Facilities Maintenance Manager

About the role

The Facilities Maintenance Manager is responsible for all preventative, on demand, and improvement maintenance activities across all Madison, WI facilities, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient operations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an active boots-on-the-ground presence across all Madison facilities, participating in maintenance activities, inspections, troubleshooting, and field support to ensure real-time understanding of equipment, systems, and operational needs.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for facility issues and emergencies, ensuring timely response to minimize downtime and maintain safe, compliant operations.
• Supervise maintenance staff across all shifts and Madison sites, including scheduling, training, performance management, and ensuring adequate coverage to meet operational and quality requirements.
• Oversee preventative and on-demand maintenance for buildings, utilities, grounds, and equipment, ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Manage facility systems (HVAC, electrical, plumbing, boilers, security, life-safety), coordinating repairs, improvements, and vendor/contractor work.
• Lead maintenance operations including work order systems, asset management, equipment lifecycle activities, documentation, and performance reporting.
• Support capital planning, project scoping, budgeting, sourcing, cost optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion Health & Safety program requirements, ensuring training, audits, incident response, and strong safety culture across all sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
• Three or more years of people-leadership experience in a manufacturing and/or distribution environment preferred.
• Working knowledge of EHS requirements related to facility operations and the built environment.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively in writing and verbally with customers, contractors, vendors, and regulatory authorities.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs); ability to follow SOPs is essential.
• Strong mathematical skills, including geometric and volumetric calculations.
• Strong planning and task-prioritization skills.

Preferences

• Proven people-leadership skills with recent supervisory experience and strong independent judgment/self-starter work ethic.
• Hands-on industrial maintenance expertise across mechanical, electrical, and HVAC/boiler systems, including troubleshooting and repair of plant equipment and utilities.
• Five (5) plus years maintaining complex mechanical systems in building/plant environments, with proficiency using mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and general construction tools.
• Strong organizational, planning, time-management, and project management capabilities; able to multitask and meet deadlines.
• Industrial Maintenance professional designation preferred (e.g., Industrial Mechanic/Millwright, Master Electrician).
• Experience with continuous improvement practices (Six Sigma, Lean, ISO-based systems).
• Familiarity with facilities management, EH&S, and OSHA/city/state/federal codes.
• Effective communicator with the ability to execute and help develop/standardize operating procedures; multi-facility support experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
• Three or more years of people-leadership experience in a manufacturing and/or distribution environment preferred.
• Working knowledge of EHS requirements related to facility operations and the built environment.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively in writing and verbally with customers, contractors, vendors, and regulatory authorities.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs); ability to follow SOPs is essential.
• Strong mathematical skills, including geometric and volumetric calculations.
• Strong planning and task-prioritization skills.

Skills

• Customer Focus.
• Results Driven.
• Efficient.
• Communication.
• Collaboration.
• Relationship Builder.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving.
• Improvement Driven.
• Organization and Time Management.

Benefits

Inotiv offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including health and dental coverage, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!

Pay

The salary range will adjust along with the level of the role to match the person’s relevant experience and/or education level.

Schedule

This position could be offered at different levels for candidates who qualify with a combination of advanced levels of education and/or years of experience.