The Maintenance Manager serves as the strategic leader and owner of all plant maintenance, reliability, and asset management functions. This position is accountable for developing and executing a comprehensive maintenance and reliability strategy that ensures maximum equipment availability, minimizes unplanned downtime, and protects the facility's ability to safely meet production, quality, delivery, and financial objectives.
Pay is $130k - $150k based on experience.
Key Responsibilities- Serve as the plant's primary owner of equipment reliability, asset performance, and maintenance excellence.
- Develop and execute a multi-year maintenance and reliability strategy focused on maximizing equipment uptime, reducing production risk, and supporting business growth objectives.
- Establish reliability-centered maintenance programs that improve asset availability, extend equipment life, and reduce total cost of ownership.
- Lead the development and execution of strategies that achieve sustainable reductions in unplanned downtime and recurring equipment failures.
- Drive a proactive maintenance culture centered on prevention, condition monitoring, predictive technologies, and disciplined work management processes.
- Establish and manage key reliability metrics including equipment uptime, OEE, MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, schedule compliance, and maintenance cost performance.
- Utilize maintenance and production data to identify reliability losses, prioritize improvement opportunities, and allocate resources to the highest business-impact areas.
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain leaders to ensure equipment reliability supports customer commitments and production requirements.
- Lead plant-wide asset risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies for critical equipment and systems.
- Ensure maintenance planning and scheduling processes prioritize work that protects production capacity and minimizes operational disruption.
- Develop long-range capital plans and asset replacement strategies based on risk, reliability trends, lifecycle costs, and business requirements.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives that increase throughput, improve operational stability, and enhance overall manufacturing performance.
The Maintenance Manager is directly accountable for:
- Plant equipment uptime and operational readiness.
- Reduction of unplanned downtime events.
- Reliability and performance of critical manufacturing assets.
- Achievement of maintenance budget and capital project objectives.
- Development of a skilled, engaged, and accountable maintenance workforce.
- Execution of asset management strategies that support production requirements and business objectives.
- Continuous improvement of OEE, MTBF, PM compliance, and maintenance productivity.
Why You'll Love Working for Us:- Wellness Programs and access to Worksite Wellness Center, including family members.
- Comprehensive Benefit Package including Medical, Dental, Vision coverages.
- Insurance: Life, Supplemental Life, Short and Long-Term Disability.
- 401(K) Match
- Paid Vacation and Holidays
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- PPE allowances
What We Need From You: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, or a related field preferred.
- Minimum of 7 years of industrial maintenance experience, including progressive leadership responsibilities.
- Demonstrated success leading maintenance operations in a manufacturing or heavy industrial environment.
- Strong knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance, CMMS systems, capital project management, budgeting, and maintenance best practices.
- Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
As a Fair Chance employer, Grede is committed to considering individuals who are rebuilding after past challenges. We believe full-time employment can be a powerful step toward long-term success.
To learn more about Grede, please visit our website atwww.grede.com
