Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading a high-performing maintenance team that delivers safe, reliable, and efficient operations. This role balances leadership, technical expertise, and execution, ensuring equipment uptime and plant performance through strong preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

The Maintenance Manager builds team capability, drives accountability, and partners cross-functionally to support production, customer needs, and asset performance.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Required:

7+ years in maintenance leadership roles

Strong background in industrial maintenance (mechanical/electrical systems)

Experience with CMMS systems and work order processes

Proven ability to lead and develop teams

Process oriented, results driven

Technology –Efficient in MS Office tools (Excel, Power Point, Word), and able to use them to communicate priorities, issues and opportunities

Preferred :

Associate degree or higher in a technical field

Experience with packaging or automated manufacturing systems

Lean / CI experience (TPM, Six Sigma, etc.)

Project management and capital installation experience

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Safety

Foster a proactive safety culture in all maintenance activities

Ensure full compliance with:

OSHA, LOTO, electrical safety, confined space, hot work, working at heights

Ensure all maintenance work is executed safely and equipment operates safely

Lead safety observations and risk elimination efforts

Maintain strong 5S and housekeeping standards across all maintenance areas

Quality

Ensure all equipment supports consistent, quality output

Support investigations into quality issues and corrective actions

Maintain compliance with internal standards, audits, and applicable regulation

Ensure equipment is set up and maintained to support efficient production

Support production start-ups, transitions, and troubleshooting in real time

Champion continuous improvement using Lean / CI tools

Provide technical input on equipment design, upgrades, and process

People

Lead, coach, and develop maintenance technicians into a high-performing team

Build technical capability through structured training and skill development

Set clear goals and expectations for performance, accountability, and work quality

Identify and develop future leaders within the team

Drive engagement, recognition, and a culture of ownership

Partner with Site Operations, Engineering and Corporate Teams to support the site

Productivity

Own and execute the site maintenance strategy, including:

Preventive Maintenance (PM)

Predictive / condition-based maintenance (as applicable)

Ensure all PMs and work orders are completed safely, on time, and correctly

Drive improvements in equipment uptime, reliability, and responsiveness

Lead troubleshooting and ensure rapid, effective resolution of equipment issues

Perform and lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement permanent fixes

Reduce repeat failures and unplanned downtime through structured problem-solving

Own and improve the CMMS

Work orders, PM schedules, asset history, and spare parts

Ensure accurate documentation of all maintenance activity and downtime

stablish strong planning and scheduling discipline aligned to production needs

Maintain appropriate spare parts inventory to support uptime

Use data and trends to prioritize work and drive decision-making

Customer Value

Support capital projects, installations, and equipment upgrades

Participate in design reviews, commissioning, and launch readiness

Evaluate new technologies that improve safety, reliability, or productivity

Manage vendors, contractors, and external technical resources as needed

Financial

Manage maintenance budget, repair costs, and service spending

Understand and provide ROI or other financial analysis when needed

Optimize cost through effective parts sourcing and vendor management

Identify cost-saving opportunities through reliability improvements

Cultural Competencies

Do It Right

Doing what is right for our customers, doing what is right for our company and doing what is right for our People. Continually improving the quality of our products and services. Monitoring and measuring every key ingredient which could negatively impact our quality. Doing it Right ensures we are always becoming a Premier Service Provider.

Identifies and counters resistance to change

Advocates continuous improvement

Forges teams nd provides direction

Provides constructive performance feedback

Willingly adjusts the make-up of the team

Plans, delegates, and follows up

Guides others to improve collaboration

Entrepreneurial initiative

Do It Safe

Creating a safe environment and supporting our People to reach their highest potential. A safe environment where all forms of risk are assessed and controlled. A safe environment open to new ideas, where our people’s opinions and overall well-being c…