Maintenance Manager (255043) Bachelors / Pulp-Paper, Packaging, Automotive / PSM, CMMS, Operations / San Antonio – Austin Areas
Maintenance Manager and Navy Veteran with 20+ years of experience. He has a Bachelors degree from Texas A&M With a unique blend of military discipline, corporate experience, and operational savvy, JT is a results-driven leader in maintenance and plant facilities management with a strong track record of performance! He excels at driving continuous improvement, optimizing budgets, and creating safe, efficient work environments across industries. He is an out-of-the-box thinker with advanced familiarity of IT, automated machines, mechanical systems, electrical systems and other structures. He is well-versed in preventative
maintenance schedules, supply order log and maintenance/repair procedures. JT is skilled in streamlining operations and implementing cost saving initiatives to improve plant profits!
Most Maintenance Managers Just Keep the Lights On. JT? He rewires the damn building, cuts the energy bill, trains a new crew, and does it without breaking a sweat. Most candidates can talk maintenance. JT has lived it for three decades, in billion-dollar plants. He doesn’t chase titles. He chases results. And when your plant’s on fire (literally or financially), JT’s the guy who puts it out—then rebuilds it better.He is interested in confidentially exploring new Maintenance Leadership opportunities in the Austin and San Antonio areas. His impressive history includes:
Industry Pain Points — and How Jon Solves Them
| Real-World Problem | JT’s Response |
| “Backlog is out of control. We’re reacting, not preventing.” | ✅ Implemented PPM + CMMS optimization across multiple facilities. Cut downtime. Reduced unplanned failures. |
| “We need a leader who gets equipment, compliance, AND people.” | ✅ Navy-trained leader + ISO + PSM + cGMP. He’s led 900+ personnel. He builds teams AND fixes what’s broken. |
| “Too much money burned on contractors and poor planning.” | ✅ Cut costs 6%+ at IP, restructured vendor usage, implemented project scheduling, SOPs, and MOC reviews. |
| “Our techs don’t know what to do—or why they’re doing it.” | ✅ Built SOPs, ran training programs, mentored SMEs, and created a repair database that transformed wrench time. |
| “Nobody can manage both the boardroom and the boiler room.” | ✅ Jon leads capital planning, budgets $6M+, coordinates with EHS, HR, and ops… AND he still trains techs on the floor. |
| “We’ve got rotating equipment and pressure vessels that could sink us.” | ✅ ASME certs, MIQA, vibration analysis, root cause failure analysis, thermal & fatigue modeling—he speaks the code. |
| “Our maintenance culture is burned out.” | ✅ At IP, Jon led his facility to 600+ days injury-free while raising standards and performance across 16+ personnel. |
🔩 Technical Breadth
| Systems | Equipment | Software/Certs |
| PLC / DCS / HMI | Pumps, Compressors, Heat Exchangers, Fire Systems | SAP, CMMS, MIQA, ASME, ISO9000, PSM |
| Mechanical, Electrical, Pneumatic | Rotating Equipment, Boilers, Ovens, Packaging | Lean, Kaizen, RCA, Thermal/Fatigue Analysis |
| PSM / cGMP / MOC / Lockout / Tagout | Motors (DC/AC/3-phase), Valves, Blowers, Chillers | Vibration, FMEA, SOP Development, NDT |
🎯 Ideal Roles:
- Maintenance Manager / Reliability Leader
- Plant Maintenance Supervisor
- Maintenance Operations Manager – Industrial, Paper, or Packaging
- Asset Integrity Manager – PSM/MI Environment
Education
BAAS, Business Administration/ Business Management Texas A&M, San Antonio, TX 2018