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The Maintenance Manager will report to the Maintenance & Reliability Director and lead maintenance execution for assigned manufacturing areas, with direct responsibility for the skilled trades and crafts supporting complex production equipment and facility systems. \nThis leader will build and develop the area maintenance organization, establish trade coverage and work practices, coordinate planned and unplanned maintenance, and ensure technicians are prepared to safely troubleshoot, repair, inspect, and maintain equipment from commissioning through steady-state production. The role is centered on practical maintenance leadership, workforce capability, work execution, and equipment ownership rather than an engineering background. \nThe ideal candidate has progressed through a skilled industrial trade and into maintenance supervision or management within a complex manufacturing environment. They will bring strong field leadership, sound troubleshooting judgment, disciplined work-management practices, and the ability to develop multi-craft teams that consistently execute safe, high-quality maintenance while supporting production, reliability, and cost objectives. \nEssential Duties and Responsibilities \nMaintenance Organization and Skilled Trades Leadership \nBuild and lead the maintenance craft and trades team for assigned manufacturing areas, including staffing, shift and on-call coverage, span of control, technician assignments, and day-to-day floor leadership. \nRecruit, onboard, qualify, and develop skilled trades personnel, including industrial maintenance technicians, electricians, mechanics, millwrights, and other crafts required by the equipment base. \nEstablish trade qualification matrices, cross-training plans, progression expectations, and practical competency standards so technicians can safely and independently support assigned equipment. \nCoach frontline supervisors, leads, and technicians on work quality, troubleshooting discipline, ownership, communication, and effective coordination with Operations and Engineering. \nMaintenance Execution and Area Ownership \nOwn maintenance execution for assigned production areas, ensuring planned, corrective, and emergent work is prioritized and completed safely, efficiently, and to an appropriate technical standard. \nCoordinate daily maintenance priorities with Operations, Planning & Scheduling, Reliability, Engineering, and Production leadership, balancing production needs with preventive maintenance and equipment health. \nEnsure equipment breakdowns are rapidly assessed, the appropriate trades and resources are deployed, repairs are technically sound, and equipment is verified before return to service. \nManage the balance of preventive, predictive, corrective, and improvement work to control backlog, reduce repeat failures, and protect equipment availability without creating unnecessary maintenance burden. \nCoordinate technicians, contractors, OEM support, parts, tools, permits, and production access for major repairs, shutdowns, and other work requiring cross-functional execution. \nStartup, Commissioning and Equipment Readiness \nPartner with cross functional engineering and design teams to establish equipment PMs, lubrication and inspection routines, critical spares, special tools, maintenance documentation, and initial job plans. \nIdentify maintainability, access, serviceability, spare-parts, and recurring equipment issues during commissioning and drive closure before they become embedded operating constraints. \nEstablish clear maintenance turnover and area-ownership practices so technicians understand equipment boundaries, escalation paths, maintenance standards, and responsibilities at startup. \nSafety, Reliability and Continuous Improvement \nSet the standard for safe maintenance execution, including LOTO, electrical safety, hot work, confined-space entry, elevated work, rigging, stored-energy control, and other hazards associated with industrial maintenance. \nEnsure maintenance procedures, permits, job plans, pre-job reviews, and field execution are appropriate to the risk and complexity of the work being performed. \nDrive high-quality maintenance practices that improve equipment condition and reduce repeat failures, including precision installation, proper alignment and assembly, inspection discipline, and effective post-maintenance verification. \nPartner with Reliability and Engineering resources on recurring equipment losses, root-cause investigations, condition-based maintenance, and equipment improvements; ensure corrective actions are translated into field execution and standard work. \nMaintain organized, professional maintenance shops, tool-control practices, staging areas, and housekeeping standards that support efficient and safe craft execution. \nWork Management, CMMS and Resource Control \nEstablish strong CMMS discipline for the assigned areas, including accurate work requests, labor and parts history, failure coding, completion notes, preventive-maintenance compliance, and timely work-order closeout. \nManage area performance using practical maintenance KPIs such as schedule compliance, PM completion, backlog age, response and repair time, repeat failures, overtime, contractor usage, and equipment-related downtime. \nManage maintenance labor, contractor support, tools, consumables, and area maintenance spending within plan; work with Planning, Stores, Reliability, and Procurement to ensure critical parts and external resources are available when needed. \nQualifications \nRequired \nEight or more years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing, process, or similarly equipment-intensive environment, including three or more years leading maintenance technicians, skilled trades, or craft teams. \nSkilled trade apprenticeship, technical diploma, journeyman credential, military technical training, or equivalent hands-on industrial maintenance experience; 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