Maintenance Manager

Inteva Products•Birmingham, AL

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager will support the launch of a new manufacturing facility in the southwest Birmingham metropolitan area and manage the plant Maintenance Department, including maintenance supervisors, skilled trades, tooling, equipment, and facility activities. The role ensures effective support across all operating shifts and provides leadership, coaching, support, and performance feedback to employees while establishing goals, priorities, and expectations. The manager develops and executes preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment reliability, minimize unplanned downtime, and support uninterrupted JIT/JIS operations. The role leads analysis of downtime and recurring failures, implements corrective actions, and drives improvements in safety, quality, reliability, productivity, and throughput. It also supports new program and equipment launches from installation and commissioning through ramp-up and transition to steady-state operations. Working with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Controls Engineering, Quality, and other functions, the manager resolves equipment issues, improves process capability and plant performance, and institutionalizes maintenance best practices and standardized work. The role also oversees attendance, labor and maintenance costs, spare-parts inventories, contractors, tooling, capital projects, and the maintenance budget, while maintaining a safe, organized, professional work environment in compliance with 5S standards, quality requirements, and Inteva policies and procedures.

Requirements

At least 5 years of progressive maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
Experience leading maintenance supervisors and skilled trades employees in a multi-shift manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, coach, and develop employees while driving accountability and performance.
Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, equipment, maintenance practices, preventive maintenance, and production support procedures.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including troubleshooting complex equipment and operational issues and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
Ability to read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, electrical and mechanical schematics, equipment specifications, and technical documentation.
Working knowledge and practical application of quality control procedures, Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and root-cause problem-solving methodologies.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Quality, skilled trades, suppliers, and other plant functions.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information, priorities, expectations, and performance requirements across all organizational levels.

Nice To Haves

Automotive manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
A strong automotive manufacturing background, preferably in a Tier 1 sequencing, Just-in-Time (JIT), or Just-in-Sequence (JIS) facility.

Responsibilities

Manage the plant Maintenance Department, including maintenance supervisors, skilled trades, tooling, equipment, and facility activities across all operating shifts.
Lead, coach, support, and provide performance feedback to maintenance supervisors and skilled trades employees; establish goals, priorities, and performance expectations.
Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and support JIT/JIS operations.
Monitor equipment downtime and recurring failures; lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions to improve safety, quality, equipment reliability, productivity, and throughput.
Implement continuous improvement and cost-saving initiatives using Lean principles and establish a disciplined Lean maintenance organization.
Support new program and equipment launches, including installation, commissioning, maintenance planning, production readiness, ramp-up, and transition to steady-state operations.
Partner with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Controls Engineering, Quality, and other functions to resolve equipment issues and improve process capability and plant performance.
Identify and institutionalize maintenance best practices, lessons learned, standardized work, and equipment reliability improvements.
Manage department attendance, labor and maintenance costs, spare-parts inventories, contractors, tooling, capital projects, and the maintenance budget.
Maintain a safe, organized, and professional work environment and ensure adherence to 5S standards, applicable quality requirements, and Inteva policies and procedures.