Associate Director, Maintenance; Our Heroes Corporate Fellow

Job Requirements

This posting is for the Hiring Our Heroes, Corporate Fellowship 2026 - Cohort
3. Candidates must be transitioning service member fellows who will complete the program within the last 180 days of transition from military service. The fellowship will be 12 weeks long.

The Associate Director, Maintenance provides operational leadership and technical oversight of maintenance activities for the sterile product manufacturing site. In this role, the Associate Director ensures equipment reliability, safe work practices, and regulatory compliance while supporting production needs and continuous improvement initiatives.

In addition, this role will support the development and execution of the site’s Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) strategy and will actively participate throughout the project life cycle in Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) for utilities, facilities, and process equipment to ensure maintainability, reliability, and lifecycle considerations are incorporated into equipment and system design.

• Capital Projects & Equipment Lifecycle Support
  • Participate as the maintenance representative in major capital project design, execution, and start‑up, with primary emphasis on start‑up readiness—ensuring maintenance strategies, CMMS build‑out, spare parts, diagnostic capabilities, SOPs, training, and reliable systems turnover are fully in place prior to qualification and initial manufacturing—along with participation in future capital equipment installations and small‑to‑mid‑scale upgrade projects, coordinating contractors and internal resources under engineering or project management leadership.
  • Attend and actively participate in utility, facility, and process equipment Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) throughout the project life cycle.
  • Provide maintenance and reliability input during FATs to ensure:
    • Maintainability and accessibility are considered
    • Spare parts strategies are optimized
    • Standardization, diagnostics, and serviceability are aligned with site practices
  • Support equipment turnover to maintenance, including documentation review, CMMS asset setup, and maintenance strategy development.
• Maintenance Operations & Leadership
  • Oversee day‑to‑day maintenance operations for assigned production areas, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
  • Supervise, coach, and develop maintenance staff; ensure adherence to safe work practices and OSHA/GMP requirements.
  • Coordinate maintenance priorities with production, quality, and engineering teams to minimize downtime and support production schedules.
  • Ensure accurate and timely execution and documentation of maintenance activities within the CMMS.
  • Maintain key maintenance performance metrics for assigned areas and communicate operational status to site leadership.
• Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) Support
  • Support the development, deployment, and ongoing execution of the site IFM strategy in alignment with site leadership objectives.
  • Serve as a key maintenance interface with IFM service providers, ensuring alignment with maintenance standards, safety expectations, and GMP requirements.
  • Participate in defining maintenance scopes of work, service‑level expectations, and performance metrics related to IFM services.
  • Support monitoring of IFM performance and identification of continuous improvement opportunities at the operational level.
• Reliability & Continuous Improvement
  • Implement and sustain preventive and predictive maintenance tasks as defined by site strategy and reliability programs.
  • Support troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis for major equipment or system failures; coordinate corrective actions with engineering and subject‑matter experts.
  • Apply Lean and continuous improvement principles at the area or equipment level to reduce downtime and improve maintenance efficiency.
  • Support reliability improvement initiatives by providing operational insights on equipment performance and maintainability.
• Compliance & Regulatory Readiness
  • Ensure all maintenance activities comply with GMP requirements, safety regulations, and site procedures.
  • Prepare, maintain, and provide maintenance records and documentation to support…