Manager Maintenance and Reliability Engineering

Summary:

This role provides leadership and direction for maintenance operations in an industrial manufacturing environment. Leads maintenance employees and contractors and drives equipment reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance, safety, cost management, and continuous improvement to support operational objectives.

Essential Functions:

Provides overall leadership and direction for the maintenance function, establishing priorities and aligning maintenance activities with site and operational objectives.

Leads and develops maintenance employees and contractors, including workload prioritization, performance expectations, coaching, capability development, and effective resource allocation.

Develops, implements, and continuously improves preventive and predictive maintenance strategies to improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and optimize maintenance effectiveness.

Provides technical leadership for complex and recurring equipment issues, including root-cause troubleshooting and development of sustainable corrective actions.

Owns effective utilization of the maintenance order database, using maintenance history, work-order data, and equipment performance trends to drive maintenance priorities and reliability improvements.

Partners with Operations and other site functions to prioritize maintenance activities, assess equipment risks, and recommend repairs, upgrades, replacement, or capital investments based on operational and business needs.

Participates in annual budget planning and manages maintenance spending, inventory, critical spare parts, contractors, and service providers to achieve reliability and cost objectives.

Drives continuous improvement of maintenance processes, standards, and work practices while ensuring maintenance activities align with safety requirements and established site procedures.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Business Administration, or a related field; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

6+ years of progressive maintenance or reliability experience in an industrial manufacturing environment, including experience leading maintenance employees and contractors.

Strong knowledge of maintenance and reliability practices, preventive/predictive maintenance, and CMMS/EAM systems.

PLC troubleshooting experience strongly preferred, demonstrated working knowledge of electrical and automation technology systems, welding/fabrication, and hydraulics/pneumatics.