Manager, Maintenance Technician

Duties/Responsibilities

• Lead and sustain Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practices, including preventive, predictive, and autonomous maintenance.
• Drive a strong shift toward proactive maintenance, minimizing unplanned downtime and improving equipment reliability.
• Partner with Operations to implement and sustain operator-engaged maintenance, enabling operators to actively care for equipment.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions to eliminate chronic equipment failures.
• Champion a safety first culture, ensuring all maintenance activities are conducted safely and in compliance with standards.
• Lead implementation and sustainment of 5S across maintenance areas, equipment locations, and spare parts storage.
• Establish and maintain visual management systems that make equipment condition, maintenance status, and abnormalities immediately visible.
• Proactively identify and mitigate equipment and facility safety risks.
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance.
• Partner with Engineering on equipment modifications, reliability improvements, and capital projects to ensure maintainability and TPM principles are embedded by design.
• Serve as a collaborative partner to site leadership, aligning maintenance priorities with operational and business needs.
• Lead maintenance planning and scheduling to maximize planned work and reduce reactive maintenance.
• Track and report key maintenance and reliability metrics, using data and visuals to drive improvement.
• Continuously improve maintenance systems to reduce cost, extend asset life, and improve operational performance.
• Be a developer of talent, building strong technical capability, TPM knowledge, and leadership skills within the maintenance team.
• Coach, mentor, and develop maintenance technicians and leaders through training, feedback, and growth opportunities.
• Identify and develop future leaders by providing exposure to cross-functional initiatives and continuous improvement work.
• Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, teamwork, and continuous learning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 5-8+ years of experience in maintenance leadership within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Demonstrated experience implementing or leading TPM, preventive/predictive maintenance, and 5S initiatives.

Skills

• Strong safety mindset and commitment to safe maintenance practices.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across Operations, Engineering, and site leadership.
• Experience using visual management, maintenance metrics, and structured problem solving.
• Strong people leader with a passion for developing others.
• Clear communicator who can influence, coach, and align teams.