Maintenance Manager

Primary Purpose

The Maintenance Manager is accountable for the strategic direction, execution, and overall performance of the plant’s maintenance and reliability function, ensuring the safe, reliable, and cost‑effective operation of all manufacturing assets. The role leads a multi-disciplined maintenance organization and owns the integration of maintenance execution, planning and scheduling, and reliability engineering to deliver measurable improvements in equipment availability, operational reliability, and production performance.

• Maintenance Work Management, Planning, & Asset Reliability
• Own and lead the site maintenance and reliability strategy, including preventive (PM), predictive (PdM), and corrective maintenance programs.
• Direct the maintenance work management system, ensuring disciplined execution of planned, scheduled, and reactive work aligned to production priorities.
• Ensure equipment reliability and availability to meet production targets, minimizing unplanned downtime through effective prioritization and resource allocation.
• Drive maintenance process performance, including backlog management, schedule compliance, PM/PdM execution, and work order quality.
• Lead reliability improvement efforts, including root cause failure analysis (RCFA), defect elimination, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Accountable for overall asset performance, including reduction of equipment failures and development of risk-based asset strategies for critical equipment.
• Team Leadership and Management
• Lead and develop a structured maintenance organization including supervisors, planners/schedulers, reliability roles, maintenance technicians, and contractors.
• Build team capability and deliver performance feedback, conduct reviews, training programs, and ensure adherence to safety, quality, and operational standards.
• Budget and Resource Management
• Develop and manage the maintenance budget, ensuring cost‑effective solutions and alignment with financial targets.
• Monitor and control maintenance expenditures, proactively managing costs to remain within approved budget.
• Drive cost efficiency through improved planning, reliability improvements, and effective resource utilization.
• Oversee procurement of maintenance materials, tools, equipment, and spare parts.
• Manage inventory and critical spare parts to ensure equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
• Troubleshooting and Problem‑Solving
• Lead the investigation and resolution of critical equipment failures and performance issues.
• Collaborate with engineering and production teams to identify root causes of breakdowns and implement long‑term solutions.
• Compliance and Safety
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with health, safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
• Promote a culture of safety, ensuring that all team members follow established safety procedures and guidelines.
• Conduct regular safety audits and risk assessments related to maintenance operations.
• Lead incident investigations and ensure effective, sustainable corrective actions are implemented.
• KPI Ownership, Documentation & Performance Management
• Own and drive performance of key maintenance KPIs.
• Analyze KPI trends and implement corrective actions to drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, including work orders, maintenance logs, and equipment performance.
• Provide regular reports on maintenance performance, key performance indicators, and progress toward maintenance goals.
• Capital Planning and Project Execution
• Champion maintenance‑led improvement projects, ensuring initiatives focused on reliability, defect elimination, and cost reduction are identified, developed, and executed.
• Provide technical and maintenance resource support for plant capital projects, ensuring maintenance requirements, reliability considerations, and long‑term asset performance are incorporated.
• Lead development of capital plans aligned with asset reliability and plant strategy.
• Prioritize capital investments based on risk, reliability impact, and return on investment.
• Ensure successful execution of projects (capital & maintenance led) within scope, schedule, and budget.