The Role

The Maintenance Manager is a strategic leader responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and long-term performance of the plant's assets while developing a high-performing maintenance organization. This role drives operational excellence through strong people leadership, financial stewardship, TPM principles, and a proactive maintenance culture that supports safety, productivity, quality, and business objectives. The position serves as a key partner to Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Finance, translating business priorities into sustainable maintenance strategies.

The Role

The Maintenance Manager is a strategic leader responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and long-term performance of the plant's assets while developing a high-performing maintenance organization. This role drives operational excellence through strong people leadership, financial stewardship, TPM principles, and a proactive maintenance culture that supports safety, productivity, quality, and business objectives. The position serves as a key partner to Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Finance, translating business priorities into sustainable maintenance strategies.

What You'll Do (Impact Areas)

Strategic Maintenance Leadership

- Develop and execute the site's maintenance strategy aligned with operational, financial, and business objectives.
- Establish a culture focused on asset reliability, preventive maintenance, continuous improvement, and operational discipline.
- Drive TPM initiatives to improve equipment performance, reduce downtime, and increase asset utilization.




- Partner with plant leadership to develop long-term maintenance and asset management roadmaps.

People Leadership & Organizational Development

- Build, coach, and develop a high-performing team of supervisors, planners, engineers, and technicians.
- Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, collaboration, recognition, and respect.
- Develop succession plans and leadership pipelines within the maintenance organization.
- Promote strong communication, employee development, and cross-functional teamwork across the plant.

Financial & Business Management

- Manage and optimize maintenance operating budgets (OPEX) and capital expenditures (CAPEX).
- Build business cases and present maintenance investments using financial and operational analysis.
- Drive cost reduction initiatives while maintaining reliability and operational performance.
- Monitor and improve maintenance costs, asset lifecycle costs, energy consumption, and contractor expenses.

Operational Excellence

- Ensure execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
- Drive planning and scheduling excellence through effective use of CMMS systems and standardized processes.
- Lead shutdowns, major maintenance events, and critical equipment recovery efforts.
- Partner with Production, Quality, EHS,



and Engineering teams to prioritize plant needs and optimize asset performance.

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

- Utilize maintenance KPIs to drive decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Champion root cause analysis, failure elimination, and asset performance optimization.
- Lead initiatives focused on MTBF improvement, downtime reduction, and maintenance productivity.
- Support digitalization initiatives and maintenance performance visibility through data analytics and reporting.

Safety & Compliance

- Ensure all maintenance activities are executed in compliance with EHS standards and regulatory requirements.
- Promote a zero-incident culture for employees and contractors.
- Support compliance with corporate, environmental, and safety policies while maintaining audit readiness.

What Success Looks Like

- Improved asset reliability, availability, and operational uptime.
- Achievement of maintenance budget targets and effective CAPEX execution.
- Strong TPM maturity and continuous improvement results across the plant.
- Increased engagement, retention, and development of maintenance personnel.
- Reduction in emergency breakdowns and unplanned downtime.
- Sustainable improvements in MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, and maintenance costs.
- Trusted business partner to plant leadership through clear communication and financial acumen.
- Strong safety performance and regulatory compliance.

Core Competencies

- Strategic Leadership
- People Development & Coaching
- TPM & Continuous Improvement
- Business and Financial Acumen
- Change Management
- Reliability Mindset
- Executive Communication

📌 Maintenance Manager (Ciénega de Flores)
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