Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Guardian Glass is looking for a Maintenance and Reliability Manager to join our team in Richburg, SC!

As the Maintenance and Reliability Manager, you’ll take charge of all maintenance operations for a 24/7 facility, playing a critical role in keeping production running smoothly and safely. This is your opportunity to lead a talented, multi‑disciplinary team, shape innovative maintenance strategies, and drive continuous improvement that directly affects both safety and quality. You’ll set clear goals, mentor and empower your team, and champion a culture where efficiency and reliability are always improving.

If you’re passionate about leadership, technical excellence, and making a difference every day, this role is the perfect opportunity for you!

We are a principled based company that relies heavily on teamwork and ingenuity. We pride ourselves on being the partner of choice for our internal and external customers.

• Lead and manage a multi‑disciplinary maintenance and reliability team, overseeing engineers, planners, schedulers, supervisors, technicians, and crib personnel
• Plan and direct all maintenance operations—preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown—in a 24/7 manufacturing environment, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and company policies
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to align maintenance with production goals, support equipment installations/upgrades, and minimize downtime
• Manage crib inventory to optimize costs and ensure timely availability of parts and materials
• Monitor team performance and equipment reliability using KPIs and CMMS tools, driving best practices and data‑driven decision‑making
• Lead root‑cause analysis and troubleshooting of complex equipment failures, sharing knowledge within the global maintenance organization and applying lessons learned for continuous improvement

• Extensive experience in maintenance management within a manufacturing or industrial 24/7 operation
• Experience using preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance methodologies
• Experience leading and managing multi‑shift teams
• Proficiency with CMMS tools (e.g., Hexagon EAM, SAP PM, Maximo) and maintenance planning
• Experience managing maintenance budgets and vendor relationships

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering
• Certified Maintenance Manager (CMM) or Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement processes
• Knowledge of Industry 4.0 technologies including predictive maintenance, IoT sensors, and data analytics

This role is not open to visa sponsorship

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

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As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value‑added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high‑performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.

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