Responsibilities & Duties: Provide leadership to ensure all company safety rules and regulations in accordance with Mine Health & Safety Act are observed by employees.  This includes planning the necessary resources in manpower and budgeting to accomplish site safety goals in the PaSSE and SHARP plans, and monitoring the safety program and its effectiveness to ensure a safe workplace Participate in appropriate safety training for all assigned employees Interface with MSHA and other governing health and safety agencies at local and federal level as required Follow up investigations working with Safety Committee, and others as needed Coordinate and monitor the activities of all maintenance employees assigned Ensure preventative action is taken to avoid the occurrence of nonconformities relating to product or process or to the quality system Ensures correct, accurate, and timely reporting of information on all maintenance Work Orders, including “Urgent Repairs” Recommend solutions to problems related to the product or process, or to the quality system, and, when approved, participates in the implementation, management and verification of those solutions Provide technical and tactical support to the Maintenance Team, Engineer, Production and Project Manager to maximize kiln efficiency and minimize unscheduled down time Participate in the identification of training needs for assigned plant maintenance personnel and coordinate training Oversee the structural inspection program Ensure the execution of the daily maintenance plan to meet sales and production needs while maintaining efficient maintenance costs and explaining significant variances from the plan Routinely monitor key performance indicators identifying opportunities for improvement and making appropriate supervisory and management personnel aware of the findings Job Qualifications: Associate's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology or related field (bachelor’s degree preferred) 7+ years industrial, mechanical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment 5+ years of supervisory experience; industry background in heavy manufacturing related; mining, paper mills, steel plants, refining, utilities, refractory, heavy equipment fabrication, stone processing, cement plants industries preferred Positive & proactive attitude with ability to address issues and implement solutions; working knowledge of material handling feeders, convey or belt systems, and general knowledge pumping systems; experience in PLC or Wonderware troubleshooting a plus Strong computer skills; experience with a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); SAP and Microsoft Project experience is a plus Strong interpersonal/people skills; results driven; self-starter; able to initiate and be willing to hold others accountable for achieving company and site objectives Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedures manuals, and blueprints Ability to write and communicate routine reports and correspondence Fluency in oral and written English