employee development and promote constructive employee relations. Work closely with manufacturing to prioritize maintenance work to meet production demand
Lead planners/schedules in development of a daily maintenance schedule to meet production demands while minimizing production down time
Responsible for repair and maintenance of machines, tools, and equipment in the manufacturing operations
Oversee maintenance of the entire facility, including but not limited to, HVAC systems, plant utilities and operations
Ensure best type of repairs and the most cost-effective means of completing a maintenance repair are used
Create and maintain critical spares stores inventory
Work closely with the Plant Manager to support development of the plant project list and the annual capital plan to ensure the highest priority projects are being worked on
Evaluate engineering requests and assign approved requests to internal project engineers or obtain necessary engineering resources to complete projects
Ensure most effective technology and best engineering practices are used to complete improvement projects so that they meet the intent of the project while also meeting all regulatory, corporate and plant standards
Oversee and coordinate regular plant shutdowns with production and scheduling
Develop and oversee and responsible for the facility, maintenance and capital budgets
Provide technical and engineering support for efficient troubleshooting and problem-solving activities to maximize efficiencies and limit downtime
Participate in the creation and safe execution of the annual capital plan
Assist with external, internal, plant wide and departmental HSES and Quality assessments and audits
Report all accidents, injuries, spills, releases, near misses and suggestions immediately to the HSES, HR and/or Plant Manager
Qualification
Required
BS in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited college/university
Minimum 5 years of maintenance and engineering experience in plant operations
Knowledge and experience in chemical manufacturing processes
Experience in facility management
Experienced leader
Excellent interpersonal, motivational and organizational skills
Time Factors/Weight Factors: Occasional—over 15% up to 40% of the time / Light 5# to 25# Rarely—up to 15% of the time / Average –25# to 60#
Vision correctable to 20/20
Climbing stairs
Hearing correctable to unamplified human voice
Manual dexterity: excellent
Ability to complete and deliver oral/written reports
Ability to meet safety, regulatory, and health guidelines without assistance
Continuous mental/visual concentration
Company
The Lubrizol Corporation
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a science-based company whose specialty chemistry delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve well-being and enhance modern life.
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Funding
Current Stage
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unknown2011-03-15Acquired
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