Maintenance Manager
Maintenance Manager - Allendale, South Carolina
Salary: $90,000 - $120,000
Company Summary
This opportunity is with a global specialty chemicals manufacturer that develops and produces performance and color chemistries used across the textiles, packaging, and paper industries. The organization operates a worldwide manufacturing footprint and is recognized for its strong focus on safety, sustainability, and operational excellence. Its products support everyday consumer and industrial materials, and the company continues to invest heavily in plant reliability, capital projects, and long‑term growth.
The Allendale facility is a complex chemical manufacturing site supporting multiple production units, utilities, and site infrastructure, offering meaningful technical depth and ownership for maintenance leadership.
Role Overview
This role is responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and cost‑effective operation of all plant equipment and systems. The Maintenance Manager will manage a multimillion‑dollar maintenance budget while driving continuous improvement, asset condition management, and capital project execution. This is a highly visible, hands‑on leadership role with full ownership of site maintenance performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead all site maintenance operations across mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation systems
- Drive preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve reliability and reduce downtime
- Manage a $2M+ annual maintenance budget, including parts inventory and storeroom operations
- Provide hands-on troubleshooting support for process equipment, utilities, and infrastructure
- Scope, plan, and execute capital projects and equipment replacement initiatives
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements and lead audit readiness
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience leading a maintenance organization, preferably in chemical or regulated manufacturing
- Strong mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation knowledge with hands-on troubleshooting capability
- Proven experience managing large maintenance budgets ($2M+ annually)
- Demonstrated success implementing preventive maintenance and reliability programs
- Ability to read and interpret P&IDs and electrical drawings
- Engineering background preferred; experience with PLCs, VFDs, DCS, and RCM practices a plus
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