Maintenance Manager

Levi Strauss•Henderson, NV

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager oversees a team responsible for maintaining the equipment and facilities at Levi Strauss & Co.’s distribution center in Henderson, Nevada. The role is part of a management team focused on operational excellence and efficiency through workforce engagement, safety, and process improvement. The manager leads Shift Supervisors and Maintenance Technicians and guides a Technical Services turnaround, including assessing operations, mitigating risk, restoring maintenance fundamentals, and establishing sustainable reliability practices. The position is accountable for the reliability and performance of site equipment and infrastructure, including material handling systems, automation and controls, facilities, utilities, HVAC, forklifts, and other critical assets. The role establishes and maintains maintenance and reliability programs covering planning and scheduling, preventive and predictive maintenance, asset health monitoring, CMMS governance, reliability reporting, and improvement projects. It provides technical leadership for automation and controls systems, manages spare parts, storeroom operations, contractors and service providers, and supports equipment reliability, capital projects, facility improvements, and operational readiness. The manager ensures compliance with safety, environmental, regulatory, and company requirements; develops equipment lifecycle and capital replacement strategies with business partners; builds technical capability through training and talent development; and communicates maintenance performance, risks, equipment health, and capital needs to leadership. The role supports a multi-shift, business-critical operation. The normal schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with availability for off-hours escalation, planned outages, peak-season support, and emergency response as needed.

Requirements

At least 8 years of maintenance, reliability, engineering, or technical services experience in a large automated distribution, fulfillment, logistics, manufacturing, or supply chain environment.
At least 3 years of leadership experience managing supervisors, technicians, or maintenance teams in a multi-shift operation.
Experience leading maintenance, reliability, or operational improvement initiatives.
Knowledge of automated material handling systems, including conveyors, controls, PLCs, motors and drives, sensors, electrical systems, and related equipment.
Experience using CMMS platforms for preventive maintenance, work management, planning, scheduling, and asset reliability.
Working knowledge of reliability methodologies such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA), FMEA, RCM, preventive maintenance optimization, and continuous improvement principles.
Experience managing vendors, contractors, maintenance service providers, and capital or equipment improvement projects.
Demonstrated change management and partnership skills, including the ability to develop talent, guide accountability, and influence outcomes.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Reliability, Industrial Technology, Facilities Management, or a related field; equivalent combinations of education, technical training, certifications, and relevant experience will be considered.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and must not require current or future employment visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading within a unionized workforce.
Professional certifications such as CMRP, CRL, SMRP, Lean Six Sigma, or similar credentials.

Responsibilities

Lead Shift Supervisors and Maintenance Technicians, fostering safety, accountability, engagement, continuous improvement, and positive labor relations.
Lead the Technical Services turnaround by assessing operations, mitigating risk, restoring maintenance fundamentals, and building sustainable reliability practices.
Oversee the reliability and performance of site equipment and infrastructure, including material handling systems, automation and controls, facilities, utilities, HVAC, forklifts, and other critical assets.
Establish and maintain maintenance and reliability programs for planning and scheduling, preventive and predictive maintenance, asset health monitoring, CMMS governance, reliability reporting, and continuous improvement.
Guide equipment reliability using root cause analysis, reliability engineering principles, preventive maintenance optimization, and corrective action management.
Provide technical leadership for automation, controls, PLC/HMI, WCS/WES, and related systems, including troubleshooting, escalation, change control, system recovery, and vendor management.
Manage critical spare parts, storeroom operations, contractor performance, service providers, and equipment support strategies to maintain operational continuity.
Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, regulatory, and company requirements, including OSHA, Lockout/Tagout, electrical safety, and contractor management.
Develop equipment lifecycle, asset health, and capital replacement strategies with Operations, Engineering, Finance, IT, Procurement, and other stakeholders.
Provide technical leadership for facility improvements, automation upgrades, and capital projects, including commissioning, technical acceptance, and operational readiness.
Build technical capability through training, qualification programs, cross-training, and talent development.
Drive continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, reliability engineering, and structured problem-solving to improve safety, service levels, equipment availability, productivity, and cost performance.
Communicate maintenance performance, risk, equipment health, capital needs, and operational recommendations to site and functional leadership.
Support a multi-shift, business-critical operation and be available for off-hours escalation, planned outages, peak-season support, and emergency response as needed.