Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager - Recycling Industry - Base Salary to 110k/year - Webb City, MO

• Our client, a well-established recycling company, is currently seeking a hands-on Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance operations for a busy industrial recycling facility.


• The Maintenance Manager will oversee a six-person maintenance team and be responsible for fleet maintenance, heavy mobile equipment, diesel trucks, hydraulic systems, stationary processing equipment, and related industrial machinery. This position requires hands-on mechanical experience and the ability to work alongside maintenance personnel while leading day-to-day maintenance operations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and supervise daily maintenance operations for the yard, maintenance shop, fleet, heavy equipment, and stationary processing equipment


• Manage and train a team of six maintenance employees


• Establish and maintain preventive maintenance and equipment maintenance schedules for trucks, heavy equipment, hydraulic equipment, and stationary machinery


• Troubleshoot and diagnose mechanical, hydraulic, diesel, and operational equipment issues


• Oversee maintenance and repair of trucks, roll-off containers, trailers, material handlers, forklifts, skid steers, and other heavy mobile equipment


• Maintain and troubleshoot stationary processing equipment, including large industrial shears and ferrous balers


• Provide hands-on mechanical support, troubleshooting, and repair guidance to maintenance personnel


• Support welding and fabrication repairs associated with fleet, heavy equipment, and industrial machinery


• Manage maintenance costs and assist with the maintenance department budget


• Maintain inventory of critical spare parts and coordinate outside repairs and service vendors


• Oversee safe maintenance practices throughout yard and shop operations


• Identify maintenance and process improvements that increase equipment reliability, productivity, and uptime


• Work with operations leadership to prioritize repairs and minimize production and equipment downtime

Qualifications:

• Proven maintenance management experience supporting heavy equipment and fleet operations within metal recycling or a similar industrial environment, including recycling, demolition, aggregate, quarry, mining, waste management, lumber, steel mills, concrete, asphalt, ready mix, or heavy equipment rental


• Experience managing maintenance involving heavy mobile equipment, hydraulic systems, diesel trucks, and welding/fabrication in a production-driven industrial environment


• Hands-on mechanical experience maintaining and repairing heavy equipment and stationary industrial machinery


• Hydraulic equipment maintenance and troubleshooting experience


• Previous maintenance leadership or supervisory experience


• Experience diagnosing mechanical, hydraulic, and operational equipment problems and determining appropriate repairs


• Experience leading maintenance personnel while providing hands-on equipment maintenance and troubleshooting support

Compensation:

• Base salary in the 100k - 110k/year range


• Comprehensive insurance benefits


• 401k


• Relocation assistance available (lump sum)