Facility Maintenance Manager

Facility Maintenance Manager

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Carrier-Syracuse, 6304 Carrier Parkway, East Syracuse, NY, 13057 USA

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Job Category Engineering

Posted Start Date August 26, 2026

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share.

We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit  or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

The LCML (Light Commercial) Lab Maintenance Manager is responsible for ensuring the reliability, safety, and operational readiness of Carrier's Commercial HVAC Engineering Laboratories in Syracuse, NY. This role provides leadership for maintenance personnel, develops and executes preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and manages facility and laboratory infrastructure capital improvement projects.

The Maintenance Manager oversees 4 direct reports which include maintenance technicians and an electrician across a broader department of approximately 55 employees. The Maintenance Manager works closely with laboratory leadership, engineers, EH&S personnel, contractors, and technicians to maximize laboratory uptime, improve operational efficiency, reduce maintenance costs, and support long-term facility capability growth.

This is a full-time, 100% on-site position located at our facility in Syracuse, New York. The standard schedule for this role is Monday through Friday, day shift.

• Provide day-to-day leadership, supervision, coaching, and development of maintenance personnel.
• Establish work priorities, assign resources, and ensure timely completion of maintenance activities.
• Develop technical capabilities of maintenance staff through training, mentoring, and performance feedback.
• Promote a culture of accountability, safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to support maintenance and facility objectives.

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for laboratory facilities, mechanical systems, electrical infrastructure, and test equipment.
• Establish maintenance schedules, operating procedures, inspections, and reliability metrics.
• Analyze equipment failures and downtime events to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement of maintenance processes to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned outages.
• Maintain maintenance records, asset histories, spare parts inventories, and equipment documentation.

• Provide advanced troubleshooting and problem solving for HVACR systems, controls, electrical systems, and supporting laboratory infrastructure.
• Support installation, commissioning, modification, and repair of equipment used in laboratory testing environments.
• Review engineering drawings, electrical schematics, and equipment documentation to support maintenance activities.
• Coordinate maintenance work with laboratory operations to minimize disruption to testing activities.
• Support emergency response and critical equipment recovery efforts as required.

• Identify opportunities to improve maintenance practices, equipment reliability, energy efficiency, and operational effectiveness.
• Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and use maintenance data to drive decision making.
• Develop standardized maintenance procedures, work instructions, and best practices.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve maintainability and reliability of new laboratory systems.

• Develop and support laboratory infrastructure improvement roadmaps aligned with business needs.
• Identify, scope, justify, and prioritize capital projects that improve laboratory capabilities, safety reliability, and efficiency.
• Manage capital projects from concept through commissioning, including budgeting, scheduling, contractor coordination, and execution.
• Collaborate with engineering, finance, procurement, and facilities teams to successfully deliver capital investments.
• Support long-term facility planning and asset replacement strategies.

• Ensure compliance with Carrier EH&S requirements, OSHA regulations, and applicable codes and standards.
• Lead safe work practices and promote a strong safety culture throughout the…