Maintenance and Process Manager

Watson•Poulsbo, WA

3d•$90,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

Watson is hiring a Maintenance and Process Manager to lead the manufacturing engineering and maintenance teams at its Poulsbo, Washington factory. The role supports machine readiness, process design, automation, and manufacturing engineering so production can run reliably and improve continuously. The factory operates CNC routers, fiber lasers, press brakes, edgebanders, welding equipment, and a powder coat line. The position works within operations, supporting customer demand and helping Value Stream Managers maintain machine availability, data, and processes needed to deliver on time. The Plant Manager sets direction, while the Plant Manager, Value Stream Managers, and Maintenance and Process Manager establish current and target conditions and goals. The role reports to the Plant Manager and collaborates with Value Stream Managers, Engineering, Production Planning, Purchasing, and Safety. It is 100% onsite at Watson’s Poulsbo workplace, The Orchard. The manager leads lean manufacturing engineering and process improvement, including process redesign, tooling, automation, standard work, and manufacturability work for new products and modifications. The role owns the preventive maintenance program, maintenance reliability and uptime, the plant’s computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), spare parts, service-provider relationships, and maintenance safety practices. It also develops technical employees, coordinates maintenance coverage and cross-training, leads equipment and process projects from scoping through commissioning, manages the maintenance budget, and reports performance measures such as OEE, uptime, MTBF, MTTR, and PM compliance. Watson describes its culture as rooted in soulful design, respect for how things are made, and investment in employees. The company designs and manufactures workplace solutions under one roof and emphasizes curiosity, enthusiasm, and commitment to its values. The job posting lists a salary range of $90,000–$100,000 in Job Details and states compensation of $90,000–$110,000 per annum based on experience.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience in manufacturing or process engineering, maintenance management, reliability engineering, or related technical leadership; ideally including people leadership.
Strong grounding in lean and TPS, applied on the production floor.
Hands-on knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
Familiarity with CNC equipment, PLCs, and machine controls.
Experience running a preventive-maintenance program in a CMMS.
Experience using ERP and production data to identify constraints and measure results.
Working knowledge of LOTO, NFPA 70E, and OSHA machine safety.
Ability to translate technical details into plain language for leadership and production-floor teams.
Must work 100% onsite at The Orchard in Poulsbo, Washington.
Any job offer is contingent upon a drug screening; the posting states Watson does not screen for cannabis unless otherwise noted.

Nice To Haves

NPI experience.
Reliability-centered maintenance experience.
People leadership experience is described as ideal.

Responsibilities

Use lean practices—including standard work, 5S, value stream mapping, A3, and kaizen—to improve throughput, quality, and safety; lead kaizen events and process redesigns.
Partner with the Plant Manager and Value Stream Managers to turn current and target conditions into plans for process changes, tooling, automation, and standard work.
Build and maintain tooling programs and work instructions that support safe, consistent, high-quality production.
Scope and implement automation and equipment opportunities while balancing capability, cost, and reliability.
Work with Product Development on manufacturability during new product introductions and product modifications.
Own the preventive maintenance program for production and facility equipment, moving maintenance toward planned and predictive practices using condition monitoring, failure history, and OEM guidance.
Restore machine operation quickly, lead root-cause analysis for significant and repeat failures, and complete corrective actions.
Manage the Watson CMMS and its records for plant and facility assets.
Build total productive maintenance (TPM) practices, including operator-led daily checks, cleaning, and early problem detection.
Manage critical spare parts and OEM and service-provider relationships, balancing cost against downtime risk.
Schedule planned downtime with Value Stream Managers to protect customer commitments.
Ensure maintenance work follows LOTO, machine guarding, and electrical safety practices; partner with Safety on incident follow-up.
Lead and develop manufacturing engineers, maintenance technicians, and machine experts, and prioritize support according to operational needs.
Establish on-call coverage and cross-train employees across mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and controls work.
Develop a coaching-oriented team and recruit technical talent for a growing, increasingly automated factory.
Lead projects from scoping through commissioning and handoff, including preventive-maintenance setup and training, while managing timelines and budgets.
Use data to recommend whether equipment should be repaired, rebuilt, or replaced, and explain the cost-benefit case to leadership.
Own the maintenance budget and partner with Supply Chain on tooling, parts, supplies, and service contracts.
Track and report OEE, uptime, MTBF, MTTR, preventive-maintenance compliance, and planned-versus-reactive maintenance ratio.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans available to employees and dependents; coverage begins on the first day of the month following 60 days of employment.
Watson matches 50% of employee 401(k) contributions, up to 2.5% of base annual salary; eligible employees are automatically enrolled after six months of employment and may change or opt out of contributions.
Hourly employees accrue 80 hours of PTO in their first year, 120 hours annually during years 2–5, and 160 hours annually from year 6 onward.
Salaried employees have no cap on PTO usage; the company expects a reasonable amount to be a few weeks during the first year.
Eight paid holidays annually, plus an additional paid holiday selected by each employee upon employment.
Profit-sharing plan, generally allocating 25% of profits after the baseline profit level is met; the amount varies by year.
Free Employee Assistance Program for employees and dependents, including mental, emotional, relational, financial, crisis, and grief support.
Onsite gym and showers.
Espresso bar.
Monthly BBQ.
Annual Bravo Night.
Campus walking trail.
Fun, challenging, and engaging culture.
Opportunity to build a career and grow skills.