Senior Manager, Maintenance, Nuclear

Senior Manager, Maintenance, Nuclear
KBH Industrial | Covert, Michigan | Employment Type: Contract

About Us

KBH Solutions (also known as KBH Industrial) is your most reliable source for project management, project controls and project oversight with associated support services. KBH can and will support all phases of your project.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Maintenance (also known as Maintenance Director) to lead maintenance operations. In this role you will direct overall maintenance strategy and ensure safe, reliable, and efficient execution of preventive, corrective, and outage maintenance. Youll coordinate across disciplines (mechanical, electrical, I&C, support trades), manage contractors, oversee maintenance planning, and ensure regulatory and safety compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all maintenance activities, including preventive, predictive, corrective, and outage work.

• Oversee maintenance planning, scheduling, work package preparation, and execution.

• Manage maintenance workforce and contractors; ensure appropriate qualifications and training.

• Ensure compliance with nuclear plant safety, regulatory, and quality standards.

• Monitor maintenance KPIs - availability, reliability, cost, schedule performance.

• Manage budgets and resource allocation for maintenance department.

• Collaborate with operations, engineering, outage management, safety, and work control functions.

• Prioritize maintenance issues, troubleshoot system failures, reduce downtime.

• Implement continuous improvement in maintenance processes, reliability practices, and safety culture.

Qualifications and Skills

Must have nuclear project experience.

Required Education and Experience

Candidates must meet one of the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Technical Discipline, or equivalent (or demonstrated experience).

• Minimum ~10 years of maintenance experience in industrial or power generation environment; preferably nuclear.

• Several years of leadership/supervisory experience, including managing multiple maintenance disciplines.

Required Abilities and Skills

• Strong leadership skills; able to lead diverse teams and manage contractors.

• Excellent verbal and written communication.

• Solid understanding of nuclear safety, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

• Ability to manage budgets, schedules, and resources under pressure.

• Proven ability in maintenance strategy, planning, reliability, and outage support.

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Desired Abilities and Skills

• Prior experience as a Maintenance Director or Senior Maintenance Manager in a nuclear plant.

• Familiarity with ALARA, ASME / IEEE codes, nuclear work control, and licensing requirements.

• Experience with maintenance management systems (CMMS) and reliability tools.