Ascendperformancematerials

Ascendperformancematerials

Sr Maintenance Manager

Alvin, TX · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 31 days ago
SAPSupply ChainProcess ImprovementProcurementERPRecruitingCustomer SuccessMedical DevicesLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingMentoring

About the role

  • Improve asset reliability and availability to consistently meet production and business plan targets

Responsibilities

  • Lead maintenance organization including front line leaders, technical resources, and contract partners
  • Establish and drive maintenance strategies aligned with plant safety, reliability, and cost objectives
  • Develop and execute departmental goals aligned with site and corporate priorities
  • Drive compliance to the Maintenance Work Process from work identification through completion
  • Ensure effective planning, scheduling, and execution of daily work, turnarounds (TARs), and capital support activities
  • Manage backlog, preventive maintenance (PM) compliance, and equipment criticality to optimize execution
  • Lead initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Implement reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) principles and continuous improvement tools (Lean, Six Sigma, 5S)
  • Optimize use of internal and contract resources to improve productivity and cost efficiency

Requirements

  • Minimum 10 years of maintenance or operations experience in a chemical manufacturing environment
  • Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing technical and multi-craft teams
  • Experience managing maintenance budgets, planning processes, and contractor resources
  • Regular interaction with contractors, vendors, and external service providers is required.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical or Chemical Engineering preferred)
  • Experience using enterprise resource planning systems

Skills

  • Deep understanding of maintenance and reliability principles, including root cause analysis and preventive maintenance strategies
  • Demonstrated ability to improve asset performance and reduce downtime in a manufacturing environment
  • Strong financial acumen with experience in managing budgets and cost improvement initiatives
  • Proficiency in continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, reliability-centered maintenance)
  • Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills
  • Effective communication and ability to influence across all levels of the organization

Compensation

  • Own maintenance budget, forecasts, and cost performance; deliver against annual operating plan commitments

Benefits

  • This role works closely with operations, engineering, supply chain, procurement, and environmental, safety, security and health (ESSH) teams to ensure alignment on production, reliability, and capital priorities.

Company info

  • Ascend Performance Materials is the premium provider of high quality chemicals, fibers and plastics. With world scale integrated manufacturing facilities we are able to develop new products from our core technologies, and provide flexibility to respond to the expanding needs of customers. Ascend has global sales and distribution facilities across the globe and six manufacturing facilities globally. As a privately-held company, our people do big things and make big decisions, often much earlier in their careers than at larger companies. Ascend Performance Materials offers team members the opportunity to contribute in big, meaningful ways-all within a stable and growing business.
  • Why work at Ascend?
  • Our vision is to be the recognized leader in the nylon 6,6 value chain, creating new possibilities with PA66 for everyone, everywhere, every day. We achieve that through living our Ascend values.
  • We care. We operate safely with high integrity for our employees, our customers and our communities. Our people are our greatest assets, and our Total Rewards Program extends beyond traditional benefits to include access to on-site medical clinics at our U.S. facilities, a global wellness rewards program and Performance Matters, an employee-driven recognition plan. Our Commitment to Zero demonstrates our belief that is it possible to operate with zero personal injuries, zero process safety incidents and zero environmental releases. And the Ascend Cares Foundation, led by Ascend employees, supports Ascend families in times of need, provides inspiring opportunities ​​for community engagement and facilitates community leadership.
  • We exist for our customers; they drive our actions.
  • Their success is our success.
  • Ascend Performance Materials is the premium provider of high quality chemicals, fibers and plastics.
  • With world scale integrated manufacturing facilities we are able to develop new products from our core technologies, and provide flexibility to respond to the expanding needs of customers.
  • Ascend has global sales and distribution facilities across the globe and six manufacturing facilities globally.
  • As a privately-held company, our people do big things and make big decisions, often much earlier in their careers than at larger companies.
  • Ascend Performance Materials offers team members the opportunity to contribute in big, meaningful ways-all within a stable and growing business.
  • Our vision is to be the recognized leader in the nylon 6,6 value chain, creating new possibilities with PA66 for everyone, everywhere, every day.
  • We achieve that through living our Ascend values.
  • We operate safely with high integrity for our employees, our customers and our communities.
  • Our people are our greatest assets, and our Total Rewards Program extends beyond traditional benefits to include access to on-site medical clinics at our U.S. facilities, a global wellness rewards program and Performance Matters, an employee-driven recognition plan.
  • Our Commitment to Zero demonstrates our belief that is it possible to operate with zero personal injuries, zero process safety incidents and zero environmental releases.
  • And the Ascend Cares Foundation, led by Ascend employees, supports Ascend families in times of need, provides inspiring opportunities ​​for community engagement and facilitates community leadership.
  • Customer-focused.
  • Our plastics and chemicals are building blocks that help make everyday essentials safer and more sustainable, and we constantly strive to develop new and innovative products to meet the future needs of our customers.
  • And that customer focus doesn't only apply to the marketplace - it also applies to how we treat our colleagues and our fellow community members.
  • Better every day.
  • We invest in our people and our processes to improve every day.
  • A2E, our continuous improvement program, guides the way we do business.
  • And this way of problem solving applies not only to our manufacturing practices but also to our commitment to developing our people.
  • You'll see it during your career at Ascend in our leadership development, skills training and mentoring programs
  • We think broadly and lead proactively in a constantly evolving organization and industry.
  • Agility doesn't mean simply working quickly - it means critical thinking, creative problem solving and novel approaches to everyday challenges.
  • All together, with a common set of goals and an eye toward the future.
  • We don't accept silos.
  • We look for ways to share across departments, sites and geography.

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