Regional Project & Maintenance Manager

About Us:

Liberty Tire Recycling is a high-growth company and the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America with operations throughout the United States and Canada. Liberty Tire annually transforms more than 210 million tires into raw materials for smart, sustainable products that improve our environment and people’s lives. The Company is private equity owned, has approximately 60 sites in the US and Canada, and nearly 4,000 employees. With innovative tools, technologies and processes, Liberty Tire is a revolutionary American conservation enterprise – from coast to coast, and from whole tire to end products. The company’s commitment to finding new and better ways to RECLAIM, RECYCLE and REUSE bridges the sustainability goals of scrap tire generators nationwide with those of local scrap rubber consumers.

Position Summary

The Regional Project & Maintenance Manager is responsible for improving equipment reliability, maintenance execution, and capital project delivery across multiple facilities. This role partners with Asset Reliability leadership, Safety, Maintenance, Operations, and outside vendors to validate community parts inventory and ensure equipment and facilities are safe, reliable, productive, and maintained to Liberty standards.

This hands-on leadership position combines maintenance management and project management responsibilities. The manager will help sites implement preventive maintenance, improve equipment uptime, develop maintenance teams, standardize best practices, and plan and execute equipment and facility projects.

Primary Responsibilities

Safety & Compliance

Champion Liberty’s safety culture and ensure maintenance and project work is completed safely and in accordance with company policies.

Support compliance with OSHA requirements and applicable federal, state, and local environmental requirements.

Promote proper lockout/tagout/try-out, machine guarding, electrical safety, contractor safety, and safe work practices.

Ensure tools, specialty equipment, fire-protection systems, and maintenance-related safety systems are properly maintained, inspected, and documented.

Maintenance & Reliability

Provide leadership and technical support to maintenance and production teams across assigned facilities.

Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs to increase equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.

Support troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, conveying, shredding, screening, liberation, separation, fine-grinding, and material-handling equipment.

Work with sites to identify root causes of recurring premature failures and implement permanent corrective actions.

Help establish equipment-condition standards and replacement priorities using downtime, maintenance history, operating hours, OEM guidance, and site experience.

Support parts-management programs, including critical-spares identification, inventory standards, and availability of required repair parts.

Promote consistent maintenance practices and share best practices among facilities.

Fiix / CMMS Management

Drive effective use of Fiix for asset records, work orders, preventive maintenance, equipment history, inspections, and maintenance planning.

Verify the work-order process and review work-order completion, equipment downtime, PM compliance, maintenance costs, and other reliability measures.

Help sites maintain accurate asset and maintenance data and use that information to make repair-versus-replacement decisions.

Request purchase orders and verify that orders are sent and received.

Support standardization of task groups, scheduled maintenance, asset hierarchies, and maintenance reporting.

Project Management

Lead or support equipment installations, replacements, facility improvements, and other capital projects from planning through startup.

Develop project scope, equipment requirements, preliminary layouts, schedules, budgets, and implementation plans.

Coordinate engineering, contractors, vendors, permitting, equipment delivery, installation, commissioning, and training.

Work with Operations and site leadership to minimize production disruption during project execution and maximize uptime.

Track project costs, schedules, risks, open items, and completion status and communicate progress to stakeholders.

Develop, maintain, and regularly update Gantt charts to track schedules, milestones, budgets, resource requirements, and completion status for capital, maintenance, and continuous improvement projects.

Ensure new equipment is properly identified, entered into Fiix, supported with spare parts, and placed on an appropriate preventive maintenance program before project closeout.

Vendor & Contractor Management

Develop strong working relationships with equipment manufacturers, service providers, contractors, and engineering resources.

Assist with evaluating proposals, scopes of work, equipment selections, warranties, and service agreements.

Hold vendors and contractors accountable for safety, quality, schedule, documentation, and agreed-upon performance.

Support warranty claims and resolution of equipment or installation issues.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

Coach and develop maintenance leaders and technicians through practical, hands-on training and knowledge sharing.

Work collaboratively with General Managers and site teams while maintaining clear regional standards and expectations.

Conduct site visits to review equipment condition, maintenance practices, project needs, safety concerns, and improvement opportunities.

Drive continuous improvement using equipment data, root-cause analysis, standardized work, and lessons learned across facilities.

Communicate clearly with site, regional, and corporate leadership regarding equipment risks, project status, major repairs, and capital needs.

Required Skills & Abilities

Strong mechanical aptitude with practical knowledge of industrial manufacturing and processing equipment.

Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.

Strong project-management, planning, organization, and follow-through skills.

Ability to manage multiple sites, projects, and priorities simultaneously.

Working knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance practices and CMMS systems such as Fiix.

Strong leadership, communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills.

Ability to read equipment drawings, layouts, manuals, and technical documentation.

Strong understanding of industrial safety requirements and safe maintenance practices.

Willingness to be hands-on and work alongside site and maintenance teams.

Ability to travel regularly to assigned facilities and support urgent maintenance or project needs when required.

Education & Experience

Minimum of 5 years of industrial maintenance, reliability, engineering, or project-management experience in a manufacturing or processing environment.

Previous experience leading maintenance personnel, contractors, equipment installations, or capital projects.

Experience with industrial mechanical and electrical systems strongly preferred.

Technical degree, skilled-trades background, engineering education, or equivalent combination of education and practical experience preferred.

Experience with CMMS systems, equipment reliability programs, and continuous improvement preferred.

Key Measures of Success

Improved equipment uptime and reliability.

Reduction in repeat failures and unplanned downtime.

Strong preventive-maintenance and work-order completion performance.

Accurate equipment and maintenance information in Fiix.

Capital projects completed safely, on scope, on schedule, and within approved budgets.

Improved critical-spares readiness and maintenance planning.

Development and standardization of maintenance practices across assigned facilities.

Strong collaboration among Maintenance, Operations, Safety, Asset Reliability, and site and regional leadership.

Benefits:

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

EEO Statement:

Liberty Tire Recycling is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.