Job Description

Job Title:

Maintenance Manager / Planner

Location:

Cleveland

Department:

Maintenance / Engineering

Reports To:

Site Manager

Job Type:

Full-Time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly organized and experienced

Maintenance Manager / Planner

to oversee and coordinate all maintenance activities in our steel manufacturing facility. This role is critical to ensuring equipment reliability, optimizing plant performance, and minimizing downtime through effective planning, scheduling, and execution of preventive and corrective maintenance.

Key Responsibilities:

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling:

Develop and manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs for all production and support equipment. Create detailed maintenance schedules and allocate labour and resources effectively. Use a CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to track work orders, asset history, parts inventory, and maintenance KPIs. Coordinate and schedule planned outages, shutdowns, and overhauls.

Team Leadership & Supervision:

Lead and supervise maintenance technicians, electricians, and contractors. Assign tasks based on skill sets and priority and ensure compliance with safety and operational standards. Provide coaching, mentoring, and performance evaluations for the maintenance team.

Equipment & Process Reliability:

Monitor equipment condition and performance, and initiate root cause analyses for failures. Collaborate with production, engineering, and quality teams to improve equipment uptime and process efficiency. Recommend and manage continuous improvement projects related to maintenance and reliability.

Inventory & Procurement:

Maintain appropriate inventory levels of critical spare parts and tools. Work with procurement to ensure timely ordering of parts and services. Manage maintenance budget, including labour, materials, and contractors.

Compliance & Safety:

Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health, safety, and environmental regulations. Develop and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs) and lockout/tagout protocols. Participate in audits, inspections, and incident investigations as required.

Qualifications:

5+ years of maintenance management or planning experience in a heavy industrial or steel manufacturing environment. Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems. Proficiency in CMMS and Microsoft Office. Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills. Familiarity with lean manufacturing, TPM, and reliability-cantered maintenance (RCM) is a plus.

Work Schedule:

Primarily day shift with flexibility to respond to emergencies during off-hours or weekends.
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 18.75 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Additional pay:

Bonus scheme
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person