Director, Maintenance (IL) (1384)
About The Position
The Director, Maintenance leads maintenance operations supporting safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing performance. The role develops and implements maintenance strategy to improve equipment uptime, reduce operational risk, and support production objectives through preventive and predictive maintenance programs, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practices, and standardized procedures. Responsibilities include leading maintenance personnel, supporting equipment reliability initiatives, conducting risk assessments, promoting lockout-tagout compliance, and applying PLC basics to troubleshoot and improve production equipment across manufacturing operations. This is an onsite position at Hyundai Translead’s new manufacturing facility in Joliet. The position will initially be employed by Hyundai Translead’s corporate office. Travel is up to 10%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- Minimum 12 years of maintenance experience in manufacturing environments.
- Proven experience leading large, multidisciplinary maintenance organizations.
- Strong experience with new plant setup or major production ramp-up.
- Deep understanding of industrial equipment, automation, and maintenance systems.
- Strong knowledge of maintenance KPIs, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement.
- Experience working in U.S. manufacturing environments with regulatory compliance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in high-volume automotive, trailer, or heavy manufacturing.
- Experience managing maintenance teams of 50 or more personnel.
Responsibilities
- Establish and lead the maintenance organization across Mechanical, Electrical, PLC, Robotics/Automation, and Hydraulic/Pneumatic functions.
- Define organizational structure, roles, headcount, and shift coverage aligned to production ramp-up phases.
- Build maintenance governance, standard work, escalation processes, and communication cadence.
- Develop skills matrices, certification standards, and long-term training and succession plans.
- Lead, coach, and develop maintenance managers, engineers, and technicians.
- Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies.
- Lead greenfield implementation and stabilization of CMMS / SAP PM.
- Establish preventive maintenance job plans, equipment criticality, spare-parts strategy, and documentation standards.
- Own equipment lifecycle management from installation through optimization and replacement.
- Lead maintenance readiness for SOP, including staffing, preventive maintenance, spares, documentation, and training.
- Support equipment installation, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and production ramp-up.
- Ensure stable operation of Fab Shop and Dry Trailer Assembly Lines.
- Manage maintenance KPIs, including downtime, OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and cost.
- Drive root cause analysis and permanent corrective actions.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, NFPA, NEC, LOTO, machine safety, and company standards.
- Partner with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Safety, and SCM.
- Manage vendors, contractors, service agreements, and emergency support.
- Report maintenance performance and risks to Plant Leadership and HQ.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% company-paid premiums.
- 401(k) plan with 4% employer matching.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Grocery allowance.
- Pet insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
