Full-Time

Manufacturing Maintenance Manager

Posted on 1/2/2026

Advanced Technology Services

Advanced Technology Services

1,001-5,000 employees

Outsourced industrial maintenance and MRO services

No salary listed

Fort Lupton, CO, USA

In Person

Category
Facilities Operations (1)
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in technical, business, or a related field preferred or seven years of operations / maintenance experience
  • Three years of supervisory experience with a strong focus on development of employees
  • Resilient and flexible, able to multitask and prioritize with an innate ability to understand and accept change and motivate others around change
  • Highly tuned emotional intelligence with demonstrated ability to build relationships and lead teams with honesty and integrity to achieve goals
  • Solid understanding of manufacturing / assembly work environment
  • Business acumen
  • Positive influencer with appropriate levels of organization.
  • Strong customer focus with the ability to build positive business relationships and show a sense of urgency
Responsibilities
  • Leads the ATS maintenance and/or materials services delivery team at the site level by serving employees and customers with a leadership mindset that values employees and engages customers
  • Drives the ATS safety and wellness culture
  • Provides leadership that develops and sustains a positive employee experience
  • Manages all aspects of the team’s service delivery in order to engage the customer and improve facility performance
  • Accountable for site financial results
  • To Live and Lead Safety: Takes responsibility for employee safety and wellness by deploying the ATS safety program and ensuring effective completion of safety training, observations, and incident investigations
  • Implements and actively supports all Beyond Zero initiatives
  • Enables the growth of a customer safety culture by a fostering a safety partnership and sharing best practices
  • To Inspire and Provide Clarity on Vision and Strategy: Motivates employees by communicating a clear vision that enables all employees to understand the rationale for, and the benefit of, both site-level and company-wide objectives
  • Acts as an effective change agent, leading the implementation of strategic initiatives through positive team communications, appropriate action planning, and successful implementation activities
  • Understands and appropriately articulates both ATS and customer strategies, providing the team with line of sight between team responsibilities and strategic outcomes
  • To Own Our ATS Culture: Builds positive relationships with ATS employees, customers, and peers through open communication and role-modeling the ATS leadership core competencies of honesty and respect
  • Sets a positive, influential standard for others and creates a constructive climate for their team
  • Influences with transparency and use participative methods to ensure that decisions are understood and accepted
  • Establishes a positive work environment through managing and personalizing onboarding; engaging in ongoing one-on-one communications; and recognizing individual contributions and achievements on a timely basis
  • Adheres to policies and procedures and ensures that staff understands the rationale behind policies and processes
  • To Support Our Employees’ Learning and Growth: Leads and builds team capabilities by working with individuals on performance improvement, career planning, training, and skills development
  • Develops, communicates, and executes a Skills Matrix and Technician Training Plan
  • Builds and maintains a succession plan for key positions (i.e., Supervisors, Supply Chain, P/S, RE)
  • To Ensure and Drive our Business Results: Leads and ensures the Operating System is understood, reinforced, and embedded
  • Develops and executes a site-specific maintenance plan per ATS standards
  • Manages financial performance of the site (revenue, expenses, and profit) to achieve set objectives
  • Develops and maintains effective relationships with all ATS business units, fully utilizing their services and ensuring cross-functional alignment
  • Collaborates with and builds customer relationships to ensure priority alignment and proactively anticipates customer needs as the primary on site contact
  • Ensures alignment of customer expectations and ATS site goals through management of site-specific contracts
  • Communicates with the customer through daily, weekly, and monthly meetings and conducts a regular review of the performance metrics with the customer
  • Drives a continuous improvement methodology and promotes cost savings
  • Analyzes and reports on key performance indicators, completing root cause analyses and developing and executing action items while removing barriers and addressing issues
  • Collaborates with sales and operations leadership to increase the scope of services
Desired Qualifications
  • Manufacturing maintenance experience preferred with related certifications and training
  • Good understanding of, and/or experience with, proactive/reliability maintenance processes, i.e., Planning/Scheduling, P/M, PdM, and root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies
  • Good computer skills, including Microsoft applications and web-based applications such as Power BI, GEAC, Concur, Workday and related software
  • Time management skills
  • Ability to relocate to specified locations
  • Excellent communications skills (verbal, written, and presentation)
  • Agile, curious learner and authentic, credible teacher
  • Financial acumen and knowledge of forecasting and managing budgets
Advanced Technology Services

