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Location: North Central, IL | Schedule: Full-time, on-site

Overview

An established chemical manufacturing company is seeking a Maintenance & Reliability Manager to join its site leadership team. This is a replacement opening reporting to the Site Manager, responsible for owning maintenance, reliability, and stores performance in a fast-paced production environment. The role is critical to setting and executing maintenance and reliability strategy, strengthening team capability, and supporting safe, efficient plant operations.

What you'll do

• Set and execute maintenance and reliability (M&R) strategy for the site
• Own maintenance, reliability, and stores performance across the plant
• Lead and mentor mechanical, electrical, welding, planning, scheduling, supervision, reliability engineering, and stores personnel
• Develop and execute maintenance and reliability strategies to improve equipment performance, operational efficiency, and cost effectiveness
• Apply hands-on predictive and preventive maintenance practices, plant troubleshooting, engineering best practices, and continuous improvement methods
• Ensure EHSS expectations are met across departmental activities, site work, and third-party contractor performance
• Partner cross-functionally with Production, Engineering, and Research and Development on capital projects, new processes, or new product development
• Serve on the site leadership team and build trust across the organization

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• Approximately 7 to 10 years of experience in a chemical plant environment, or 10+ years of plant experience with direct responsibility for maintenance, reliability, and predictive/preventive maintenance programs
• Demonstrated success developing and executing maintenance and reliability strategies that improve equipment performance, operational efficiency, and cost effectiveness
• Strong leadership background with ability to lead and mentor mechanical, electrical, welding, planning, scheduling, supervision, reliability engineering, and stores personnel
• Hands-on experience with predictive and preventive maintenance, plant troubleshooting, engineering best practices, and continuous improvement
• Safety-focused leadership ensuring EHSS expectations are met across departmental activities, site work, and third-party contractor performance
• Strong cross-functional communication skills and experience partnering with Production, Engineering, and Research and Development on capital projects, new processes, or new product development

Preferred qualifications

• Experience developing and managing budgets, monthly reporting, and spend-versus-budget reviews

Why this role

This role offers the opportunity to serve on the site leadership team, own maintenance and reliability strategy for a fast-paced chemical manufacturing site, and build trust across the organization as a hands-on, safety-focused leader.