Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

We are recruiting an experienced Maintenance Manager for a growing manufacturing organization. This individual will lead all facility and equipment maintenance activities, manage the maintenance team, and ensure production equipment operates safely, reliably, and efficiently.

• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance technicians and support personnel.
• Plan and oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Maintain production machinery, facility systems, utilities, and supporting equipment.
• Reduce equipment downtime through root-cause analysis and corrective action.
• Develop maintenance schedules that support production requirements.
• Manage the computerized maintenance management system, work orders, maintenance records, and spare-parts inventory.
• Establish and track maintenance performance indicators, including downtime, response time, preventive maintenance completion, and equipment reliability.
• Coordinate equipment installations, upgrades, repairs, and capital improvement projects.
• Manage relationships with outside contractors, equipment suppliers, and service providers.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, company safety policies, environmental standards, and applicable regulations.
• Support continuous-improvement, lean-manufacturing, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Prepare and manage the maintenance department's operating and capital budgets.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, quality, and operations leadership.
• Provide hands-on technical support when complex equipment issues arise.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, industrial technology, facilities management, or a related field preferred.
• Five or more years of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience.
• Previous maintenance leadership or supervisory experience required.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and automated equipment.
• Familiarity with PLC-controlled machinery, industrial controls, HVAC, compressors, boilers, and facility systems is preferred.
• Experience using a CMMS or similar maintenance-management platform.
• Strong leadership, planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of OSHA standards, lockout/tagout procedures, and industrial safety practices.

• Experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous-improvement experience.
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional or similar certification.
• Experience managing capital projects and equipment installations.