Lead Root Cause Analysis and permanent corrective actions for recurring failures.
Implement TPM and autonomous maintenance, engaging operators in cleaning, inspection, lubrication, and early identification of equipment problems.
Establish and improve OEE, using downtime, speed, quality, MTBF, and MTTR data to eliminate the largest equipment losses.
Work hands-on with technicians to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, PLC, automation, and other equipment issues.
Lead major repairs, shutdowns, installations, and reliability improvement projects.
Team Development
Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team across three shifts.
Build a multi-skilled workforce through training, cross-training, mentoring, and hands-on coaching.
Establish accountability for safety, productivity, quality, PM performance, reliability, and teamwork.
Develop lead technicians and future maintenance leaders and address performance or skill gaps.
Procurement, MRO & Critical Spares
Manage maintenance procurement of MRO materials, spare parts, tools, services, and contractors.
Partner with Procurement to improve pricing, supplier performance, standardization, and total cost of ownership.
Establish strategic inventory levels for critical spare parts based on equipment criticality, failure history, lead time, cost, and production impact.
Maintain appropriate reorder levels while minimizing obsolete, excess, and slow-moving inventory.
Ensure critical spares are incorporated into the CMMS and equipment maintenance plans.
Planning, CMMS & Performance
Utilize the CMMS to manage assets, PMs, work orders, maintenance history, and spare parts.
Establish and monitor KPIs including OEE, equipment availability, MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, planned vs. reactive work, downtime, maintenance cost, and critical spare availability.
Use data and Pareto/RCA methods to prioritize improvements and reduce downtime and maintenance cost.
Safety, Facilities & Capital
Ensure compliance with OSHA, LOTO, NFPA, electrical, environmental, and plant safety requirements.
Oversee plant utilities, buildings, infrastructure, security, and facility contractors.
Support equipment selection, installation, commissioning, capital projects, lifecycle planning, and energy-reduction initiatives.
Qualifications
8+ years maintenance experience in a process-driven manufacturing environment, including leadership.
Strong electrical and mechanical skills; PLC/automation experience preferred.
Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance, reliability, TPM, OEE, and Root Cause Analysis.
Experience with CMMS, MRO procurement, contractors, and critical spare-parts management.
Knowledge of OSHA, LOTO, NFPA, and industrial safety requirements.
Experience in an ISO 9001 manufacturing environment.
Proven ability to transform a reactive maintenance organization into a proactive, reliability-focused operation.
Strong leadership, coaching, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Hands-on leadership style with the ability to work directly with technicians and equipment.
Measures of Success
Increased OEE, uptime, and equipment availability
Reduced unplanned downtime and repeat failures
Increased planned/preventive maintenance and PM compliance
Improved MTBF and MTTR
Successful TPM and autonomous maintenance implementation
Development of a skilled, accountable maintenance team
Effective management of critical spare parts and MRO procurement
Improved safety, reliability, and maintenance cost performance
The objective is to build a maintenance organization that prevents failures rather than simply responds to them, with Production and Maintenance jointly accountable for reliability, TPM, and OEE.
