Associate Manager, Maintenance

SC Johnson • Racine, WI

24d • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Manager, Maintenance is a critical role with oversight for the implementation of world class maintenance excellence strategies supporting optimum equipment efficiency/reliability, improving product quality, while focusing on the reduction of fixed and variable costs associated with repair and maintenance. In this role you will serve as the champion for the development and deployment of standard maintenance systems across several of the key Waxdale support functions, to include components manufacturing, reliability improvement, maintenance planning and scheduling, and the technical storeroom (MRO). In this role you will support the deployment of the SC Johnson’s Maintenance Excellence program focusing on operational reliability, energy conservation, optimal maintenance practices, extended asset life, low operating expense, and peak equipment utilization. As a management representative, you will be responsible for ensuring that policies and procedures are followed, along with making key business decisions, staff development, creating and refining work processes, and maintaining working relationships with both internal and external customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Reliability, Business Management or related field or relevant military experience considered in lieu of degree requirement
• 5+ years of leadership experience within manufacturing maintenance and reliability, work management routines, technical storerooms, and project teams
• 3+ years of Computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) proficiency
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

• Experience in injection molding or related processes
• Demonstrated success leading maintenance teams
• Consumer Package Goods (CPG) or Chemical industry experience in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience within a continuous improvement environment utilizing TPM and Lean manufacturing principles
• Change agent who can demonstrate skill in pacing, sequencing, and communicating change
• Demonstrated skills at communicating throughout different levels of the organization, from shop floor hourly employees to site leadership teams
• Experience with a maintenance trade (electrician, pipefitting, Instrumentation, or planning)
• Experience in project installation, estimating, layout, design and directing work crews

Responsibilities

• Charged with meeting safety, quality, cost, productivity & environmental goals through the promotion and support of High-Performance Work Teams
• Ability to create short-term and long-term actions to support localized implementation of the SC Johnson Maintenance Excellence strategy
• Ability to develop, implement, and interpret Key Performance Indicators (KPI) designed to support the area’s maintenance master plan and continuous improvement initiatives
• Lead the area’s governance routines, supporting internal and external departmental metrics such as OEE, Safety, and Quality targets
• Monitor Repair and Maintenance (R&M), collaborate with cross functional teams to manage spends to ensure impactful spend and identify patterns/opportunities
• Review critical asset performance to mitigate risk and improve facility performance standards, operating effectiveness, and efficiency
• Execute the methodologies and tools of Reliability Centered Maintenance, preventative maintenance (PM), and process safety management (PSM) systems
• Work to build capabilities within the manufacturing performance systems, including autonomous production teams, early management, and tiered escalation
• Coach team members on all shifts to work together toward common goals, support high inter-shift communication and mutual respect.
• Grow the bench of the Waxdale Central Service’s support teams by training in-house personnel and enabling internal growth potential
• Work with procurement and other partners to leverage and build strategic vendors/partnerships
• Interpret and ensure compliance with all federal, local, HR, and company policies and procedures

Benefits

• SC Johnson offers competitive total compensation, including salary, bonuses, long‑term incentives, and 401(k) matching.
• As a family company, benefits may include subsidized healthcare, parental leave, flexible work options, vacation purchase programs, fitness and recreation facilities, childcare support, counseling services, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager