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Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Manager to join our Pharmachem Laboratories LLC business at our Kearny, New Jersey. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Operations function. This position will report to Process Engineer.
The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
Leads and directs maintenance staff in completion of repairs at Kearny (factory & warehouse) and Totowa locations (all in NJ)
Organizes and validates preventative maintenance; identifies and implements improvements in maintenance program
Engages and interacts with local officials as needed (boiler, fire, discharge inspections)
Ownership of maintenance budget (spare parts, tools, and equipment)
On-boards, supervises, and approves work of maintenance contractors; ensures contractors follows site specific safety guidelines
Responsible for facilities maintenance and repair
Writes and reviews maintenance work instructions
Partners with engineering in the planning, procurement, and execution of capital projects
Enforces stop work authority when any employee is performing an unsafe act or working without taking prescribed safety precautions
Strictly adheres to quality & food safety requirements, returns equipment to operation only after quality & food safety inspection is complete
Participates in root cause analysis
Owns technical downtime metric and shares in all plant performance metrics
Participates and leads continuous improvement objectives
maintain a clean (5S) shop
Keeps updated services records for all equipment (including maintenance equipment)
In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:
10 years or more experience managing a maintenance team
Experience with spray dryers, mills, and ribbon blenders
Track record of high safety performance
Experience operating in GMP conditions
Urgency to resolve breakdowns
Experience with MS Outlook, MS Word
The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:
Experience with CMMS (ideally Maximo)
Experience operating in FSSC22K, ISO, NSF certified facilities
Familiarity with Excel
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Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.
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