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JOB DESCRIPTIONWabash Valley Resources (“WVR”) is seeking an experienced Manager, Maintenance & Construction to support the construction, commissioning, startup, and long-term operation of WVR’s facility in West Terre Haute, Indiana. This position will initially have a significant focus on construction execution, working closely with WVR’s project team, engineering firms, construction contractors, equipment suppliers, and operations personnel to ensure that the facility is constructed safely, efficiently, and in a manner that supports reliable long-term operation. The Manager will provide an owner’s perspective during construction, with particular emphasis on constructability, equipment installation, maintainability, mechanical completion, turnover, and commissioning readiness. As the Project progresses toward startup, the position will transition into responsibility for establishing and managing WVR’s plant maintenance and reliability organization. This will include development of maintenance programs, staffing, contractor strategy, spare parts, maintenance systems, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, turnaround planning, and ongoing maintenance execution. The successful candidate should have substantial experience in industrial construction and plant maintenance, preferably within chemical, petrochemical, refining, fertilizer, power, or other large continuous-process facilities. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering Technology, or a related field preferred; significant relevant industrial experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.• Approximately 10+ years of experience in industrial construction, maintenance, reliability, or plant operations.• Experience in chemical, petrochemical, refining, fertilizer, gasification, power generation, or similar continuous-process industrial facilities strongly preferred.• Demonstrated experience with both construction execution and maintenance of major industrial equipment.• Strong knowledge of rotating equipment, fixed equipment, piping systems, valves, mechanical systems, and industrial construction practices.• Experience with mechanical completion, commissioning, startup, and turnover processes preferred.• Experience developing or managing preventive and predictive maintenance programs.• Familiarity with CMMS systems and maintenance planning and scheduling.• Experience managing industrial contractors and evaluating contractor scope, performance, cost, and schedule.• Strong field leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.• Ability to work effectively across engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, safety, and management organizations. BASIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESConstruction and Project Execution• Provide owner oversight of mechanical, piping, structural, equipment installation, and other construction activities.• Coordinate closely with WVR’s project management, engineering, operations, and contractor teams to support safe and efficient execution of the work.• Review construction plans, work packages, schedules, sequencing, and contractor execution strategies.• Participate in constructability reviews and provide input regarding accessibility, maintainability, equipment removal requirements, lifting requirements, and future maintenance needs.• Monitor contractor field performance, productivity, staffing, work quality, schedule progress, and compliance with project requirements.• Assist in resolving field construction issues, RFIs, design conflicts, installation problems, and coordination issues.• Review proposed field changes and contractor change requests and provide input regarding technical necessity, scope, schedule impact, and cost.• Support inspection, testing, punch-list development, system completion, mechanical completion, and turnover activities.• Coordinate construction turnover to commissioning and operations personnel.• Ensure equipment and systems are delivered in a condition that supports safe startup and long-term maintainability.• Participate in vendor and contractor coordination meetings and represent WVR in field execution matters as assigned.• Assist with planning and coordination of major equipment setting, heavy lifts, tie-ins, shutdown activities, and other critical construction work. Maintenance and Reliability Development• Develop WVR’s overall maintenance and reliability strategy for the facility.• Establish preventive, predictive, corrective, and condition-based maintenance programs.• Develop maintenance procedures, standards, workflows, and work management processes.• Support selection, implementation, and population of the facility’s computerized maintenance management system (“CMMS”).• Develop the equipment hierarchy, maintenance plans, preventive maintenance tasks, and equipment history requirements within the CMMS.• Identify critical equipment and establish appropriate reliability and maintenance strategies.• Develop maintenance staffing plans and participate in recruiting, hiring, and training maintenance personnel.• Develop the appropriate balance between WVR maintenance personnel and specialty maintenance contractors.• Identify required maintenance tools, shop equipment, vehicles, lifting equipment, and other maintenance infrastructure.• Develop initial spare parts and critical spare parts requirements in coordination with engineering, vendors, and operations.• Ensure appropriate spare parts, special tools, vendor manuals, drawings, equipment records, and technical documentation are transferred from the project organization into the operating organization.• Establish relationships and service agreements with key equipment vendors and specialty maintenance contractors.• Develop initial turnaround, outage, and major maintenance strategies for the facility.• Support development of the operating and maintenance budget. Commissioning and Startup• Participate in systemization, mechanical completion, turnover, commissioning, and startup planning.• Coordinate resolution of construction punch-list items affecting equipment reliability or operability.• Ensure maintenance personnel become familiar with equipment and systems before startup.• Coordinate vendor technical representatives and maintenance support during commissioning and startup.• Support equipment inspections, lubrication, alignment, preservation, initial startup, and acceptance activities.• Ensure maintenance procedures, spare parts, special tools, and technical documentation are available prior to equipment startup.• Assist in establishing equipment baselines for vibration, lubrication, performance, and other predictive maintenance parameters.• Work closely with Operations, Engineering, and Process Safety personnel during startup and stabilization of the facility. Ongoing Plant Maintenance• Lead the day-to-day maintenance organization and maintenance contractors.• Maintain high standards for safety, work quality, equipment reliability, and maintenance execution.• Manage maintenance planning, scheduling, backlog, preventive maintenance compliance, and emergency work.• Coordinate maintenance activities with plant Operations to minimize production interruptions.• Monitor equipment reliability and identify recurring failures and opportunities for improvement.• Lead or participate in root-cause investigations involving significant equipment failures.• Manage maintenance contractors and equipment service providers.• Develop and manage annual maintenance budgets and forecasts.• Plan and execute plant outages, turnarounds, and major equipment overhauls.• Establish and monitor maintenance and reliability KPIs.• Support continuous improvement of plant availability, reliability, and lifecycle cost. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS• This position requires unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.• WVR is a Drug-Free Workplace. All prospective employees must pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.• Ability to work onsite in an active industrial, construction, and manufacturing environment.• Ability to periodically work outdoors and access operating units, equipment areas, shops, warehouses, and construction areas as required.• Ability to support commissioning, startup, shutdowns, outages, equipment failures, and other time-sensitive plant maintenance needs as required. BENEFITS• 401(k) and 401(k) matching• Dental, vision, health, and life insurance options• Paid time off• Holiday Pay• Salary Range : Commensurate with Experience. WORK LOCATIONThe Manager, Maintenance and Construction will work onsite at the WVR plant office location in West Terre Haute, Indiana.Wabash Valley Resources is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.To all recruitment agencies: WVR is not responsible for any fee related to unsolicited resumes from third party staffing and recruiting agencies. No fee will be paid for candidates who apply and claim to be represented by an agency. Any unsolicited resumes, CVs, or other candidate information submitted by an agency will become the property of WVR, and no fee will be paid in the event such candidate is hired.