Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Avery Dennison Corporation is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible™ products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste and mitigate loss, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience.

Serving industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2025 were $8.9 billion.

At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:

• Health & wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and paid holidays

Direct multiple shifts in a 24/7 manufacturing environment. This critical role requires continuous coordination of maintenance-related activities, workforce planning, and effective communication to drive world-class asset reliability and maximize uptime of complex, high-speed automated equipment. You will lead the day-to-day Maintenance operations and act as a mentor and coach for front line supervisors in technical and leadership competencies.

Primary

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential functions may include, but are not limited to:

Operations / Productivity Initiatives

• Lead and develop a maintenance organization consisting of supervisors, planners, team leaders, and over 30 hourly technicians.
• Direct the maintenance and reliability of complex automated systems, including PLCs, robotics, vision systems, and industrial networking infrastructure.
• Provide leadership in troubleshooting major downtime events with the support of engineering and other technical resources as needed.
• Champion Root Cause Analysis (RCA) efforts on critical, major downtime events to implement permanent engineering or process solutions that eliminate recurring failures.
• Assist in establishing annual budgets for maintenance, including overtime, supplies, and equipment expenditures.
• Manage Maintenance shift supervisors in the implementation and administration of company policies and procedures.
• Participate in production, safety, and plant leadership team (PLT) meetings; communicating goals/objectives/priorities to the team.
• Support the development and implementation of Safety, Quality, Service, Productivity, Cost and Continuous Improvement Programs.
• Ensure that performance evaluations are completed as needed and training opportunities are identified, prioritized, and made available as budget allows.
• This position reports directly to the site Technical Manager
• Establish and manage the MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) spare parts strategy to ensure critical component availability while optimizing inventory spend and minimizing obsolescence.
• Drive the transition to a proactive maintenance culture, achieving defined goals for the reduction of corrective and reactive work and maximizing the proportion of preventative and predictive activities.

Leadership / Development Initiatives

• Mentor and coach all direct and indirect reports.
• Manage and optimize the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ensuring data integrity and use of key performance indicators (KPIs) such as OEE, MTBF, and MTTR to inform maintenance strategies.
• Promote and maintain a collaborative working relationship with the workforce both within and outside of the maintenance team.
• Support performance management activities – including performance evaluation, objective setting, and developmental planning for hourly manufacturing employees.
• Establish performance and development plans for Shift Team Managers…