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Description

The company is hiring a Maintenance Manager for its chemical manufacturing site in Chester, PA. This role is responsible for leading daily maintenance operations, supporting plant reliability, managing maintenance priorities, overseeing a team of maintenance personnel, coordinating contractors, and supporting capital projects in a high-tempo manufacturing environment.

This is a strong opportunity for a proven maintenance leader from a chemical, process, industrial, or manufacturing environment who is comfortable balancing shop-floor leadership, planning, budgeting, troubleshooting support, contractor coordination, safety, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily maintenance activities for the Chester, PA site.
• Manage, coach, and support a team of 4 direct reports.
• Support maintenance scheduling, work planning, troubleshooting, prioritization, and execution.
• Manage small to medium capital projects in the $300K-$700K range.
• Support capital budgets, repair budgets, and maintenance spending.
• Coordinate and manage contractors working onsite.
• Provide diagnostic and troubleshooting support to maintenance and operations teams.
• Spend time on the shop floor with maintenance and operations personnel during troubleshooting, improvement activities, and supervision.
• Promote a strong safety, environmental, regulatory, quality, productivity, cost control, and asset management culture.
• Support compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Communicate plant maintenance issues, concerns, and updates to the Plant Manager and site leadership.
• Build strong working relationships with maintenance personnel, operations, contractors, and plant leadership.
• Support continuous improvement efforts and help execute plant improvement projects.
• Align maintenance practices with reliability-based asset management goals.
• Monitor and maintain the integrity of plant assets and protective systems.

Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 7 or more years of experience in a chemical manufacturing, process manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, or plant maintenance environment.
• Maintenance leadership, maintenance supervision, or maintenance management experience.
• Experience leading mechanics, technicians, contractors, or maintenance personnel.
• Strong ability to organize, prioritize, and manage maintenance work in a high-tempo plant environment.
• Experience with maintenance budgeting, repair budgets, project budgets, or capital project support.
• Working knowledge of plant equipment, mechanical systems, and process manufacturing operations.
• Familiarity with equipment such as pumps, heat exchangers, reactors, filtration systems, flow measurement equipment, conveyors, mills, and bulk solid or powder material transfer systems.
• Ability to read, interpret, or work with technical documentation such as PFDs, P&IDs, equipment layouts, equipment lists, manuals, and drawings.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to hold people accountable, push back when needed, and lead through competing priorities.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with plant personnel, contractors, and leadership.
• Strong safety mindset and ability to lead by example in a manufacturing environment.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Technical degree, STEM degree, trade school, or equivalent technical training.
• Chemical manufacturing experience.
• Experience managing capital projects in the $300K-$700K range.
• Experience with reliability-based asset management systems.
• Experience with CMMS, preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, maintenance planning, and maintenance scheduling.
• Familiarity with OSHA regulations.
• Experience managing contractors in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting continuous improvement projects.
• Military maintenance leadership experience, especially when paired with manufacturing, industrial, utilities, mechanical, or process equipment experience.

Description

The I&E Technician is responsible for applying company standards and ensuring safe, sustainable, and efficient operations to maintain plant equipment and infrastructure. You will participate in essential tasks, including safety and environmental procedures, progressive quality initiatives, autonomous maintenance, focused improvement, preventive & corrective maintenance, and 5S practices.

• Cut, bend, and install tubing needed for the proper installation of the instrumentation device.
• Set controls to regulate factors, such as current flow, timing cycle, pressure or vacuum, or temperature according to specifications.
• Actively work on troubleshooting, calibration, and maintenance of pneumatic, electronic, analog, and digital process control instrumentation.
• Troubleshoot/repair predictive program instrumentation and document instrumentation repair history in the CMMS system as required by site specific documentation.
• Perform Basic DCS Controls.
• Ensure replacement spare parts are available or replaced once installed.
• Perform assignments in the layout, installation, repair, alteration, and maintenance of a wide variety of complex electrical equipment such as process controls, lighting systems, motor controls systems, hi and low voltage electrical.
• Maintain a strong focus on housekeeping in I&E shop and at job sites in the field.
• Disassemble instruments or devices as needed to identify defects or failures.
• Make repairs & modifications to equipment and facilities as scheduled through the work order system.
• Responsible for completing all paperwork assigned and coordinating with the Reliability Supervisor to ensure data is correct and recorded.

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent.
• 1 year of experience performing preventative maintenance.
• 1 year of experience in a maintenance environment, including industrial or military.
• 1 year of experience in repair and troubleshooting methods of rotating equipment; repairing, maintaining, and monitoring rotation equipment (compressors, blowers, pumps, agitators/mixers, etc.).
• 1 year of experience with tools, procedures, and methods utilized in a maintenance environment, including industrial or military.

• Formal vocational training in plant maintenance activities with emphasis on instrumentation.
• Experience taking apart machines, equipment, or devices to remove and replace defective parts
• Previous experience working as a Millwright
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills with attention to detail. Able to work independently and manage time effectively.
• NFPA-70E trained and qualified
• PLC Based Programming
• Experience working in a Lean Manufacturing environment

• Lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying up to 50 pounds chest high.
• Working in a chemical processing plant with variable temperatures, odors, noise levels, elevated heights, and/or confined spaces.
• Wearing and using a respirator under certain conditions Garyville, Fresno, Clearing, Ellwood City, Montgomery.

