Maintenance Manager

Position Summary

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading, guiding, and supporting the Maintenance Department to achieve its goals in maintaining, repairing, and replacing foundry and machining equipment, as well as supporting systems and facility infrastructure. This hands-on role operates in a fast-paced, physically demanding production environment, requiring a proactive individual who is willing and able to work alongside employees daily.

Salary Range: $80,000 – $100,000 

The salary range provided is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation for all statewide locations across the United States. Salary is dependent on a multitude of factors, including but not limited to the physical worksite location, candidate's skill set, level of experience, education and internal peer compensation comparisons.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Execute supervisory responsibilities, including but not limited to: planning, assigning, and directing work; adhering to Company policies and procedures; managing attendance; interviewing, onboarding, and training employees; overseeing performance; administering corrective actions; and proactively addressing employee concerns to maintain high morale and maximize employee satisfaction.

• Facilitate, promote, and implement lean initiatives that drive continuous improvements in safety, quality, and cost in the maintenance operations. Lead and/or participate in Kaizen events and GEMBA “go and see” walks.  Participate in daily team meetings and problem-solving sessions.

• Ensure a safe working environment by enforcing compliance with the plant’s Safety Policy and state and federal OSHA regulations. 

• Ability to manage work orders and PM’s within the CMMS and order parts as required to ensure work is supported in a timely manner.

• Evaluate facility and equipment problems, provide guidance and assistance with resolving issues, including technical support and instruction for uncommon procedures. Continuously seek out and recommend measures to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and improve quality. 

• Ensure seamless shift to shift transitions occur with meticulous attention to detail, tailored to the specific tasks as necessary.

• Occasional travel to other company sites or facilities may be required.

Critical Competencies

• Safety Always mindset and department culture

• Demonstrates leadership skills that promote teamwork, maximize employee engagement, and develop employees to fulfill their highest potential. 

• Demonstrates problem solving and critical thinking skills, including having a continuous improvement mindset and an advocate for change. This includes the ability to work with demanding and changing schedules, solving varied and complex problems requiring original and technical approaches and/or coordination with other departments.

• Highly productive work ethic with a strong sense of urgency and orientation to details, accuracy, and excellent outcomes.

• Results-oriented with a demonstrated ability to be self-directed and self-motivated, effectively manage time and multiple priorities, and meet deliverables on time.

• Strong interpersonal skills which foster teamwork and collaboration and develop high quality working relationships to influence, gain support, and achieve results. This includes strong cooperation with other shifts, production and purchasing personnel, as well as vendors.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively deliver and transfer knowledge of technical concepts and respond to questions. Ability to clearly communicate complex topics.

• Willingness to be flexible and adapt to changes in internal processes, delays or unexpected events to keep the operation production ready.

• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and handle proprietary and sensitive information with integrity.

• Willingness and ability to work extended hours, including weekends as required to support customer needs.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Associate’s degree preferred or 2-3 plus years of maintenance supervisory experience

• 5+ year work history in a Maintenance position. Leadership experience preferred

• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Physical Requirements

• This position works in a Manufacturing environment typically indoors but may require access to outdoors for work at times and includes exposure to dus