Maintenance Manager

Job Summary:

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for ensuring the reliability, safety, and uptime of material handling equipment and facility infrastructure across multiple distribution centers. This role provides hands-on technical leadership, vendor coordination, safety oversight, and cost-effective maintenance solutions while partnering closely with Operations and Corporate teams to minimize downtime and improve system performance

Responsibilities Include:

• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance of material handling equipment and facility infrastructure across multiple distribution centers, ensuring safety, uptime, and reliability.
• Provide technical escalation and triage support for critical MHE outages, including after hours, partnering with vendors, OEMs, and DC leadership to resolve issues.
• Maintain and troubleshoot conveyors, sortation systems, racking, pneumatic and electrical components, compressors, tape machines, stretch wrappers, and related warehouse equipment.
• Perform low voltage electrical, controls, and mechanical troubleshooting (including PLC diagnostics and resets) in coordination with vendors as needed.
• Travel to sites for complex PMs, installations, audits, and emergency repairs to minimize downtime.
• Source, evaluate, and manage vendors for maintenance, capital, and safety projects, ensuring cost effective execution.
• Lead and develop site maintenance teams, emphasizing safety, standard work, and preventive maintenance discipline.
• Conduct maintenance audits, system health assessments, and root cause analysis to address recurring failures.
• Manage spare parts, tools, and maintenance inventories in collaboration with corporate and site operations teams.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and proactively identify opportunities to insource work, reduce costs, and serve as a technical advisor to operational leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 5 years’ experience with automated conveyor systems, controls, and industrial maintenance, including predictive and preventative procedures.
• Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to work independently and lead remote teams.
• Able to stand, walk, bend, kneel, crouch, climb, and work from elevated surfaces for extended periods.
• Capable of lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling 15–60 pounds.
• Willingness to travel to other DC locations 30–40% of the time.
• Experience working around moving machinery, heavy equipment, loud environments, confined spaces, and various weather conditions.
• Must wear proper safety equipment at all times.

ABOUT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
Distribution Management is a national fulfillment and distribution provider specializing in automated order handling, fulfillment, and shipping of consumer package goods. DM can reach 99% of the U.S. within two days from its four strategically located distribution centers. An order accuracy rate of 99.9% is reflective of the operational excellence and efficiencies that have resulted from significant investment in technology and a dedicated IT development staff specializing in integration, automation, and real-time reporting. Visit www.distributionmgmt.com to learn more.