Company Description

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com

Job Description

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

POSITION PURPOSE: The Veolia Morses Mill Plant located in Linden, New Jersey , is seeking to fill the Maintenance Manager position to provide leadership and guidance to the maintenance team. The Maintenance Manager reports to the Plant Manager and leads an organization consisting of the following Veolia resources: Maintenance Planner, Maintenance MRO Planner, and resident contractor team composed of Maintenance supervisor, two (2) E&I Technicians, two (2) Pipe fitters Mechanics, two, Boilermaker Mechanics, One millwright mechanic, and one general Labor Mechanic. The on-site maintenance contractor providing welding, pipe fitting, and soft crafts reports to this position.

Morses Mill is a key facility within the Veolia North America - Regeneration Services Organization servicing the refining, chemical, health care, and pharmaceutical industries through regeneration of spent sulfuric acid streams and production of various grades of sulfuric acid, both fuming and non-fuming. Sulfuric acid is a critical component in chemical synthesis and material processing for a wide array of end use applications. Our organization is highly committed to Process Safety, Environmental Stewardship, and Operational Excellence.

PRIMARY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Member of facility leadership team. Participate in the development and improvement of the Morses Mill facility to meet our goals in EHS and Operational Excellence. This includes setting the strategic direction and identifying and implementing key improvements in support of business objectives.
• Improve and sustain Safety, Health, and Environmental performance of the maintenance organization.
• Provide mentoring and guidance for direct reports and oversee their training and development needs.
• Drive maintenance best practices and continuous improvement efforts to achieve increased efficiency, consistency, and quality.
• The manager will lead the Maintenance Work Process and champion the utilization and improvements in the SAP system at the Morses Mill facility.
• Manages the planning, budgeting, and execution of the bi-annual Turnarounds. This includes contracting, cost control, and integration of capital work.
• Acts as Contract Administrator of the site.
• Responsible and accountable for maintenance spending and cost management including contract services, maintenance labor, overtime, and maintenance materials.
• Responsible for the execution of the reliability tasks (PM & PDM).
• Accountable for Planning and scheduling.
• Responsible for capital budgeting, planning, and execution for small plant capital projects. Support the construction execution of large capital projects at the site working with off site resources.
• Establish strong communications with Manufacturing Operations that ensures the highest level of maintenance coordination and support to the operations.
• Lead incident investigations related to maintenance events and provide insight as required on other incident investigations.
• Manage all contractors and contract services as required by plant projects or maintenance needs.
• Serve as Process Safety Management (PSM) element owner for “Contractor Safety & Performance” and other PSM element roles as deemed appropriate.
• Support and contribute to business & site planning development through interaction with processes including, but not limited to Five-Year Capital Plan, Asset Life Planning (ALP), and Reliability Vulnerabilities Outlook.
• Active leader on the troubleshooting and resolution of equipment related malfunctions.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Willingness and capability to don basic personal protective equipment, (i.e., safety shoes, hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, face mask etc) to enter plant areas as needed to perform duties related to these required skills.
• Willing and able to climb stairs, ladders/stools; stand, walk, stoop, bend, kneel, crawl;visual acuity for close work; able to reach overhead; able to hear and respond to alarms

Qualifications

Education / Experience / Background

• Bachelor’s degree, from an accredited university (Preferably in Engineering). In lieu of specified degree, high school diploma and 10 years of experience working in chemical or petrochemical operations in maintenance and/or operations.
• 5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing facility.
• Experience working with Maintenance Managing Processes and systems.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Experience working with Mechanical Integrity and Engineering Organization to meet quality and installation standards.
• Root Cause investigation and incident investigation experience required.
• SAP Experience and proficiency is preferred.
• Turnaround experience and/or large project management experience is preferred.
• Experience in PSM covered operation is preferred.
• Experience in job roles requiring HazWoper qualification and HazMat training is preferred.

Required Certification / Licenses / Training

• Must possess a current and valid Driver’s license.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.