The Rendering Maintenance Manager will lead all maintenance and reliability activities at an industrial rendering facility, ensuring equipment uptime, safe operations, environmental compliance, and operational efficiency. This role oversees maintenance personnel, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, budgets, capital projects, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and develop maintenance supervisors, mechanics, technicians, and contractors.
Implement preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
Improve equipment reliability, uptime, and maintenance performance.
Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for equipment failures.
Manage maintenance budgets, expenditures, and performance KPIs.
Ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental regulations, LOTO, confined space, and hot work safety requirements.
Oversee capital projects, equipment installations, and contractor activities.
Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Safety teams to improve plant performance.
Maintain 24/7 accountability for critical plant equipment and emergencies.
Required Qualifications
Minimum 7 years of industrial maintenance experience.
At least 3 years of maintenance leadership or supervisory experience.
Experience managing maintenance teams, contractors, budgets, and maintenance programs.
Strong knowledge of equipment reliability, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
Ability to respond to plant emergencies and work in an industrial environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, or a related field.
Experience in rendering, poultry processing, food manufacturing, feed manufacturing, or similar industrial operations.
Knowledge of CMMS, reliability-centered maintenance, and predictive maintenance technologies.
Experience managing capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Millsboro, DE
Job Type
Full-time
Skills
Budget Managementunmatched
Budgetingunmatched
Capital Budgetingunmatched
Capital Equipmentunmatched
Capital Projectunmatched
Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)unmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Corrective Actionunmatched
Emergency Responseunmatched
Environmental Complianceunmatched
Environmental Regulationsunmatched
Food Productionunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Industrial Engineeringunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Maintain Complianceunmatched
Maintenance Servicesunmatched
Manufacturingunmatched
Mechanical Maintenanceunmatched
OSHAunmatched
People Managementunmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Performance Metricsunmatched
Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
Project Trackingunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Reliability Centered Maintenanceunmatched
Reliability Engineeringunmatched
Root Cause Analysisunmatched
Safety Trainingunmatched
Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
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