Maintenance Manager

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The Maintenance Manager is a hands‑on player‑coach responsible for the reliability, uptime, and safety of plant equipment and facilities while building the foundation for a two‑site maintenance organization (MPL & IMI). The role combines electrical and mechanical troubleshooting expertise with leadership and systems‑building: implementing preventive maintenance (initially grassroots, maturing into software/CMMS), optimizing contractor vs. in‑house work, and partnering with Operations to prioritize throughput, cost, and safety.

This is a rare opportunity to step into a critical leadership role with clear career growth, including building your own team and shaping a two‑facility maintenance strategy. You will have the chance to leave your mark by creating the first standardized PM program, capture immediate cost savings by reducing contractor reliance, and position yourself for future advancement as MPL and IMI expand operations.

For candidates who thrive on challenge, impact, and visibility, this role offers the chance to become a trusted technical leader and business partner in a close‑knit, fast‑moving environment.

• Reliability & Uptime: Own equipment availability, mean time to repair (MTTR), and mean time between failures (MTBF); lead structured RCA and corrective actions. Rapid‑response troubleshooting for air compressors, resin pumps, spray systems (high complexity), conveyors, and material transfer systems; competent and safe work in electrical panels.
• Preventive/Predictive Maintenance: Build and execute a resource‑light PM program (routes, checklists, criticality ranking) that matures into a CMMS with basic analytics and compliance tracking. Create quick‐recovery contingencies (e.g., temporary compressor hookups) to minimize line downtime.
• Leadership & Team Build: Act as a player–coach; plan to hire, train, and develop one Maintenance Technician at each site (MPL and IMI) to standardize best practices across plants. Instill a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Budget, Cap Ex & Contractors: Own the maintenance operating budget (labor, parts, services); optimize contracted services (~$40k+/yr baseline) vs. in sourcing to capture savings. Build Cap Ex proposals with clear ROI, total cost of ownership, and payback; manage vendor selection and project execution.
• Safety & Compliance: Ensure compliance with OSHA/EHS requirements, LOTO, machine guarding, and environmental standards; drive near‑miss capture and corrective actions.
• Cross‑Functional Partnership: Collaborate daily with Production, Quality, and EHS; align maintenance priorities with schedule, changeovers, and improvement projects.

• Education: AS/BS preferred in Electro‑Mechanical, Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Industrial Maintenance, or related; equivalent experience considered.
• Experience: 5+ years as an Electro‑Mechanical engineering/maintenance leader in a manufacturing plant, including hands‑on troubleshooting and people leadership (player–coach).
• Technical Depth: Strong electrical and mechanical diagnostics (VFDs/drives, sensors, relays, pneumatics, hydraulics, pumps, compressors, conveyors, spray systems). Safe, competent work inside electrical panels; reads schematics, uses meters safely, applies LOTO rigor. PM design and execution with limited resources; CMMS exposure and the capability to mature into a software‑driven approach.
• Leadership & Business Acumen: Builds small, high‑performing teams; coaches technicians; standardizes best practices across sites. Owns budgets, parts inventory, and contractor management; constructs ROI‑positive Cap Ex cases.
• Industry Fit: Comfortable in a heavy industrial environment.

• Exceptional Executor:
  Bias for action with disciplined follow‑through; converts diagnoses into sustained fixes.
• Resourcefulness:
  Designs practical solutions with tight resources; prioritizes what matters.
• Agility:
  Adapts as volumes and schedules shift; maintains service to operations under…