Group Manager, Maintenance Plant Operations

LATICRETE International•Bethany, CT

84d•Onsite

About The Position

The Group Manager, Maintenance Plant Operations provides enterprise-aligned leadership for plant maintenance, reliability, and asset stewardship in support of safe, efficient, and uninterrupted manufacturing operations. This role establishes the site maintenance strategy, governance, and performance framework for preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; utilities and infrastructure reliability; shutdown and turnaround execution; and maintenance-related continuous improvement. The position translates business priorities, production requirements, and capital objectives into integrated maintenance strategies, resource plans, and asset care standards. This role exercises broad judgment in maintenance prioritization, capital and repair planning, contractor governance, organizational capability, and resource deployment, with significant impact on equipment uptime, operational continuity, cost performance, compliance, and long-term site effectiveness. SCOPE Team Size: This position will have a couple of direct reports and will provide leadership for the AM program and TPMs within the Maintenance WCM pillar. The role will partner closely with site leadership to provide technical and administrative support that strengthens maintenance execution, asset care discipline, and enterprise alignment. Site Responsibility: Partners with site leadership across the manufacturing network to support maintenance standards, autonomous maintenance practices, TPM execution, technical troubleshooting, and administrative follow-through tied to the Maintenance WCM pillar. Decision-Making Authority: Exercises broad decision-making authority for maintenance prioritization, outage response, repair versus replace recommendations, contractor use, workforce deployment, and selected capital and infrastructure actions within approved policies and financial parameters.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, Operations, or a related technical field required; Master’s degree preferred.
10+ years of progressive maintenance, engineering, reliability, or plant operations experience within a manufacturing environment, including leadership responsibility for multi-shift operations.
5+ years of experience leading maintenance managers, supervisors, planners, technicians, or other technical teams in a complex manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated leadership in maintenance operations, asset reliability, maintenance planning, safety, and cost management within a manufacturing environment.
Strong working knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs, reliability methodologies, root cause analysis, and planning and scheduling practices.
Ability to interpret maintenance and reliability data, identify trends, and translate insights into asset performance and business action.
Strong communication, coaching, technical leadership, contractor management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with CMMS, ERP, maintenance planning tools, and plant systems preferred.
Must be able to lift and/or carry a minimum of 50 pounds.
Must be able to push/pull 25 pounds.
Must be able to stand at least 50-75% of the day.
Must be able to sit 25-50% of the day.
Must be able to Twist/bend 50-75% of the day.
Must be able to squat/climb/crawl 20% of the day.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Familiarity with CMMS, ERP, maintenance planning tools, and plant systems preferred.

Responsibilities

Direct the maintenance function to deliver asset reliability, uptime, service responsiveness, and cost performance in alignment with site and enterprise operating objectives.
Establish maintenance strategy, service standards, and governance for preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance execution across the site.
Evaluate asset risks, reliability constraints, and system vulnerabilities and make decisions that protect operational continuity, service performance, and long-term site capability.
Provide leadership for maintenance safety, technical compliance, and work execution standards to ensure safe maintenance practices and regulatory adherence.
Ensure maintenance programs, contractor governance, utilities systems, and infrastructure activities align with internal standards, audit expectations, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Ensure effective investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action for equipment failures, maintenance-related incidents, and significant reliability events.
Lead a multi-level maintenance leadership team and build organizational capability through coaching, succession planning, and development of technical and people leadership strength.
Establish performance expectations, reinforce planning and scheduling discipline, and address capability or execution gaps across maintenance operations.
Partner with HR and site leadership on workforce planning, technical talent development, employee relations, and leadership capability to support maintenance effectiveness.
Lead reliability and maintenance improvement efforts that increase equipment performance, strengthen asset care practices, and reduce unplanned downtime.
Translate business, production, and capital priorities into integrated maintenance plans, shutdown strategies, spare parts approaches, and asset investment recommendations.
Drive disciplined planning, scheduling, and cross-functional execution to improve maintenance productivity, resource utilization, and asset availability.
Provide stewardship of maintenance budgets by partnering with site leadership, repair and replacement spend, contractor services, and cost improvement actions to support financial commitments and asset sustainability.
Influence outcomes through effective partnership with production, engineering, quality, EH&S, supply chain, finance, and external service providers.
Recommend and approve maintenance resource deployment, repair priorities, and selected capital or infrastructure actions that support plant stability and growth.