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From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities-at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!\nWe are seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to help build and launch the maintenance organization for a new greenfield manufacturing facility. This is a unique opportunity to establish the maintenance function from the ground up and play a key role in bringing a new operation from equipment installation and commissioning through production launch and full-scale operations.\nThe Maintenance Manager will be responsible for developing the plant's maintenance strategy, processes, systems, and team while ensuring new equipment and facilities are safely and successfully commissioned. Following launch, this position will lead all maintenance, facility, energy, and MRO activities with a focus on equipment reliability, availability, safety, quality, and cost.\nBuild the Maintenance Function\nDevelop and implement the maintenance organization, processes, standards, and operating structure for a new manufacturing facility.\nRecruit, onboard, train, and develop maintenance supervisors, planners, technicians, and other technical resources.\nEstablish preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs prior to production launch.\nDevelop maintenance procedures, work instructions, escalation processes, and standardized work.\nEstablish CMMS processes, equipment hierarchies, preventive maintenance schedules, and maintenance documentation.\nCreate the initial MRO and critical spare-parts strategy, including inventory levels and supplier support.\nDevelop internal and external resource strategies to support launch and ongoing operations.\nSupport Equipment Installation and Plant Launch\nPartner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and equipment suppliers throughout equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and ramp-up.\nEnsure maintenance requirements are incorporated into new equipment specifications and acceptance criteria.\nParticipate in equipment acceptance, commissioning, and readiness activities.\nIdentify equipment reliability risks during installation and launch and drive corrective actions before full-scale production.\nEstablish maintenance and emergency-response plans to support SOP and production ramp-up.\nCoordinate contractors, equipment suppliers, and external technical service providers during the launch phase.\nDrive Equipment Reliability and Performance\nDevelop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.\nAnalyze equipment failures and lead root-cause analysis and corrective-action activities.\nDrive improvements in equipment uptime, OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and technical downtime.\nTransition the maintenance organization from launch and reactive support to a disciplined, reliability-based maintenance model.\nEstablish and monitor maintenance KPIs and use performance data to identify improvement opportunities.\nLead and Develop the Team\nBuild a highly capable maintenance organization aligned with the technical requirements of the new facility.\nAssess technical skill requirements and establish appropriate training and qualification programs.\nProvide coaching, development, performance feedback, and clear expectations.\nFoster strong collaboration between Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain.\nCreate a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, safety, and operational discipline.\nManage Budget, MRO and Facilities\nDevelop and manage maintenance operating budgets and capital expenditure plans.\nEstablish spare-parts inventories and optimize stock levels based on equipment criticality and supplier lead times.\nDevelop equipment lifecycle, refurbishment, and replacement strategies.\nOversee facility infrastructure, utilities, energy management, and related maintenance activities.\nManage external contractors and service providers while ensuring safety, quality, cost, and performance expectations are met.\nChampion Continuous Improvement and Digitalization\nEstablish TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement practices within the maintenance organization.\nImplement predictive and condition-based maintenance technologies.\nSupport the implementation of digital maintenance tools, equipment monitoring, data analytics, automation, and appropriate AI-enabled solutions.\nIdentify opportunities to improve reliability, reduce downtime, optimize maintenance costs, and improve energy efficiency.\nEnsure Safety, Quality and Compliance\nEmbed safety requirements and safe maintenance practices into the facility from the beginning.\nEnsure compliance with applicable health, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.\nSupport the implementation and ongoing compliance of IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and company standards.\nEnsure maintenance practices support product quality, process capability, and customer requirements.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline.\nMinimum of 5 years of manufacturing maintenance experience, including experience with industrial and automated manufacturing equipment.\nDemonstrated experience leading maintenance employees, technical teams, contractors, or external service providers.\nStrong knowledge of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance practices.\nExperience with equipment installation, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvement.\nExperience managing maintenance budgets, spare parts, and external technical resources.\nStrong project-management and cross-functional collaboration skills.\nAbility to successfully operate in a fast-paced environment where processes and systems are still being established.\nPreferred Qualifications\nGreenfield, brownfield, new plant launch, or major manufacturing expansion experience.\nAutomotive or high-volume manufacturing experience.\nExperience with equipment commissioning, acceptance, and production ramp-up.\nKnowledge of automation, PLC-controlled equipment, robotics, and modern manufacturing technologies.\nExperience establishing or implementing a CMMS.\nExperience with TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and predictive maintenance.\nFamiliarity with IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001.\nYour contact\nPaulo Rogerio Flaminio Figueira\nBENTELER Human Resources\nPhone: +1 318 216-4196\nYour new employer\nThe BENTELER Group always has the answer. That’s because in each of our divisions and at every one of our sites, you can benefit from the size and diversity of an international corporation with more than 20,000 employees at around 90 locations worldwide.\nThe same is true in our BENTELER Automotive division. This is where intelligent solutions for the automotive world are born-and where we, as a partner, provide answers on central topics like safety, the environment, and efficiency to nearly every major automotive manufacturer. Whether it's the body, the chassis, or the engine, we’re constantly setting new standards with the products, materials, and technologies we develop and produce. Inventiveness that makes sure you can be and become anything. 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