Maintenance Manager

Engineered Products LLC•Easley, SC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager is the hands-on leader accountable for plant maintenance, equipment reliability, and the Tooling Department at Engineered Products. The role directly supervises maintenance technicians, controls resources, and tooling personnel, with no separate Maintenance Supervisor. In partnership with the Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Continuous Improvement, the manager ensures machines and production tooling safely and reliably meet established manufacturing process requirements. The Tooling Department provides day-to-day production support for punch/stamping and structural steel roll-form tooling. The Maintenance Manager owns tooling readiness, inspection, preventive service, adjustment, repair, refurbishment, and toolroom resources. Manufacturing Engineering retains technical ownership of manufacturing processes, tooling design requirements, engineered modifications, and process validation. The manager leads maintenance and tooling execution, equipment troubleshooting and reliability improvement, safety practices, and support for equipment projects. The role works closely with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, vendors, and suppliers to coordinate production support, repairs, corrective actions, and tooling readiness.

Requirements

At least 7 years of progressive industrial maintenance experience, preferably in metal fabrication, stamping, or roll forming.
Prior responsibility for directing personnel and coordinating plant maintenance work.
Demonstrated ability to lead a small hands-on technical team while personally resolving complex plant equipment problems.
Strong mechanical and industrial electrical troubleshooting skills, including 480V three-phase systems, schematics, VFDs, hydraulics, pneumatics, and safe work practices.
Practical understanding of punch/stamping dies and roll-form tooling, including tool wear, alignment, preventive service, and production troubleshooting; ability to direct experienced tooling personnel.
Experience using a CMMS for preventive maintenance, work management, and reliability improvement, with disciplined documentation and prioritization.
Ability to collaborate effectively with Manufacturing Engineering, Production, Quality, and external tooling/equipment suppliers.

Nice To Haves

Toolroom or tool-and-die leadership in a metalworking manufacturing operation.
PLC/HMI troubleshooting familiarity, such as Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens, or similar; advanced PLC programming is not required if supported by a Controls Technician.
Experience with laser cutting, welding automation, press brakes, paint/powder equipment, and plant utilities.
Technical diploma, associate degree, or equivalent extensive industrial maintenance/tooling experience.
Familiarity with TPM, 5S, RCA, and equipment capital projects.

Responsibilities

Lead, schedule, coach, and evaluate maintenance technicians, controls resources, and tooling personnel; set work priorities, coverage, skills development, and accountability.
Manage daily maintenance and tooling work, balancing emergency breakdowns, planned production support, preventive maintenance, and toolroom workload.
Coordinate production windows, breakdown response, shift handoffs, vendors, tooling support, and planned shutdowns with Production; align long-term equipment and process improvements with the Senior Manufacturing Engineer.
Manage department spending, outside services, critical spare parts, tooling consumables, and procurement recommendations within approved authority.
Maintain a visible work backlog, clear escalation paths, and timely communication of equipment and tooling constraints.
Lead diagnosis and repair of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic failures across plant production equipment and utilities.
Direct PLC/HMI/VFD, safety circuit, sensor, encoder, and servo troubleshooting, partnering with the Controls Technician on programming changes and advanced automation.
Oversee precision mechanical work, alignments, drives, bearings, lubrication systems, fabrication, and machine repair; provide hands-on technical support as needed.
Own the Tractian CMMS, including asset records, work orders, PM scheduling, failure history, backlog, labor and cost capture, and closure quality.
Investigate equipment- or tooling-condition failures and corrective actions using downtime trends, repeat-failure analysis, 5-Why/RCA, MTTR, and MTBF; collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering when causes relate to process parameters, setup design, or tooling design.
Lead the Tooling Department's production support for punch/stamping dies and roll-form tooling, including condition, readiness, repairs, adjustments, and preventive care.
Direct tooling personnel in diagnosing and correcting worn or damaged punches and dies, stripping problems, alignment, roll tracking, roll-set condition, and related mechanical problems.
Provide urgent in-process tooling repair and tool-change support while coordinating with Production.
Establish tool identification, condition/status tracking, inspection criteria, maintenance records, storage, preservation, and scheduled servicing for punches, dies, roll sets, and related components.
Manage the repair and replacement pipeline for worn or damaged tooling, including outside grinding, machining, heat treating, and specialist tooling vendors.
Implement approved tooling repairs, refurbishment, and modifications in partnership with Manufacturing Engineering and Quality.
Track tooling-related downtime, recurring quality issues, maintenance cost, and tool life to identify corrective actions and replacement needs.
Execute maintenance safety practices, including lockout/tagout, electrical safe work, guarding, hot work, and contractor controls; support OSHA and NFPA 70E requirements.
Support capital equipment installation, relocation, machine guarding, and commissioning; lead maintainability reviews, installation support, maintenance documentation, training, and spare-parts readiness.
Partner with Production, Quality, and the Senior Manufacturing Engineer when defects involve machinery or tooling; confirm mechanical and tooling condition is restored.
Maintain an organized, safe maintenance shop and toolroom with effective 5S and parts/tool storage practices.