Sr. Manager, Maintenance Excellence

Atkore is forging a future where employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and communities build better together—focused on serving the customer and powering and protecting the world. With a global network of manufacturing and distribution facilities, Atkore is a leading provider of electrical, safety, and infrastructure solutions.

About the role

We are searching for a Sr. Manager, Maintenance Excellence to be based out of a regional Atkore facility (Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, and Dallas). Reporting to the VP of Atkore Business System (ABS), this role leads the development and execution of the Enterprise Maintenance Excellence Roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the Enterprise Maintenance Excellence Roadmap to achieve World Class Maintenance and Equipment Reliability, driving progress and issue cause resolution.
• Utilize the 5-stage Maintenance Maturity Model approach to cascade development and oversee execution by site, maintenance excellence roadmap strategy, and vision.
• Develop and conduct an audit system to ensure practices and processes are robust and progress toward goals.
• Provide leadership and guidance for all Maintenance Excellence activities focused on improving organizational performance.
• Create and execute a plan to build out the Enterprise Maintenance Excellence Team to support and maximize site maintenance and asset performance.
• Develop and deploy Key Productivity Indicators evaluating equipment by Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) with an effective short- and long-term data-driven restoration process.
• Create and deploy across the enterprise equipment criticality and reliability analysis, utilizing FMEA (Failure Modes Effects Analysis), historical data, and OEM recommendations.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
• Relevant certifications a plus (e.g., SMRP, CMRP, Lean Six Sigma BB).
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Engineering and/or Maintenance in the steel industry, developing, leading, and executing proven maintenance reliability programs.
• Prior multi-level site responsibility required.
• Knowledge, understanding, and passion for lean and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Understanding of the cost drivers of Maintenance in manufacturing operations.
• Project Engineering/Management experience.
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) experience required.
• Strong analytical, leadership, and communication (both written and verbal) skills.

What to expect

• Within 3 months:
  • Complete your Atkore immersion program.
  • Understand how your role will help deliver Atkore’s strategy.
  • Gain an understanding of your team.
  • Visit the locations you support and begin building relationships with site contacts.
• Within 6 months:
  • Measure the overall effectiveness of equipment.
  • Evaluate the average time between equipment failures.
  • Assess the average time required to repair equipment.
  • Indicate the percentage of planned maintenance activities.
• Within 12 months:
  • Schedule Compliance measures adherence to planned maintenance schedules.
  • Emergency Maintenance Percentage reflects the proportion of unplanned maintenance work.
  • Planned Maintenance Compliance measures the percentage of completed planned maintenance activities.
  • Work Order Completion Rate indicates the percentage of completed work orders within a timeframe.

Pay

As of the date of this posting, the current pay range for this position is $126,240 - $173,580. Placement in the range depends on competencies, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, performance, shift, travel requirements, and business needs. Other compensation may include overtime, shift differentials, bonuses, commissions, stock, and incentives.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Any leave required under federal, state, or local law

Benefits are subject to vesting and eligibility requirements.