Total Productive Maintenance Change Leader / TPM Manager - Ecolab : Job Details

Total Productive Maintenance Manager / TPM Manager

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago

Job requisition id: R00264248

Total Productive Maintenance Manager (TPM)

In this vital manufacturing role, you will lead Ecolab's Production System's highly visible Total Productive Maintenance transformation as we drive a cultural shift in how we continuously improve. As the TPM Manager for our Garyville, LA site, you are expected to implement rapid change; be a hands-on team builder able to recognize others' resistance to change and lead individuals and teams through the change process. Gain recognition by applying your competence in TPM, combined with on-the-job process expertise and stakeholder input to identify, prioritize, and manage multiple improvement projects.

This is the perfect job if you are self-motivated, with a bias for action, a sense of urgency, and a tendency to quickly take personal responsibility to drive improvements and culture shifts in manufacturing excellence.

Safety, Health and Environmental (SH&E)

• Improve plant safety through continuous improvement.
• Make improvements to the safety culture through TPM projects and interface with the Safety Pillar.
• Promote safety through all department functions.
• Participate in plant safety meetings, worksite inspections, SH&E audits & assessments, and other elements of the safety process.
• Conduct BBS observations to reinforce safe behaviors and correct at-risk behaviors within the organization.
• Ensure incidents, accidents, and upset conditions are appropriately identified, communicated, managed, and investigated to ensure compliance with external and internal requirements.

Service

• Implement Ecolab's Production System's TPM Strategy within the plant using methodology aligned with the global framework and other capabilities, assuming responsibility for extensive continued deployment with a focus on system sustainability.
• Oversee external consultant activity on-site as needed, aiming for self-leadership independence and site autonomy.
• Implement rapid change.
• Be a hands-on team builder able to recognize change management challenges and lead individuals and teams through the change process.
• Identify, prioritize, and manage multiple improvement projects.
• Spend more than 50% of the day walking the plant working closely with employees and teams.
• Coordinate area projects with site 5S leader and Kaizen/lean event facilitators.
• Track all TPM and savings projects in the Project Management Tool (PowerSteering) when appropriate.
• Complete the Self-Assessment exercise according to the required framework, guiding ongoing TPM progress per the Global & Regional Master plans.
• Conduct regular Plant Health Checks to ensure the plant continues to operate according to TPM governance standards.
• Support the Plant Manager in preparing for TPM audits.

Savings

• Support and drive implementation of Loss Analysis and TPM.
• Use Loss Analysis to identify major opportunities using TPM methodology to minimize major losses.
• Drive savings through loss analysis and deliver realistic savings opportunities, becoming a key driver of supply chain excellence and meeting savings goals.
• Maintain a cost reduction program by evaluating operating methods and procedures for more cost-effective routes.

People Leadership

• Drive and develop improvement teams supporting the Plant Manager.
• Promote a developing culture through TPM.
• Deliver TPM training aligned with the Global TPM Strategy and Road Map.
• Represent the site in the Reaction Plant network TPM leadership group.
• Support manufacturing skills development to foster a Loss Analysis culture.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Logistics, Science, Business, or a related area.
• 6 years of TPM leadership experience in manufacturing or supply chain environments.
• 3 years of coaching, mentoring, and leading cross-functional teams.
• 5 years of working with TPM principles and methods (including 5S, Autonomous Management, Planned Maintenance, Visual Management, and Kaizen).
• No immigration sponsorship offered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced technical degree.
• 5 years of experience in project or program management, leading process improvement projects, or operational excellence initiatives.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, leadership, decision-making, and communication skills.
• Experience in lean six sigma leadership roles.
• Proven ability to drive large-scale culture shifts.

Our strategy is to embed TPM pillars into all plant activities and expand as part of ‘TPM Everywhere' in the end-to-end supply chain. We focus TPM activities and training around the divisions' CBN (compelling business needs) to align with business objectives. We manage the TPM program through standard procedures and processes, deployed locally by TPM managers. Our goal is for all plants to achieve world-class manufacturing standards based on TPM audits, encompassing safety, quality, cost, and service.

Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.

Compensation Range

The base salary range is $104,700 - $157,100, with eligibility for annual performance-based bonuses. Compensation factors include experience, education, training, and geography, compliant with wage and overtime laws.

Benefits

Ecolab offers comprehensive, market-competitive benefits. See our benefits here. If viewing on a third-party site, visit our benefits page at jobs.ecolab.com/working-here.

Customer Requirements Notice

Applicants for certain customer-facing roles may need additional background checks, drug testing, and COVID-19 vaccinations unless accommodations are requested and approved.

ADA Notice

Ecolab provides reasonable accommodations during the application process upon request, in accordance with applicable laws. For assistance, visit the Recruiting Support link on our career website.

Ecolab is a global leader in water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions, serving nearly three million customer locations worldwide. With over 48,000 associates and $15 billion in sales, we deliver science-based solutions that enhance food safety, environmental cleanliness, water and energy efficiency, and operational sustainability across various markets in more than 170 countries.

Joining Ecolab means tackling meaningful challenges, learning, growing, shaping your career, and making an impact.