Amerex - Maintenance Manager

Thank you for your interest in a career at Amerex. Our company stands as a global leader in fire suppression products, driven by our commitment to our team members, communities, and customers. We embrace individual differences and actively recruit team members from diverse backgrounds and skill sets, irrespective of race, gender, or ethnicity. At Amerex, we are dedicated to continuous collaboration and innovation, striving to remain leaders in our industry.

Every position is rooted in a culture that aligns with eight guiding principles: Teamwork, Excellence, Communication, Leadership, Environment, Safety, Accountability, and Trust. These principles are the foundation of McWane, Inc. and serve as a compass, offering personal guidance to navigate daily work situations.

Under the direction of the Senior Manufacturing Technology Manager, the Maintenance Manager leads the plant maintenance organization, including shift maintenance supervisors, technicians, and facilities. This role builds a maintenance program that performs to a consistent standard through clear expectations, developed leaders, planned work, and data-driven decisions, with a focus on improving equipment reliability and reducing downtime.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop shift Maintenance Supervisors.
• Set clear performance expectations for the maintenance department.
• Identify skill gaps and develop training plans for maintenance personnel.
• Lead and develop maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Drive full implementation and adoption of the CMMS as the system of record for all maintenance work.
• Maintain a consistent work request and breakdown response process.
• Direct reliability efforts toward the plant’s top downtime and repeat-failure issues.
• Continuously improve preventive, predictive, and routine maintenance programs.
• Track key performance indicators, including unplanned downtime, PM compliance, planned versus reactive work, schedule compliance, backlog, and mean time to repair. ·
• Partner with Production, Engineering, and Tooling to coordinate downtime response and support plant goals.
• Monitor and control the maintenance budget; manage spare parts inventory, contractors, and service providers.
• Oversee buildings, grounds, and plant utilities, including facility inspections and reduction of utility consumption and cost.
• Ensure all maintenance work complies with health and safety policies and procedures; conduct regular safety conversations.

• High school diploma or GED required; degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Electrical Technology, or a related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment; experience leading supervisors preferred.
• Proven track record of improving maintenance performance and team culture.
• Hands-on experience with a CMMS, including maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Working knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, and reliability practices.
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting background.
• Solid understanding of building systems, including plumbing, electrical, and HVAC.
• Experience managing a maintenance budget and spare parts inventory.
• Ability to set clear expectations and hold people accountable while building strong working relationships.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present to plant leadership and the hourly workforce.
• Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, and Word; ability to analyze and present maintenance data.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Fiix CMMS.
• Experience leading a CMMS implementation or building a maintenance planning program.
• Working knowledge of PLCs and industrial controls.
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) or Certified Maintenance Manager (CMM).

Summary of Working Conditions

This position may involve potential exposure to hazardous materials, and environmental changes (heat/cold), and the employee must be able to work under stress occasioned by production requirements, personnel, and the needs of other departments, utilizing proper body mechanics.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job. This employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.