Advanced Technology Services

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Advanced Technology Services (ATS) provides outsourced industrial maintenance and MRO services to manufacturers. It helps clients keep equipment running by offering proactive maintenance, machine health monitoring, emergency repairs, and skilled technical staffing under long-term contracts. The company works by combining a technology center that monitors critical assets with proactive maintenance plans and on-site or remote technical teams to prevent unplanned downtime and reduce costs. ATS differentiates itself through its technology-driven approach, focusing on proactive strategies, data-informed monitoring, and a broad capabilities base to serve global manufacturing brands. Its goal is to help manufacturers operate more smoothly, lower maintenance expenses, and boost overall efficiency by keeping machinery healthier and downtime to a minimum.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Peoria, Illinois

Founded

1985

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What believers are saying

  • 2025 US Best Managed Gold Standard recognition boosts ATS market leadership reputation.
  • Supports 1,400 manufacturing sites with 2,900 skilled professionals globally.
  • Manufacturers Alliance webinars advance predictive maintenance adoption in 2024.

What critics are saying

  • Verusen dependency locks ATS into vendor risks if acquired in 18-24 months.
  • 3x ROI guarantee erodes margins if savings fail in 12-18 months.
  • Technician shortages and 6-8% wage inflation compress capacity in 6-12 months.

What makes Advanced Technology Services unique

  • ATS founded in 1985 by 32 Caterpillar entrepreneurs fills industrial maintenance gap.
  • Reliability 360® offers 3x ROI guarantee for new 2025 customers over three years.
  • Verusen AI partnership optimizes MRO asset management with ATS maintenance expertise.

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PR Newswire
Mar 26th, 2026
ATS named to Fortune's 2026 America's Most Innovative Companies list.

ATS named to Fortune's 2026 America's Most Innovative Companies list. Mar 26, 2026, 08:57 ET PEORIA, Ill., March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), a leading provider of technology-driven industrial maintenance and reliability solutions, today announced that the company has been named to Fortune's 2026 list of America's Most Innovative Companies. Published by Fortune in collaboration with Statista, the annual ranking evaluates innovation across three dimensions: product innovation, process innovation, and innovation culture. ATS was previously included on the list in 2023. In today's manufacturing environment, innovation is increasingly measured by how effectively new approaches can be applied at scale. As operations become more automated and the skilled maintenance workforce becomes more constrained, manufacturers are rethinking how maintenance work is planned, prioritized, and performed safely and consistently across their operations. "This recognition reflects the leadership, experience, and technology investments ATS has built over the past 41 years," said Mike Waltrip, Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Technology Services. "With deep roots in maintenance and reliability services, we have a clear vision for the future and the positive impact that continued innovation will have on manufacturers around the world. We will continue to innovate how reliability services are delivered by developing scalable ways to support manufacturers who need sustainable performance over time." ATS is advancing a technology-driven approach to industrial maintenance that helps manufacturers improve factory performance as operational complexity continues to increase. The company combines connected technologies, data-driven insight, and disciplined execution to reduce operational friction and support better decision-making across the lifecycle of industrial assets. Recent innovations at ATS include expanded industrial technology capabilities and system integrations designed to connect maintenance, materials, and asset data across the enterprise. This includes a partnership to apply AI-powered intelligence to MRO materials management, along with work order integrations that help teams move from insight to action within existing workflows. ATS has also introduced a 3x ROI guarantee for qualifying Reliability 360(R) Machine Health Monitoring customers, reinforcing accountability for outcomes delivered through its solutions. The recognition also reflects ATS's innovative approach to execution, in which capability translates into reliable performance across customer environments. Across its factory maintenance work, ATS applies standardized workflows, defined roles, and centralized expertise to help manufacturers reduce variability, respond faster to issues, and sustain performance over time. ATS has published customer results demonstrating this approach in practice, including a global manufacturer case study documenting sustained performance improvement and the achievement of the highest level of ATS Operating System maturity. About Advanced Technology Services: Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), is a global services provider with four decades of proven experience as a single source for industrial maintenance, technology, and parts. Established in 1985, the company has grown to be a market leader supporting over 1,400 customer manufacturing sites. Through its industry-leading safety, people, processes, and technologies, ATS is advancing solutions that make its customers' operations more productive, more reliable, and more data-driven. Learn how ATS makes factories run better and smarter at www.advancedtech.com. PRESS CONTACT: Kaitlyn Olsen Brand Strategy Supervisor 309-693-6375 [email protected] SOURCE Advanced Technology Services, Inc.

