Plant Maintenance Leader
The Clorox Company
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Your role at Clorox:
The Plant Maintenance Leader coordinates and supervises Clorox Puerto Rico’s plant maintenance, facilities, utilities, and manufacturing engineering programs to ensure high equipment reliability and extend asset life across all facilities, grounds, and structures. The role also leads specialized and complex plant-wide engineering initiatives supporting critical systems, operations, and maintenance activities, applying both standard and advanced engineering principles to identify root causes and develop permanent solutions.In this role, you will:
Maintenance & Reliability Leadership
- Develop and implement an effective preventive, predictive, and reliability-based maintenance program, including work orders and spare parts management, using World Class Organization (WCO) methodologies.
- Lead the plant’s Maintenance function, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of equipment and facilities.
- Drive improvement of maintenance skills across team members; promote a strong reliability and safety culture.
- Lead the preventive maintenance system, ensuring operational predictability and sustainable performance.
Engineering, Projects & Capital Management
- Supervise the Engineering function, providing technical guidance and ensuring alignment with standards and business needs.
- Lead, implement, and support plant engineering projects, improvements, and the Capital Plan using internal and external resources.
- Lead the Master Site Plan, making sure it follows the capital projects, space utilization, and future expansion needs.
- Define scope, schedule, budget, and resources for each project, actively identifying and mitigating project risks.
- Prepare and be responsible for the annual and 3-year capital program; review all AFEs (Authorization for Expenditure) for transparency and validated business justification.
- Ensure project execution meets deadlines, budget, and quality standards, coordinating with Technical Project Managers as needed.
- Maintain ongoing communication with OEMs regarding major equipment and technology decisions.
- Lead construction/contractor safety programs to ensure full regulatory compliance.
Operations, Vendor Management & Site Support
- Supervise plant facility management, including security, utilities, safety systems, and required permits.
- Collaborate with suppliers and contractors to ensure compliance with service agreements and secure favorable cost, delivery, and performance terms for NGSS-related purchases.
- Coordinate engineering support for productivity, cost reduction, environmental compliance, safety, and new product initiatives.
- Prepare periodic reports on project status, maintenance activities, and resource utilization following Clorox standards.
- Provide quarterly SAP updates on planned spending, cash flow forecasts, and one-time expense estimates.
Leadership & People Development
- Serve as part of the Plant Leadership Team, under the direction of the Plant Manager, and contribute to strategic planning using the Engineer’s Guide to Career Development.
- Lead and develop maintenance personnel through coaching, performance management, and capability building (PMP, Objectives, IDP, career discussions).
- Mentor and coach engineering personnel, including those not reporting directly to the role.
- Assign work, evaluate performance, and ensure alignment with individual and team objectives.
- Communicate technical priorities optimally across the plant.
Documentation, Standards & Asset Management
- Own and govern plant user documentation, ensuring it is current, accurate, and aligned with company standards.
- Develop a regular revision schedule for technical documents and maintain the Facility Improvement Plan (FIP) with a 3–5 year horizon.
- Ensure availability, operation, and life-cycle management of critical equipment and facilities; provide asset retirement recommendations.
- Drive plant equipment standardization and secure approvals for modifications from the Platform Team.
Safety, Compliance & Standards
- Ensure full compliance with Clorox and regulatory requirements related to safety, security, health, and the environment—including maintenance practices, inspections, training, and record-keeping.
- Actively partner with Operations to support safety programs, metrics, and continuous improvement.
- Review and provide feedback on engineering work to ensure alignment to Clorox Engineering Standards and safety/regulatory requirements.
What we look for:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering (PE license preferred).
- At least 5 years of experience in a Maintenance Coordinator role within a manufacturing environment, with a strong focus on preventive and corrective Maintenance.
- Experience in Engineering Projects Management and Facilities Management.
- Strong leadership, coaching, and team-building skill.
- Excellent planning, organizing, analytical, and problem solving abilities
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment and handle multiple priorities
- Bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English.
- Ability to resolve technical and project-related issues reliably and proactively.
- Collaboration skills and the ability to navigate interdepartmental challenges constructively.
Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive. Learn more.
Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:
Competitive compensation
Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international
Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being
Flexible work environment, depending on your role
Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing
Half-day Fridays, depending on your location
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