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jf_plant_maintenance_energy_mining::M4
Senior Manager, Plant Maintenance

Senior Manager, Plant Maintenance

industrial_energy_operationsPlant Maintenance (Energy/Mining) · M4 — M4 — Director · Management

Senior manager accountable for the maintenance and reliability of engine room and nuclear plant equipment across a facility or multiple sites.

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$167,689 USD

+95.9% vs M1 on this ladder

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$123,178$228,284

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pay@2 · 2026-07

What this role is

Senior manager accountable for the maintenance and reliability of engine room and nuclear plant equipment across a facility or multiple sites. At the Director (M4) level, the role owns a function or department, strategic priorities and cross-functional alignment, and drives function-level results. Leads managers; sets direction for the function.

What this level does

  • Manage maintenance across multiple plant sections or a critical function, holding responsibility for the yearly maintenance budget and its allocation
  • Lead capital project planning and implementation for equipment replacement and plant improvements, aligning maintenance strategy with business objectives
  • Direct data-mining efforts to establish reliability and uptime metrics, using them to set maintenance policy and prioritize investment
  • Assist senior management with plant improvements and expansions, providing maintenance feasibility and cost input for major decisions
  • Own safety incident investigations for the maintenance organization, driving corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence
Knowledge applied
Applies reliability engineering, capital planning, and budget management across multiple maintenance sections aligned to business objectives.
Complexity & problem solving
Sets strategic maintenance policies; decisions on capital projects and reliability metrics could jeopardize plant availability if wrong.
Collaboration & interaction
Engages senior plant leaders on maintenance strategy, capital, and expansion feasibility.
Typical experience
8–10+ years with complex, multi-team maintenance organization leadership.

Skills at this level

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Establishes maintenance procedures covering planning, scheduling, material support, and analysis of cost and performance to keep plant equipment running efficiently and minimize downtime.
Preventive and Corrective Maintenance Leadership
Directs the plant's preventive and corrective maintenance activities across power distribution, HVAC, and production equipment, coordinating routine servicing with breakdown repair to sustain uptime.
Reliability and Uptime Analytics
Leads data-mining efforts to establish reliability and uptime metrics, analyzing production equipment to prevent unexpected downtime costs and identify improvement opportunities.
Mechanical, Electrical and Hydraulic Troubleshooting
Diagnoses and resolves electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic malfunctions on plant machinery and extraction/energy equipment such as turbines, guiding crews through repair while observing safety precautions.
Maintenance Budget and Capital Project Management
Holds responsibility for the yearly maintenance budget and manages capital project planning and implementation for equipment replacement, plant improvements, and expansions.
Mechanical Integrity and Safety Compliance
Ensures maintenance activities comply with mechanical integrity and preventive maintenance programs and leads safety incident investigations to identify root cause and prevent recurrence.
CMMS Maintenance Management
Uses a Computerized Maintenance Management System to log trouble calls, track preventive maintenance completion, and record equipment fault history so maintenance and operator records stay accurate.
Operations Monitoring
Watches gauges, dials, and indicators across plant equipment to confirm machines are functioning properly and to trigger maintenance intervention before failure.
Maintenance Team Leadership and Development
Supervises and develops crews of maintenance technicians and mechanics, assigning work, coaching on procedures, and building the multi-disciplinary trade competency needed for energy/mining assets.
Multi-Site Asset Strategy
Sets long-term maintenance and reliability strategy across multiple, often remote energy/mining sites, accounting for asset mobility and coordinating standards and capital programs across facilities.
Process Improvement and Root Cause Analysis
Applies problem solving and process improvement to recurring equipment failures, identifying root causes and driving corrective/preventive actions that reduce downtime and cost.

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