Maintenance Manager

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Supervises activities of maintenance supervisors within a single service department on multiple shifts to ensure the effective, timely provisions of quality services. Maintenance activities can range from janitorial, caretaker, manual maintenance work, carpentry, painting and plumbing.

RESPONSIBILITIES Lead the Maintenance organization through workforce and workload planning, performance management, coaching, succession planning, employee development, and alignment to shared objectives.

Develop and execute short-, mid-, and long-term maintenance strategies aligned with site, business line, customer, asset, and investment priorities, while overseeing preventive, corrective, emergency, and project maintenance for safe, reliable, high-quality 24/7 operations.

Drive equipment reliability, mechanical integrity, troubleshooting, system improvements, and continuous improvement initiatives that reduce cost and increase productivity.

Ensure maintenance activities meet cGMP, engineering standards, ESHS requirements, company policies, documentation practices, and inspection-readiness expectations, while reinforcing a strong safety culture through contractor safety, training, hazard reporting, PPE, and safe work practices.

Manage maintenance operating budgets, expense and capital plans, headcount, contracts, material purchases, schedules, quality, and plant operability within delegated authority.

Oversee maintenance and construction contractors and vendor relationships, ensuring external resources meet safety, quality, cost, service, and performance expectations.

Monitor and act on KPIs—including preventive maintenance completion, emergency response, training, overtime, spending, compliance actions, and service delivery—and partner with Production, Laboratories, Utilities, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Purchasing, Finance, and other stakeholders to resolve equipment and documentation issues and meet customer needs.

REQUIREMENTS Bachelor’s degree in an applicable engineering discipline with at least seven years of maintenance experience preferred; 15 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of the degree and experience combination.
10 years of supervisory experience preferred—preferably leading a large manufacturing organization with 24/7 shift coverage.
10 years of experience in a cGMP-regulated environment preferred.

Demonstrated leadership and managerial capability in coaching, performance management, succession planning, workload management, employee development, and aligning teams to shared objectives.

Broad knowledge of plant design, production operations, maintenance and project management, equipment reliability, mechanical integrity, and applicable policies and standards.

Proven ability to analyze problems, troubleshoot equipment and systems, resolve issues proactively and reactively, and deliver continuous improvement results.

Strong interpersonal, influencing, conflict-resolution, cross-functional collaboration, oral and…