Maintenance Manager

Ashland Inc. • Freetown, MA

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Manager to join our team at the Ashland Freetown, MA facility. This is a highly visible, critical leadership role responsible for maintaining and improving site infrastructure, utilities, and manufacturing equipment reliability. The Maintenance Manager reports to the Plant Manager and plays a key role in ensuring safe, reliable, and cost‑effective operations through a strong predictive and preventive maintenance strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of maintenance and reliability experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 3 years of maintenance or reliability leadership experience managing multi‑disciplinary maintenance teams.
• Strong working knowledge of predictive maintenance technologies (vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, motor diagnostics, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience implementing reliability‑centered maintenance (RCM), preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Solid understanding of utilities, boilers, pressure systems, and industrial infrastructure.
• Experience using CMMS systems like Maximo for work management, asset history, and reliability analysis.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, lead through change, and drive continuous improvement in a demanding operating environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading predictive maintenance and reliability transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated success reducing unplanned downtime and improving asset availability.
• Experience supporting capital projects and commissioning from a maintenance and reliability perspective.
• Experience with Maximo or like CMMS systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide transformational leadership for site maintenance and reliability, establishing a strong culture of equipment ownership, predictive maintenance, and proactive failure prevention.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve a comprehensive reliability and maintenance strategy with strong emphasis on predictive maintenance technologies, condition monitoring, and data‑driven decision making.
• Ensure site infrastructure, utilities, and production equipment are maintained to support safe, compliant, and reliable operations with minimal unplanned downtime.
• Lead, coach, and develop a diverse maintenance organization including Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) resources, Electricians, Mechanics, Maintenance Planners, and Boiler Technicians.
• Establish clear performance expectations, work processes, and accountability for maintenance execution, planning, scheduling, and reliability outcomes.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, EHS, and Supply Chain to prioritize maintenance work, manage risk, and support production objectives.
• Oversee maintenance planning and scheduling processes to ensure effective use of resources, materials, and contractor support.
• Lead and support troubleshooting of equipment, utility, and infrastructure issues, coordinating resources to restore safe operation.
• Champion root cause analysis, failure investigations, and corrective action implementation to eliminate repeat equipment failures.
• Own asset lifecycle management including spare parts strategy, obsolescence planning, and long‑term infrastructure reliability planning.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements related to maintenance activities, utilities, and pressure systems.
• Develop and manage the maintenance budget, tracking costs, improving cost effectiveness, and supporting capital planning for reliability improvements.
• Support and actively participate in Management of Change (MOC) processes to ensure maintenance, reliability, and infrastructure impacts are fully assessed and managed.

Benefits

• industry competitive salary and benefits
• pay-for-performance incentive plans
• a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued
• opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees