Dart

Maintenance Manager

Dart • $80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Proven experience in improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in a manufacturing environment.
  • Familiarity with CMMS, SAP, or similar systems for maintenance management and reporting.
  • Knowledge across mechanical, electrical, controls, automation, HVAC, and facility systems.
  • Experience in leading reliability programs and conducting root cause failure analysis.
  • Strong skills in leadership, communication, and team development.

Responsibilities

  • Lead maintenance, reliability, and facilities operations in a thermoforming facility.
  • Implement and sustain reliability improvement initiatives to enhance asset performance.
  • Drive equipment uptime through effective maintenance programs.
  • Analyze equipment performance and maintenance metrics using reliability systems.
  • Manage maintenance technicians and foster employee development and performance.
  • Monitor KPIs related to safety, quality, and equipment efficiency.
  • Partner with Operations to optimize production maintenance activities.

Benefits

  • Excellent benefits package including health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Professional development opportunities including training and tuition reimbursement.
  • Supportive and inclusive workplace culture prioritizing safety.
  • Generous PTO including vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays.
  • Comprehensive relocation package.
Full Job Description
Lead reliability. Build capability. Drive results.

Support and execute the maintenance and reliability strategy for a thermoforming manufacturing facility while driving equipment uptime, preventive maintenance excellence, continuous improvement, and team development. This role is ideal for a hands-on maintenance leader who enjoys building reliable systems, developing teams, and partnering across the plant to improve operational performance.

What You'll Do:
  • Lead maintenance, reliability, and facilities operations.
  • Lead implementation and sustainment of reliability improvement initiatives to reduce equipment failures and improve asset performance.
  • Drive equipment uptime through preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
  • Analyze equipment performance, downtime trends, and maintenance metrics using SAP, CMMS, and other reliability systems to drive continuous improvement.
  • Manage maintenance technicians, employee development, and performance.
  • Monitor and improve KPIs related to safety, quality, service, efficiency, equipment uptime, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
  • Partner with Operations to prioritize maintenance activities and maximize production performance.
  • Lead root cause investigations and implement permanent corrective actions.
  • Manage maintenance budgets, backlog prioritization, and capital improvements.
  • Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.


What We're Looking For:
  • Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of manufacturing leadership experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment with proven results in improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
  • Experience using CMMS, SAP, or similar maintenance management systems to manage work orders, preventive maintenance, and performance reporting.
  • Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, automation, HVAC, and facility systems.
  • Experience leading reliability programs, preventive maintenance systems, and root cause failure analysis.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and team development skills.


Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
  • Degree in mechanical, electrical or industrial engineering
  • Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification preferred
  • Experience managing multi-shift or continuous operations
  • Chemical or plastics processing (thermoforming, extrusion, and/or injection molding), or packaging industrial experience
  • Lean manufacturing experience
  • Experience leading capital improvement projects in a manufacturing environment
  • SAP experience

What we offer...
  • Excellent benefits package, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more!
  • Professional development opportunities with training and tuition reimbursement
  • A supportive and inclusive work culture that prioritizes safety
  • Generous PTO policy with vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays
  • Comprehensive relocation package

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About Dart

Dart is a transportation company headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. The company provides transportation services to clients in various industries, including food and beverage, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. Dart operates a fleet of over 1,500 trucks and employs over 2,000 people. The company was founded in 1934 and has a long history of providing transportation services to clients in the United States and internationally.
Learn more about Dart
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9,051 employees
Industry
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