Maintenance Excellence Leader in Corpus Christi, TX and Lemont, IL - Merrimac International

Description

Our Client

CITGO is a US-based refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, and other industrial products headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company owns three large and complex refineries in the United States and is the 5th largest refiner in the country. The company has over 3,400 employees and also owns and operates terminals, pipelines, and lubricant blending and packing plants. CITGO also has over 4,900 independently owned branded retail outlets across America.

The Role - Openings in Corpus Christi, TX and Lemont, IL

The Manager, Maintenance Excellence position is responsible for leading the company-wide effort to improve refinery availability and reduce overall expenses by developing a culture of maintenance excellence. This includes, but it is not limited to:

• Development of maintenance strategies, implementation of best practices, develop performance measurements (KPI's) and review during Monthly Performance Review meetings
• Develop expectations and goals to achieve safety and quality excellence
• Perform benchmark to identify gaps and gap closure ideas
• Develop contractor management plan
• Improve wrench time through implementation of advanced Planning & Scheduling practices
• Improve quality of work by developing CITGO craftsmen and proper contractor selection
• Support refinery reliability programs
• Perform wrench time assessments and implement recommendations
• Develop and maintain most cost-effective contractor strategy for each site
• Support turnaround initiatives
• Implementation of project cost control reports consistent across all sites
• Perform labor market assessments and develop mitigation plans
• Develop training plan to continuously develop maintenance supervision and craftsmen
• Create a positive and proactive teamwork culture, and other improvements to achieve and sustain maintenance excellence
• Apply maintenance excellence initiatives and consistency to each CITGO Refinery site

Lines of Reporting

The Manager, Maintenance Excellence will report to the General Manager ("GM") of Maintenance of CITGO.

The Manager, Maintenance Excellence will not have any direct reports.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and Implement world class maintenance work processes to improve maintenance efficiencies, improve productivity and reduce maintenance costs. Develop and maintain departmental procedures and guidelines. Provides direction, oversight, coaching and assistance to maintenance organization on an ongoing basis. Develop contractor management plan and monitor contractor performance. Develop and share both CITGO and Contractor Maintenance Performance Measurements (KPI's) with Maintenance organization and refinery leadership team to track improvement progress.
• Perform maintenance benchmark and wrench time assessments to identify gaps and gap closure ideas to reduce cost and improve productivity. Analyze data and identify actionable items. Develop improvement plans, prepare presentations, and share information with maintenance organization and refinery leadership team. Implement recommendations and validate by performing regular audits.
• Responsible for providing oversite, leadership, direction and management of the Maintenance activities in the refinery. This includes developing maintenance strategies, annual plans, setting goals, expectations and priorities, reviewing and establishing the organizational structure.
• Review new technologies and initiatives to improve work efficiency. Interact with CITGO refineries and Industry to identify best work practices and ensure consistent implementation at all sites. Seeks creative and innovative ways to reduce maintenance costs, improve productivity, and other value-added items to maximize overall maintenance performance
• Responsible for providing safety leadership, management, and maintenance safety performance. This includes setting safety expectations and goals, developing safety programs and practices, monitoring safety program compliance, providing safety training, design and construction safety, pre-job safety analysis and process safety management, and performing safety audits and inspections.
• Responsible for establishing Project Cost Control systems for cost management. Monitors cost performance and resources and provides continuous feedback to the Manager of Maintenance and team members. Support maintenance with yearly budget preparations and budget compliance throughout the year. Support enhancements to improve cost plans and forecasts
• Develops a Quality Management oversight and assurance for all maintenance related activities, including planning, scheduling, execution and proper documentation. Guides the maintenance organization in the development and application of Quality Management principles, including conformance to business and work process requirements. Provides leadership and management of the continuous improvement process.
• Perform labor market analysis, provide and implement recommendations to develop the most cost-effective contractor and CITGO-hourly maintenance strategy.
• Develop training master plan to provide adequate training at all levels within the maintenance organization. This plan needs to include both technical and personal development training. Work with Manager of Maintenance to develop succession plan for the Maintenance Organization and identify training needs for each person. Develop and implement forward thinking strategies for enhancement of craft workforce quality and availability.
• Create a positive and proactive teamwork culture. Promote good communication and interaction among all the departments.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications for the position:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering preferred; 8+ years of job related experience with a High School Diploma considered
• Experience in oil refining or refining/petrochemical maintenance management; general overall refinery and technology knowledge and experience
• Strategic mindset with a demonstrated track record of implementing structures for continuous improvement
• Awareness of the maintenance execution work process, particularly in planning and scheduling
• Ability to drive program excellence with a clear understanding of critical data and setting expectations
• Demonstrated strong organizational and communication skills, with leadership capabilities
• Excellent attention to detail and a result-oriented mindset
• Ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with co-workers and external partners for the development and implementation of business solutions
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Must be able to respond effectively to demands of a highly visible and varied workload, tight deadlines and changing job priorities
• Dedicated and collaborative team-player; Able to thrive in a fast-paced, informal, team-focused environments where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high
• Excellent oral and written communication skills & outstanding presentation skills; able to interact effectively across all levels of an organization
• Superior work ethic and integrity
• Travel as needed