Machine Maintenance Manager

rms Company•Coon Rapids, MN

5d•$100,000 - $150,000

About The Position

The Machine Maintenance Manager oversees the maintenance, reliability, and safe operation of production machinery and equipment. The role leads the machine maintenance team, develops preventive and predictive maintenance programs, minimizes equipment downtime, and ensures machines operate efficiently and safely. It works across Facilities Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Quality, and Safety, while managing maintenance resources, budgets, vendors, and reliability improvements. The position is based in a standard manufacturing environment with regular time on the manufacturing floor and periodic availability on nights, weekends, and holidays for emergency response.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
7+ years of advanced industrial/manufacturing maintenance experience.
2+ years of maintenance supervisory or management experience.
Strong working knowledge of CMMS administration, work-order management, equipment history, preventive maintenance scheduling, maintenance backlog management, and KPI reporting.
Experience using equipment failure and maintenance data to prioritize corrective actions and reliability improvements.
Strong knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems, PLCs, hydraulics, pneumatics, and industrial automation.
Experience with preventive/predictive maintenance and CMMS systems.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, organizational, and leadership skills.
Ability to read mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and equipment manuals.
Strong knowledge of workplace safety and maintenance best practices.
Microsoft Office proficiency, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher.
Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Attention to detail and organizational skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment and prioritize and multitask.
Must be able to walk, stand, climb stairs/ladders, bend, and lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

Manage and supervise machine maintenance technicians and contractors.
Lead implementation, standardization, and continuous improvement of the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program.
Ensure preventive maintenance activities are scheduled, assigned, completed on time, documented, and verified for effectiveness.
Monitor overdue preventive maintenance work and maintenance backlog, identify resource or scheduling constraints, and escalate risks to production equipment availability.
Review preventive maintenance tasks and frequencies to eliminate ineffective work, address recurring failures, and improve equipment reliability.
Schedule and prioritize maintenance activities to minimize production downtime.
Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and automated equipment issues.
Establish and enforce CMMS work-order standards, including accurate problem descriptions, failure classifications, corrective actions, labor hours, parts used, and work-order closure.
Maintain accurate equipment hierarchies, asset information, preventive maintenance schedules, critical spare-parts records, and equipment maintenance history in the CMMS.
Use CMMS and machine-performance data to track KPIs, identify recurring failures, prioritize reliability improvements, and support maintenance planning.
Manage spare parts, tools, maintenance supplies, and inventory.
Coordinate equipment installation, modification, and commissioning projects.
Ensure compliance with OSHA, company safety policies, and applicable regulations.
Develop maintenance procedures, checklists, and standard operating procedures.
Work closely with Facilities Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Quality, and Safety departments.
Train and develop machine maintenance personnel.
Manage machine maintenance budgets and identify opportunities to reduce operating costs.
Evaluate vendors, contractors, and service providers.

Benefits

401k retirement savings plan with company match contribution.
Onsite health clinics.
Discretionary holiday bonus program based on years of service.
Cretex University.
24/7 employee assistance program with access to five confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost.
Wellness program with incentives.
Employee death benefit.
Employee sick and safe leave.
For employees working 20+ hours/week: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings account, healthcare and dependent care pre-tax reimbursement accounts, paid holidays, paid time off, and discretionary profit sharing.
For employees working 30+ hours/week: parental leave, accident and critical illness benefits, optional employee, spouse, and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, company-provided life insurance, and tuition assistance programs.