Job Summary

Texas Hydraulics is seeking an experienced Senior Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance organization supporting our manufacturing operations in Temple, Texas. This role is responsible for improving equipment reliability, machine availability, facility performance, and maintenance effectiveness while supporting safety, quality, delivery, and financial objectives.

The Senior Maintenance Manager will lead the continued development of the maintenance function from a primarily reactive environment toward a proactive, reliability-centered operation. This position requires a hands-on manufacturing leader who can develop people, strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance programs, use data to drive decisions, and build strong partnerships with Production and Manufacturing Engineering.

What You'll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop the Maintenance Planner and maintenance team, establishing clear expectations for safety, accountability, responsiveness, and performance.
• Develop and execute maintenance strategies aligned with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering priorities.
• Establish and track maintenance KPIs, including equipment availability, uptime, OEE, MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, schedule compliance, emergency work, and maintenance cost.
• Strengthen preventive, predictive, condition-based, and reliability-centered maintenance programs to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Analyze equipment failures and CMMS data to identify trends, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead root cause analysis, 5-Why investigations, and corrective actions for chronic or significant equipment failures.
• Champion Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Lean Manufacturing, standardized work, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide strategic oversight of daily maintenance activities and ensure resources are effectively prioritized to support production requirements.
• Support critical equipment failures while ensuring permanent corrective actions are identified and implemented.
• Develop workforce capability through technical training, employee development, cross-training, and succession planning.
• Develop and manage the annual maintenance operating budget and support capital planning with Manufacturing Engineering.
• Monitor labor, contractor, repair, utility, and spare-parts costs and identify opportunities to improve cost effectiveness.
• Lead or support equipment installation, commissioning, startup, upgrades, and maintenance-related capital projects.
• Ensure new and existing equipment meets expectations for safety, maintainability, and reliability.
• Oversee facility infrastructure, including electrical distribution, compressed air, cranes, HVAC, utilities, building systems, and grounds.
• Build strong working relationships with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Environmental Health & Safety, Purchasing, Finance, and Human Resources.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with applicable safety and regulatory requirements, including LOTO, electrical safety, confined space, hot work, contractor safety, OSHA, NFPA, and EPA requirements.
• Communicate maintenance performance, equipment risks, resource needs, and improvement opportunities to plant leadership.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of progressive maintenance experience in heavy industrial or discrete manufacturing, including at least 5 years leading maintenance teams.
• Demonstrated success building or improving preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
• Strong knowledge of industrial mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, machining, welding, and facility systems.
• Experience supporting manufacturing environments that include CNC machining, welding, assembly, paint systems, and related production equipment.
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, contractors, and capital improvement projects.
• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience using a CMMS; experience with Asset Essentials is preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project management skills.
• Proven ability to develop employees, establish accountability, and lead organizational change.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across functions and organizational levels.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and maintenance management systems.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, Industrial Maintenance, or a related technical discipline preferred. An equivalent combination of relevant education, technical training, and experience will be considered.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

This position works in both office and manufacturing environments and requires regular presence on the production floor. The employee may work near moving mechanical equipment and may be exposed to electrical hazards, varying temperatures, humidity, elevated work areas, chemicals, and other conditions typical of an industrial manufacturing facility. The noise level is generally moderate but may be higher in production areas, and appropriate personal protective equipment is required.

The position may require standing, walking, bending, reaching, climbing, and other physical activities necessary to inspect equipment and manufacturing areas and respond to maintenance needs.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.