Description

Description

Job Functions:

• Manipulates air separation controls to meet product specifications and production requirements
• Adjust plant control variables and manage process equipment parameters to meet production goals.
• Obtain knowledge base of the theory of air separation and related equipment associated with the process; understand the plant's water chemistry to assure proper cooling tower operations.
• Develop skills to trouble-shoot, evaluate issues affecting SOPs and take corrective actions.
• Performs maintenance on compressors, pumps, turbines, valves, motors, and other plant equipment.
• Reads and interprets technical drawings and manuals.
• Develop ability to interpret Process & Instrument Drawings to understand process operations, equipment and aid in trouble shooting system anomalies.
• Participate in the maintenance/updating of work instructions to assure accurate and current start-up and operational procedures.
• Demonstrate mechanical aptitude, evaluate equipment performance, perform routine calibration and maintenance of analytical test equipment and maintain appropriate records.
• Be safety conscious, i.e., meetings, work areas, eliminate hazards, etc.
• Ability to prepare and maintain production operations and distribution records to meet the requirements of FDA, DPA, OSHA, ISO Quality Systems and other internal and external requirements.
• Participate in the maintenance and updating of plant and equipment work instructions.
• Prepare and maintain production operations and distribution records to meet int/external requirements.
• Must maintain Qualified Electrical Worker certification.
• Prepare QA documents to certify product quality; transcribe/transfer data from process computer data bases and tables, etc. to prepare product loss and reports.
• Good communication skills (inter departmental, team members, vendors, etc.
• Responsible for reviewing and releasing medical grade product per FDA regulations.
• Troubleshooting the causes of plant operational issues + alarms, directly or in conjunction with the team.
• Assisting with starting / stopping the plants in a safe manner as dictated by operating conditions and needs.
• Optimizing plant performance by tracking performance data and implement best operating plan for plant.
• Executing productivity ideas and Best Practices to keep plant costs down.
• Interact closely with all the supporting groups/personnel for performance optimization and troubleshooting.

Description

• Manipulates air separation controls to meet product specifications and production requirements
• Adjust plant control variables and manage process equipment parameters to meet production goals.
• Obtain knowledge base of the theory of air separation and related equipment associated with the process; understand the plant's water chemistry to assure proper cooling tower operations.
• Develop skills to trouble-shoot, evaluate issues affecting SOPs and take corrective actions.
• Performs maintenance on compressors, pumps, turbines, valves, motors, and other plant equipment.
• Reads and interprets technical drawings and manuals.
• Develop ability to interpret Process & Instrument Drawings to understand process operations, equipment and aid in trouble shooting system anomalies.
• Participate in the maintenance/updating of work instructions to assure accurate and current start-up and operational procedures.
• Demonstrate mechanical aptitude, evaluate equipment performance, perform routine calibration and maintenance of analytical test equipment and maintain appropriate records.
• Be safety conscious, i.e., meetings, work areas, eliminate hazards, etc.
• Ability to prepare and maintain production operations and distribution records to meet the requirements of FDA, DPA, OSHA, ISO Quality Systems and other internal and external requirements.
• Participate in the maintenance and updating of plant and equipment work instructions.
• Prepare and maintain production operations and distribution records to meet int/external requirements.
• Must maintain Qualified Electrical Worker certification.
• Prepare QA documents to certify product quality; transcribe/transfer data from process computer data bases and tables, etc. to prepare product loss and reports.
• Good communication skills (inter departmental, team members, vendors, etc.
• Responsible for reviewing and releasing medical grade product per FDA regulations.
• Troubleshooting the causes of plant operational issues + alarms, directly or in conjunction with the team.
• Assisting with starting / stopping the plants in a safe manner as dictated by operating conditions and needs.
• Optimizing plant performance by tracking performance data and implement best operating plan for plant.
• Executing productivity ideas and Best Practices to keep plant costs down.
• Interact closely with all the supporting groups/personnel for performance optimization and troubleshooting.

Description

Plant Management and Operations:

Quality Control, Safety & Logistics:

Must-Have Skills, Experience, & Education:

Description

• Promoting and selling the full product line to all existing customers.
• Developing a key sales prospect list, establishing relationships, and selling new customers.
• Maintaining appropriate sales coverage in your territory.
• Delivering and maintaining appropriate levels of service, maintenance, and communications for 6 - 10 accounts within your area.
• Installing and programming chemical dosing equipment to interface with the customers' washing equipment.
• Leading the work of planning and executing new installations and/or conversions in your territory.
• Maintaining all company provided equipment in proper working condition.
• Operating within the assigned expense budget.
• Collection of past due accounts receivable, where applicable.
• Eliminating rush orders of products.
• Submitting all reports in a timely manner.

Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Bachelor's Degree from four-year College/University in Business, Engineering, Mechanical, or related field and 1-2 years' industry related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and technical/mechanical skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel, Internet and Order processing software.
• Ability to act quickly, accurately and handle a fast-paced work environment.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.

Description

• Promoting and selling the full product line to all existing customers.
• Developing a key sales prospect list, establishing relationships, and selling new customers.
• Maintaining appropriate sales coverage in your territory.
• Delivering and maintaining appropriate levels of service, maintenance, and communications for 6 - 10 accounts within your area.
• Installing and programming chemical dosing equipment to interface with the customers' washing equipment.
• Leading the work of planning and executing new installations and/or conversions in your territory.
• Maintaining all company provided equipment in proper working condition.
• Operating within the assigned expense budget.
• Collection of past due accounts receivable, where applicable.
• Eliminating rush orders of products.
• Submitting all reports in a timely manner.

Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Bachelor's Degree from four-year College/University in Business, Engineering, Mechanical, or related field and 1-2 years' industry related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and technical/mechanical skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel, Internet and Order processing software.
• Ability to act quickly, accurately and handle a fast-paced work environment.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.