Maintenance Manager

Continental•Sumter, SC

18d

About The Position

Lead all maintenance operations for a 24/7 manufacturing facility, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective equipment performance. Improve equipment uptime, technical availability, and plant reliability through disciplined maintenance execution. Develop preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance programs to address recurring equipment failures; lead maintenance planning, scheduling, shutdowns, and maintenance excellence initiatives; and manage budgets, capital improvement requests, and resources. Optimize spare parts inventory, warehouse operations, and asset management. Champion reliability-centered maintenance, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and TPM practices. Lead and develop maintenance supervisors, planners, engineers, and technicians, and build organizational capability and succession plans. Partner with operations, engineering, and project teams on upgrades, modernization, and new equipment installations. Foster accountability, safety, reliability, and continuous improvement, with a long-term focus on eliminating repeat breakdowns. The role is in a climate-controlled environment, and safety procedures and protective equipment must always be used.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field.
At least 7 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
At least 2 years of leadership experience managing maintenance or technical organizations.
Strong knowledge of maintenance systems, reliability engineering, asset management, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Experience managing large budgets, maintenance planning processes, and capital projects.
Ability to lead teams, manage change, and develop employee capabilities.
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working with external suppliers, contractors, and cross-functional business partners.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without current or future employer sponsorship for employment visa status.

Nice To Haves

Experience in tire manufacturing, automotive manufacturing, heavy industrial manufacturing, or other highly automated production environments.
Experience leading maintenance organizations in a 24/7 manufacturing operation.
Experience managing supervisors, planners, engineers, and technical specialists.
Expertise in Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and asset management systems.
Experience conducting root cause analysis, FMEA, and structured reliability improvement initiatives.
Experience supporting equipment modernization, refurbishment, and capital improvement projects.
Strong knowledge of maintenance planning, scheduling, and spare parts optimization practices.
Proven success developing maintenance talent, succession plans, and future technical leaders.
Experience working with international suppliers, contractors, and project teams.
Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement experience focused on operational excellence and maintenance performance.

Responsibilities

Lead all maintenance operations for a 24/7 manufacturing facility and ensure safe, reliable, cost-effective equipment performance.
Improve equipment uptime, technical availability, and plant reliability through disciplined maintenance execution.
Develop and implement preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance programs.
Lead maintenance planning, scheduling, shutdown activities, and maintenance excellence initiatives.
Manage annual maintenance budgets, capital improvement requests, and resource allocation.
Optimize spare parts inventory, warehouse operations, and asset management processes.
Promote reliability-centered maintenance, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and TPM-based practices.
Lead, coach, and develop maintenance supervisors, planners, engineers, and technicians; build organizational capability and succession plans.
Partner with operations, engineering, and project teams on equipment upgrades, modernization, and new installations.
Foster accountability, safety, reliability, and continuous improvement, with a focus on preventing repeat breakdowns.