Maintenance Manager

The Role

The Maintenance Manager is a strategic leader responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and long-term performance of the plant's assets while developing a high-performing maintenance organization. This role drives operational excellence through strong people leadership, financial stewardship, TPM principles, and a proactive maintenance culture that supports safety, productivity, quality, and business objectives. The position serves as a key partner to Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Finance, translating business priorities into sustainable maintenance strategies.

What You'll Do (Impact Areas)

Strategic Maintenance Leadership

• Develop and execute the site's maintenance strategy aligned with operational, financial, and business objectives.
• Establish a culture focused on asset reliability, preventive maintenance, continuous improvement, and operational discipline.
• Drive TPM initiatives to improve equipment performance, reduce downtime, and increase asset utilization.
• Partner with plant leadership to develop long-term maintenance and asset management roadmaps.

People Leadership & Organizational Development

• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing team of supervisors, planners, engineers, and technicians.
• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, collaboration, recognition, and respect.
• Develop succession plans and leadership pipelines within the maintenance organization.
• Promote strong communication, employee development, and cross-functional teamwork across the plant.

Financial & Business Management

• Manage and optimize maintenance operating budgets (OPEX) and capital expenditures (CAPEX).
• Build business cases and present maintenance investments using financial and operational analysis.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives while maintaining reliability and operational performance.
• Monitor and improve maintenance costs, asset lifecycle costs, energy consumption, and contractor expenses.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Drive planning and scheduling excellence through effective use of CMMS systems and standardized processes.
• Lead shutdowns, major maintenance events, and critical equipment recovery efforts.
• Partner with Production, Quality, EHS, and Engineering teams to prioritize plant needs and optimize asset performance.

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

• Utilize maintenance KPIs to drive decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion root cause analysis, failure elimination, and asset performance optimization.
• Lead initiatives focused on MTBF improvement, downtime reduction, and maintenance productivity.
• Support digitalization initiatives and maintenance performance visibility through data analytics and reporting.

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure all maintenance activities are executed in compliance with EHS standards and regulatory requirements.
• Promote a zero-incident culture for employees and contractors.
• Support compliance with corporate, environmental, and safety policies while maintaining audit readiness.

What Success Looks Like

• Improved asset reliability, availability, and operational uptime.
• Achievement of maintenance budget targets and effective CAPEX execution.
• Strong TPM maturity and continuous improvement results across the plant.
• Increased engagement, retention, and development of maintenance personnel.
• Reduction in emergency breakdowns and unplanned downtime.
• Sustainable improvements in MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, and maintenance costs.
• Trusted business partner to plant leadership through clear communication and financial acumen.
• Strong safety performance and regulatory compliance.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Leadership
• People Development & Coaching
• TPM & Continuous Improvement
• Business and Financial Acumen
• Change Management
• Reliability Mindset
• Executive Communication
• Influencing & Stakeholder Management
• Decision-Making Under Pressure
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis
• Operational Excellence
• Emotional Intelligence
• Conflict Resolution
• Results Orientation

What You Bring (Qualifications)

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of maintenance experience within manufacturing, industrial, automotive, heavy industry, mining, metals, or process environments.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance teams.
• Proven experience leading supervisors, engineers, planners, and technical personnel.
• Strong experience managing OPEX and CAPEX budgets.
• Experience with maintenance KPIs including downtime, availability, MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, and maintenance cost management.
• Experience with CMMS platforms such as SAP PM, Maximo, Infor, or similar.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with operations and executive leadership.
• Advanced English proficiency.

Nice to Have

• Reliability Engineering experience.
• Knowledge of RCM, FMEA, RCA, and Reliability-Centered Maintenance methodologies.
• Automation and controls experience, including PLCs, SCADA, Industry 4.0, and digital manufacturing initiatives.
• Predictive maintenance expertise, including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and condition monitoring.
• Experience leading digitalization projects, IoT implementations, or maintenance analytics initiatives.
• Asset Management certifications or TPM certifications.

Work Model & Travel

• Plant-based leadership role.
• Availability to support critical business needs outside normal operating hours.
• Travel as required for training, project implementation, benchmarking, and supplier support.

Our Commitment to You

Join an organization where maintenance is viewed as a strategic business function. You'll have the opportunity to influence operational performance, develop future leaders, drive TPM excellence, and shape the long-term reliability strategy of a growing manufacturing operation while building a culture centered on safety, respect, accountability, and continuous improvement.