Full Time Maintenance Coordinator - Property Management

Position Title: Maintenance Manager Chief of Operations Employment Type: Full-Time – Salaried - Exempt Department: Maintenance *Sign on Bonus* up to $2,500 At S outhwest I owa R enewable E nergy (SIRE), we are a high-energy, forward-looking powerhouse on a mission to engineer the smartest, cleanest energy on the planet! We are ambitious and refuse to stand still - we are constantly innovating, smashing goals, and unlocking cool new technologies that push our fast-paced operations to the absolute next level. We don’t just build renewable energy - we build a team people want to be part of. We lead with a people-centric culture that invests in its team to ensure you have a stable, high-impact career at the center of something big. Leads the maintenance department and is responsible for the mechanical reliability, uptime and safe operation of the ethanol plant with the understanding this is the largest controllable cost center. The competing goal of this department is to maintain the highest level of operations while managing the costs of the department. This is a management role, not a hands-on maintenance role. The Maintenance Manager leads through supervisors, planners and contractors, makes decisions with data, and is accountable to plant leadership for the department’s financial and reliability performance. Works closely with Operations and Engineering to plan outages and projects. Lead, schedule, train and develop the maintenance team (mechanical, electrical/I&E/Utility and storeroom), and manage outside contract labor as needed.

• Own the annual maintenance budget (labor, contract services, parts and materials, rentals and outage spending). Own the preventive and predictive maintenance programs, including vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography and ultrasonic testing, to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Manage the CMMS. Review, prioritize and assign work orders every day, and make sure work is planned, scheduled, closed out and documented.
• Plan and run scheduled shutdowns and outages, including scope, contractors, parts, schedule and budget.
• Analyze spending by area, equipment, vendor and failure type to find and remove waste and repeat costs.
• Keep critical plant equipment and utility systems reliable. This includes grinding and hammermills, cook and liquefaction, fermentation, distillation, molecular sieves, evaporation, centrifuges, dryers/DDGS, boilers and steam, cooling towers, compressed air, CO2 and electrical distribution.
• Set the maintenance strategy and make sure preventive and predictive programs are focused on the equipment that matters most to production and cost.
• Build and manage the annual maintenance budget. Track spending and look for ways to lower maintenance cost per gallon.
• Oversee the storeroom, critical spares, inventory control and the plant’s tools and equipment.
• Coordinate regular inspections of plant assets, including pressure vessels, tanks, piping, rotating equipment and fire protection.
• Work with Engineering and the Project Manager on capital projects. Review designs for maintainability, support commissioning and plan handover into the PM program.
• Track and report maintenance KPIs, such as uptime, PM compliance, backlog, planned vs. Manage relationships with key vendors and contractors.
• Proficient with using CMMS and Microsoft Office.
• Available for call-outs, nights, weekends and holidays as plant needs require.

High school diploma or GED required. A bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field is preferred.

• Minimum 5 years of industrial maintenance experience, including at least 2 years in a supervisory role.
• Shutdown/turnaround planning experience preferred.

SIRE offers one of the most competitive compensation packages (salary and bonus) as well as a comprehensive, family-friendly benefits package designed to support employees and their families including:

• UP to $2,500 in new employee sign on bonuses
• Exceptional family medical, dental, and vision benefits (includes a 100% company paid premium option for medical & $0-copay telehealth)
• Quarterly bonuses up to 15%
• 10 paid holidays
• Short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• Training, skill-based pay increases, and career development
• We value diversity and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status.