Major Outage Project Lead HROC

Ghacem

$107K — $143K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 4 years in maintenance and project planning, preferably in heavy manufacturing or cement plants.
  • Strong expertise in outage planning and project management.
  • Proven ability to handle multiple priorities across varying timelines and stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with cement production processes and maintenance systems like CMMS/SAP.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaboration across diverse teams and locations.
  • Flexibility to travel to plant sites for preparation and execution.

Responsibilities

  • Build detailed outage schedules using MS Project, focusing on minimizing downtime.
  • Finalize maintenance activities plans for critical equipment like kilns and mills.
  • Coordinate manpower, contractor needs, tools, and materials with plant teams and suppliers.
  • Develop and track outage cost estimates, identifying optimization opportunities through data analysis.
  • Analyze risks and prepare contingency plans to mitigate downtime.
  • Pre-qualify vendors and align contracts before outages occur.
  • Serve as the central point of coordination among plant operations, maintenance, and regional teams.
  • Utilize historical outage data and KPIs to enhance planning accuracy and efficiency.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and annual incentive plan participation.
  • 401(k) with automatic company contributions and matching.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, including prescription drug benefits.
  • Health Savings, Reimbursement, and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Disability coverage, life insurance, and accidental death insurance.
  • Generous paid time off including bonding leave, vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
Full Job Description
Line of Business: Service & Support

Pay Range: $107,480.00 – $143,306.66

What You'll Be Doing

  • Build detailed outage schedules (MS Project), define task sequencing, and identify the critical path to minimize downtime.

  • Identify and finalize all maintenance activities plan (kiln, mills, crushers, preheaters, etc.), ensuring a clear, detailed outage scope with task-level breakdown.

  • Determine manpower, contractor requirements, tools, and materials; coordinate with plant teams, procurement, and vendors to ensure availability.

  • Develop outage cost estimates, track planned vs. expected expenditure and identify cost optimization opportunities before execution by leveraging data and plant collaboration.

  • Analyze potential risks (equipment delays, resource conflicts, safety concerns) and prepare contingency plans to avoid downtime overruns.

  • Pre-qualify vendors, align on scope, timelines, safety requirements, and ensure contracts are ready prior to outage start.

  • Act as the central coordination point between plant operations, maintenance, regional teams, and contractors—ensuring alignment before mobilization.

  • Use past outage data and KPIs (duration, cost, productivity) to improve planning accuracy and reduce future outage durations.

  • Drive continuous improvement through post-outage analysis, reporting, and best practices implementation

What Are We Looking For

  • Minimum of 4 years of experience in maintenance and project planning within a heavy manufacturing environment; cement plant experience preferred.

  • Strong capability in outage planning, project management, and maintenance coordination in industrial environments

  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and stakeholders effectively

  • Knowledge of cement manufacturing processes, equipment, and maintenance systems (e.g., CMMS/SAP)

  • Effective communication and collaboration skills to work across diverse teams and locations

  • Willingness and flexibility to travel to plant sites for planning and execution activities

Work Environment
This role operates in both office and plant environments, supporting multiple sites within a designated region. Travel is required during outage preparation and execution phases. The position involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, including operations, maintenance, contractors, and regional leadership.

What We Offer

  • Competitive base salary and participation in our annual incentive plan

  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions

  • Highly competitive benefits programs, including:

    • Medical, Dental, and Vision along with Prescription Drug Benefits

    • Health Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

    • AD&D, Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage as well as Basic Life Insurance

    • Paid Bonding Leave, 15 days of Paid Vacation, 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave and 10 Paid Holidays

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