Facilities and Maintenance Manager

About the Role

Global Ordnance is a premier defense solutions provider delivering mission-ready products and logistics support to the US Military and partner nations worldwide. With deep expertise in international procurement, compliance, and end-to-end supply chain management, we specialize in sourcing and delivering high-quality defense systems, munitions, and specialized equipment. The Facilities & Maintenance Manager is a key member of the site leadership team, responsible for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation, maintenance, modernization, and continuous improvement of all facility infrastructure, utilities, production equipment, tooling support systems, and maintenance personnel at QCCCF.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and policies affecting defense contracts and procurement.
• Coordinate with intercompany leadership, contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure compliance with program requirements, quality, and deadlines.
• Lead all maintenance, facilities, and utility operations across the QCCCF campus.
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Manage maintenance personnel, contractors, and service providers.
• Support production operations through high equipment availability and reliability.
• Develop annual operating and capital budgets.
• Establish reliability-centered maintenance and asset management practices.
• Lead modernization and facility improvement initiatives.
• Implement CMMS-based maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Develop critical asset rankings and lifecycle management plans.
• Track MTBF, MTTR, PM completion rates, and equipment uptime.
• Lead root cause corrective action investigations.
• Implement predictive maintenance technologies including vibration analysis and thermography.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental permits, Army regulations, and contract requirements.
• Lead Lockout/Tagout and maintenance safety programs.
• Support emergency response planning and incident investigations.
• Participate in government audits and inspections.
• Develop and manage facility modernization roadmaps.
• Support installation and commissioning of new production equipment.
• Manage facility upgrades and infrastructure projects.
• Provide technical leadership for industrial base expansion initiatives.
• Monitor performance metrics such as equipment uptime, preventive maintenance completion rate, MTBF, MTTR, maintenance budget adherence, safety performance, utility cost reduction, and facility condition index improvements.
• Handle other projects and assignments as needed by management.

Manufacturing Systems Supported

• Deep draw and transfer presses.
• Heat treat furnaces and quench systems.
• Plating and phosphate coating systems.
• Material handling systems and cranes.
• Compressed air systems.
• Electrical distribution systems.
• HVAC and environmental systems.
• Water and wastewater systems.

Requirements

• Candidates must be considered ITAR Authorized US Persons as defined under 22 CFR 120.62.
• Candidates must be lawfully permitted and comfortable working in facilities with access to firearms and munitions.
• This facility is located inside a military installation; candidates must be lawfully eligible to enter a military installation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Engineering Technology, or related discipline.
• 10+ years industrial maintenance experience.
• 5+ years maintenance leadership experience.
• Experience with heavy industrial manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of reliability engineering and maintenance management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in ammunition, defense, aerospace, metals, or heavy manufacturing.
• GOCO facility experience.
• CMRP certification.
• PMP certification.
• Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Quality Systems experience, ISO 9001:2015 experience strongly preferred.

Physical Demands & Abilities

• Regularly spend long hours sitting and using office equipment and computers.
• Regularly move from sitting to standing positions effortlessly, walk the facility, climb stairs, and lift upwards of 25 lbs regularly.
• Frequently work on projects requiring deadlines, which may include working evenings or occasional weekends.
• Occasional domestic travel will be required.

Working Conditions

• Work will be completed in a climate-controlled manufacturing environment.
• May require some business travel to Department of Defense sites, trade shows & conferences, customers, and suppliers as needed.

Benefits

• Company-paid (100%) medical and dental insurance for employees and their families.
• Competitive salaries.
• Bonus programs.
• Retirement plans.