Maintenance & Reliability Manager

Precision Associates•Minneapolis, MN

About The Position

Precision Associates is seeking an experienced Maintenance & Reliability Manager to lead the maintenance organization and improve equipment reliability across its manufacturing operations. The role oversees equipment, mechatronics, and facilities maintenance, contractor coordination, and reliability improvement. The manager provides technical leadership, develops maintenance personnel, improves equipment performance, and helps establish a proactive reliability culture. The role calls for a leader comfortable working on the production floor, coaching technicians, troubleshooting complex equipment issues, and developing systems that improve long-term reliability. The position leads maintenance supervisors and technicians, establishes accountability and performance expectations, builds technical capability, and supports recruiting, onboarding, and workforce development. It drives equipment uptime and reliability through root cause investigations, corrective actions, preventive and predictive maintenance, and asset management strategies. Technical areas include mechanical systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, industrial electrical systems, PLC-controlled equipment, automated manufacturing systems, and troubleshooting methods. The manager also improves maintenance planning and execution, prioritizes resources, monitors work backlog and maintenance effectiveness, coordinates work with production, and supports spare-parts and inventory strategies. Facilities responsibilities include leading Facilities Maintenance, managing contractors, coordinating facility and infrastructure projects, supporting after-hours facility response when required, and ensuring facilities support manufacturing operations. Success is defined by improved uptime and reliability, reduced downtime and repeat failures, stronger team capability, better visibility and accountability, effective facilities and contractor management, and a proactive rather than reactive maintenance organization.

Requirements

10 or more years of industrial maintenance experience.
5 or more years of maintenance leadership experience.
Strong troubleshooting background in manufacturing equipment.
Experience with hydraulics and pneumatics.
Experience developing maintenance teams.
Experience leading root cause analysis and reliability improvements.
Strong communication and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PLC troubleshooting and industrial controls.
Experience supporting automated manufacturing environments.
Reliability-centered maintenance experience.
CMMS experience.
Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement experience.
Engineering or technical degree.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop maintenance supervisors and technicians.
Establish accountability and performance expectations.
Build technical capability throughout the maintenance organization.
Support recruiting, onboarding, and workforce development.
Foster a culture of ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Improve equipment uptime and reliability.
Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions.
Drive preventive and predictive maintenance initiatives.
Reduce repeat failures and chronic downtime issues.
Develop long-term equipment replacement and asset management strategies.
Provide technical leadership for mechanical systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, industrial electrical systems, PLC-controlled equipment, and automated manufacturing systems.
Improve maintenance planning and execution.
Prioritize resources to support business needs.
Monitor work backlog and maintenance effectiveness.
Coordinate maintenance activities with production requirements.
Support spare-parts and maintenance-inventory strategies.
Lead the Facilities Maintenance function.
Manage contractor relationships and performance.
Coordinate facility maintenance and infrastructure projects.
Support after-hours facility response when required.
Ensure facilities effectively support manufacturing operations.

Benefits

Medical insurance, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity insurance, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Dental insurance, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
401(k) matching plan, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Basic Life insurance, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Voluntary Life insurance, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
LTD/STD insurance, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Flexible benefits plan, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Vision insurance, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Generous PTO plan, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Employee savings account (interest paying), effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Eight paid holidays, starting upon hire.
Employee loan after one year of full-time employment.
Biannual profit sharing program after one year of full-time employment.