Senior Maintenance Manager

Idaho Asphalt Supply, Inc. is a leading asphalt supplier and marketer in the Inland Northwest and Pacific Northwest Regions.   With plants in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Oregon, California, and Arizona, IAS supplies a diverse product line of asphalts, polymer modified asphalts, and asphalt emulsions to the road maintenance and construction industry. We are seeking and experienced Senior Maintenance Manager based out of our Tucson, AZ plant (flexible).

Reporting to the VP of Operations, the Senior Maintenance Manager will lead, direct, and be responsible for all aspects of maintenance of plants sites for Idaho Asphalt and subsidiaries This roll will:

• Provide high level leadership and oversight of maintenance operations.
• Assure reliable operation of every facility.
• Develop plant staff in how to properly maintain their equipment and processes.
• Appropriately prioritize maintenance and reliability activities.Set overall goals, strategies, and objectives for maintenance and reliability.
• A lead from the front attitude, willing to do any job that needs to be done.
• Promote, improve, and assure that we take full advantage of the systems which we use to operate our business.

Position Responsibilities:

The Senior Maintenance Manager will:

• Identify, develop, prioritize, and implement scalable maintenance improvements that allow autonomous site operation while providing proper oversight.
• Develop, implement, train, and maintain maintenance procedures.
• Assure that each plant site utilizes our CMMS as intended.
• Develop and manage spare parts inventory, driving visibility and commonality across our plants. 
• Monitor plant performance, marshalling resources when necessary to maintain acceptable plant operation. 
• Assign and monitor the achievement of annual plant maintenance goals.
• Drive cultural change focused on root cause analysis of equipment failures.
• Provide strong developmental and mentoring support on maintenance related topics. 

• Key member of the Operations Team participating in the leadership and decision making for overall operations of IAS and its subsidiaries.

• Business travel to all sites is required.  Travel may be 30-50% and the scheduling of it is flexible and on an as needed basis.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• BS Degree in Engineering or related field.
• Advanced degree or MBA is strongly preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive responsibility in maintenance.  Strong preference to management experience within a chemical manufacturing/processing environment or equivalent. 
• Hands on mechanical experience.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as OSHA, NFPA, ANSI, & APA is desirable.

Technical Skills:

• Strong root cause analysis.

• Working knowledge of CMMS systems.
• Working understanding of maintenance management systems and maintenance theory in a large company.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Project management skills.
• Mechanical aptitude and industrial equipment repair knowledge.

• Strong verbal, written, presentation, and English communication skills.

• Strong computer skills and aptitude
• Supervisory experience or experience leading a large project.

Preferred Qualifications and Other Skills:

• Large asphalt plant experience.
• Electrical aptitude.
• Prior plant maintenance management experience.
• Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing certification.
• Formal leadership and management training.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to traverse property and facility to diagnose plant issues and plan repairs or maintenance.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Must be able to lift 25 pounds at a time.

Key Competencies:

• Drive for Results
  • Bias for action and getting things done.
  • Taking calculated risks.
  • Drive to improve.
• Embraces and Drives Change
  • Demonstrates energy for effective implementation of change.
  • Sees what is possible.
  • Takes responsible risk.
  • Owns and sustains the change.
• Teamwork
  • Develops and leverages cooperative relationships.
  • Willingly shares information/resources and assists others.
  • Contributes constructively to the team decision making process.
  • Supports the team decision with comments/actions outside the team.
  • Fosters development by giving feedback, coaching, and mentoring.

Note:  IAS reserves the right to add, remove or change duties of the job at any time, and will notify the incumbent in case of a change.

ABOUT US

The success of Idaho Asphalt Supply is built by a dedicated team of professionals who excel in their roles, and, in turn, we are seeking the best-in-class talent: professionals, scientists, engineers, advanced thinkers, and people who thrive on growth and collaboration to co-create the future of Idaho Asphalt.

To be the BEST, we must employ the BEST. We offer a competitive total rewards package, an innovative, dynamic, and fast-paced learning culture, and research environment.

Founded in 1976, our company is now a third-generation family business supplying materials to the highway construction industry. Our company is FIRST CHOICE in the industry due to our relentless pursuit of continuous improvement of the products and services we provide to our customers.

Idaho Asphalt Supply, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.