About this role
Waggoner Engineering, Inc. is seeking a Lead Operator to join our team in Monroe, LA. This role supports our continued growth and offers the opportunity to work on (or support) meaningful projects alongside a collaborative, experienced team. You’ll have the chance to build your career while contributing to impactful solutions across the communities we serve.
- The Maintenance Manager leads the facility preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance program and owns the CMMS, asset register, warranty, and critical-spares program.
- Sustains equipment availability across the wellfield, reverse osmosis trains, pumping, chemical, and supporting systems in support of the 99.9 percent uptime requirement.
- Owns the CMMS and the asset register aligned to Meta standards; plans, schedules, and directs preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance across mechanical, pumping, chemical, and RO support systems.
- Builds and manages the critical-spares and warranty programs and sets minimum and maximum spare levels from observed consumption.
- Directs and performs mechanical and electrical maintenance and repairs; diagnoses equipment problems and returns assets to service under lockout/tagout.
- Leads reliability-centered maintenance and criticality ranking; implements predictive routes including vibration, motor current, and pressure and flow signatures with the E&I / Controls Technician.
- Supervises the maintenance and E&I staff; assigns and inspects work; investigates issues and directs corrective action.
- Coordinates planned maintenance with the Lead Operator and Meta before equipment is isolated or process conditions change.
- Submits work orders, purchase orders, and maintenance documentation and supports procurement of parts and services.
- Enforces safety requirements including lockout/tagout, confined space entry, energized work practices, and line breaking; participates in the 24 hour, 7 day on-call standby rotation.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assigns and coordinates the day-to-day activities of the maintenance and E&I / Controls staff assigned to the facility.