Maintenance Manager

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership, coordination, and execution of all maintenance and facility operations across multiple manufacturing sites operating on a 24/5 to 24/6 schedule. This role ensures operational reliability, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of equipment and infrastructure performance. This position also provides leadership and professional development for a team of direct reports, fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence, while driving continuous improvement in reliability, capacity, and cost efficiency across all locations.

Responsibilities

Proven leader and technical expert

• Technical Leadership & Operational Oversight: Provide strategic direction, technical leadership, and operational management for maintenance, facilities, and reliability functions across multi-site operations, ensuring alignment with plant performance objectives and corporate business goals.
• Asset Reliability & Maintenance Strategy: Own the reliability and maintainability of all production equipment, utilities, and facilities through proactive preventive and predictive maintenance (PM/PD) programs, timely troubleshooting, escalation protocols, and continuous improvement initiatives to optimize uptime, safety, and cost efficiency.
• Maintenance Planning & CMMS Administration: Lead maintenance planning processes, facilitate daily and weekly planning meetings, and administer the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to ensure accurate asset records, effective work order management, and optimized maintenance scheduling.
• Resource & KPI Alignment: Align resources to meet operational KPIs, including OEE, maintenance cost targets, and reliability metrics, leveraging data analysis, trend insights, and operational dashboards to drive data-informed decisions and continuous performance improvements.
• Inventory & Vendor Management: Manage MRO inventory, critical spares, external vendors, contractors, and service agreements to support plant operations while ensuring inventory accuracy, service quality, and cost control.
• Capital & Improvement Projects: Develop capital expenditure (Capex) requests and lead reliability-driven projects and operational initiatives aimed at increasing plant capacity, process reliability, safety performance, and operational cost efficiency.
• Root Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement: Lead structured root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions to resolve chronic failures and enhance long-term asset performance and operational stability.
• Talent Development & Team Leadership: Oversee all talent management activities, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, skills development, and succession planning, fostering a high-performing, safety-focused maintenance and reliability team.
• Safety Leadership & Compliance: Champion a zero-incident, safety-first culture by ensuring regulatory compliance, proactively addressing hazards, and continuously improving safety systems and procedures.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with engineering, production, operations, EHS, and support teams to align maintenance strategies with broader operational and business objectives, promoting a collaborative, solutions-driven work environment.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Industrial Management, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in large-scale, process-based manufacturing operations; multi-site leadership and maintenance/engineering management experience preferred.
• Deep technical expertise in industrial equipment, process control systems, manufacturing processes, and facilities management — including mechanical, electrical, and control systems (pneumatics, power transmission, VFDs, PLCs, robotics, automation, HVAC, lighting, building systems, and medium voltage distribution).
• Proficient in CMMS administration, maintenance system optimization, and operational data systems for multi-site operations.
• Strong analytical, data-driven decision-making, and statistical analysis skills with a demonstrated ability to leverage operational data and trend identification for continuous improvement and strategic planning.
• Proven leadership ability to lead, mentor, and motivate high-performance technical teams while effectively engaging and influencing cross-functional stakeholders at all organizational levels, both with and without direct authority.
• Highly organized, with strong project management, prioritization, and multitasking skills — capable of delivering results in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to a wide range of audiences.
• Demonstrated experience with drawing, packaging, and material handling systems preferred.
• High personal integrity, professional ethics, and a continuous improvement mindset with a track record of independent, strategic thinking and operational problem-solving.
  
  

Compensation Information

The salary for this role will be reflective of the experience and qualifications of the individual selected.

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