Maintenance Manager

req32575 | Speedway, IN, United States

About the role

In this role you will lead and develop a team of approximately 24 maintenance professionals supporting a Panama shift schedule.

Responsibilities

• Establish and sustain total preventative maintenance, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and asset reliability programs.
• Drive improvements in equipment uptime, overall equipment effectiveness, preventative maintenance compliance, and overall maintenance performance.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, EHS, and Continuous Improvement teams to reduce downtime and improve productivity.
• Lead maintenance planning, scheduling, root cause analysis, and reliability initiatives.
• Manage computerized maintenance management system processes, maintenance metrics, spare parts strategy, and equipment history documentation.
• Support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and new equipment installations.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and equipment ownership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, Operations, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of manufacturing maintenance, reliability, engineering, or operations experience.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience implementing or significantly improving total preventative maintenance, preventive maintenance, reliability, or asset management programs.
• Strong knowledge of industrial manufacturing equipment, maintenance systems (CMMS), and Lean manufacturing principles.
• Excellent leadership, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Experience in aerospace, automotive, coatings, metals, heat treat, or other advanced manufacturing environments (preferred).
• Background improving overall equipment effectiveness, mean time before failure, mean time to repair, preventative maintenance compliance, and equipment reliability.
• Experience with automation, robotics, vacuum systems, furnaces, utilities, and other complex production assets.
• Total Preventative Maintenance, Lean, Six Sigma, Reliability, or Maintenance certification (preferred).
• Must be either a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident (green card holder) or otherwise classifiable as a U.S. person under relevant regulations.

About the company

Linde Advanced Material Technologies, formerly Praxair Surface Technologies, revolutionizes industries through innovative materials and surface coatings. We are leaders in advanced materials and offer metal powders, sputtering targets, and surface coatings that enhance performance across aerospace, energy, semiconductor, automotive, and industrial sectors. Our strong focus on innovation is evident in our superior technologies.

Linde employees learn and abide by the Linde Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct by demonstrating honesty, integrity, professionalism in all communications, actions, and decisions.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Wide range of medical options to suit everyone’s needs.
• Educational and professional development opportunities.
• Employee discount program.
• 401K and pension plan.
• Life insurance.