Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Lignetics, Inc. offers clean, renewable solutions. We have 30 years of experience innovating eco-friendly essentials for everyday life. Lignetics manufactures a variety of consumer brands in several different categories including wood pellets for home heating, BBQ pellets for grilling, wood pellets and shavings for animal bedding, and a wood fiber-based cat litter. Each of our products have unique features and benefits but are all linked with a wonderful recycled, renewable, sustainable, and carbon neutral story. We turn recycled sawdust into value-add, branded consumer products.

Maintenance Manager Position Summary: Position has the responsibility to lead the maintenance program for the Brownsville Plant.

Maintenance Manager Primary Objectives:

• The Maintenance Manager ensures safety of Lignetics and contract personnel through use of best safety practices (LOTO, confined space, electrical safety, Safety Concern Forms, incident investigation, etc.)


• Responsible for implementing a maintenance program based on a solid strategy, hiring retaining great people and providing their team members with the tools to significantly reduce the unplanned stops at the plant


• Responsible for the development of a team of craftsmen and a planner


• Manage the implementation and operation of the sites CMMS (MVP). Site is using the equipment module, the work order module, the stores module and the PM module


• Support the planner in the kitting and planning process for both planned and opportunity maintenance


• Maintain the stores systems and ensures parts are on hand as needed


• Develops capital appropriation requests by consulting, obtain bids, and work closely with outside contractors


• Manage and participate in the rebuild or repair of pellet mills, conveyors, screws, gearboxes, chains using hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical troubleshooting skills


• Drive improvement in all maintenance systems by learning and supporting the Maintenance Excellence program


• Provide regular reports to Plant Manager regarding safety and maintenance concerns and projects


• Participate in employee performance management, hiring, disciplinary and annual/development review


• Stand in for the Plant Manager in their absence

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Technical degree or equivalent industry experience in mechanical and/or electrical maintenance


• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management systems


• PLC knowledge a plus


• Situational leadership


• Outstanding communication skills


• Time Based/Condition Based maintenance routine development


• Experience with Predictive maintenance tools such as Vibration Monitoring, Thermography and Oil sampling


• Ability to multitask


• Analytical thinking and outstanding RCA skills


• Solid Project planning & implementation skillset


• Experience developing/implementation/managing TPM programs preferred


• Office and ERP system experience is preferred (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Sage)

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