PR Newswire
May 7th, 2025
Advanced Technology Services (Ats) Named Among America'S Greatest Workplaces For Mental Well-Being For Consecutive Year

PEORIA, Ill., May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), a leader in industrial maintenance and reliability solutions, is proud to announce it has been recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2025. The annual award recognizes the top U.S. employers contributing to and enabling the mental wellness of their employees.This recognition reflects ATS's approach to safety excellence—where protecting employees means addressing their overall well-being. By embedding mental health into its broader safety strategy, ATS fosters an environment where individuals can thrive personally and professionally, while supporting the long-term reliability and success of the operations they serve.ATS has implemented a wide range of initiatives to promote holistic well-being. Among them is a free "Learn to Live" program, available to all employees and their dependents enrolled in the company's medical plan, which provides digital lessons and private 1-on-1 coaching based on proven therapy techniques to help individuals navigate mental health challenges.In addition to standard benefits, ATS continually expands opportunities that help employees build healthier lives

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May 7th, 2025
Advanced Technology Services (ATS) Named Among America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Well-Being for Consecutive Year

PEORIA, Ill., May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), a leader in industrial maintenance and reliability solutions, is proud to announce it has been recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2025.

PR Newswire
Apr 1st, 2025
Advanced Technology Services (Ats) Celebrates 40 Years Of Delivering World-Class Reliability To Global Manufacturers

PEORIA, Ill., April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), a leading industrial services provider, proudly celebrates 40 years of providing global manufacturers with technology-driven solutions that drive world-class reliability. Founded on April 1, 1985, by 32 entrepreneurs from Caterpillar, ATS has continuously adapted to meet the changing needs of the industry—helping manufacturers optimize performance, enhance reliability, and minimize downtime.Advanced Technology Services, Inc.Over the years, ATS has become a trusted partner for hundreds of manufacturers across multiple industries worldwide, including various Fortune 100 and 500 companies. The company's commitment to delivering world-class reliability is powered by Industry 4.0 technologies, standardized processes, and a highly skilled workforce. This dedication has resulted in an industry-leading 95% contract customer retention rate—a testament to the lasting value ATS provides its customers."Since 1985, our mission to 'make factories run better' has been at the heart of everything we do," said Jeff Owens, CEO at Advanced Technology Services. "Looking ahead, we're more committed than ever to this mission

PR Newswire
Mar 24th, 2025
Advanced Technology Services (Ats) Strengthens Workforce Safety And Well-Being Through Beyond Zero Challenge

PEORIA, Ill., March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), a leader in industrial maintenance and reliability solutions, continues to set the standard for workplace safety and employee well-being through its Beyond Zero Challenge. This annual initiative, designed to promote physical, emotional, social and financial well-being, has had a measurable impact on ATS employees—fostering a culture of safety and resilience that extends directly to the manufacturers and industries ATS services

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