Manager, Maintenance Technician

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.•Bozeman, MT

About The Position

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? At Mesa Labs we’re passionate about protecting the vulnerable by enabling scientific breakthroughs, ensuring product integrity, increasing patient and worker safety, and improving quality of life around the world. At Mesa Labs we offer competitive wages, including potential bonus opportunities, equity awards, commission, and a comprehensive benefits package based on the position. We are seeking a Maintenance Manager who is a hands-on Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practitioner. This role is responsible for building a safe, proactive, and highly reliable maintenance system that supports manufacturing performance while developing people and strengthening partnerships across Operations and Engineering. The Maintenance Manager plays a critical role in shifting the organization from reactive maintenance to proactive, visual, and operator engaged equipment care, while creating a culture of ownership, safety, and continuous improvement. This position supports Mesa's SDC business. Our Sterilization and Disinfection Control division manufactures and sells biological and chemical indicators that assess the effectiveness of sterilization and disinfection processes for pharmaceutical, healthcare, and dental industries.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
5–8+ years of experience in maintenance leadership within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
Demonstrated experience implementing or leading TPM, preventive/predictive maintenance, and 5S initiatives.
Strong safety mindset and commitment to safe maintenance practices.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively across Operations, Engineering, and site leadership.
Experience using visual management, maintenance metrics, and structured problem solving.
Strong people leader with a passion for developing others.
Clear communicator who can influence, coach, and align teams.

Responsibilities

Lead and sustain Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practices, including preventive, predictive, and autonomous maintenance.
Drive a strong shift toward proactive maintenance, minimizing unplanned downtime and improving equipment reliability.
Partner with Operations to implement and sustain operator-engaged maintenance, enabling operators to actively care for equipment.
Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions to eliminate chronic equipment failures.
Champion a safety first culture, ensuring all maintenance activities are conducted safely and in compliance with standards.
Lead implementation and sustainment of 5S across maintenance areas, equipment locations, and spare parts storage.
Establish and maintain visual management systems that make equipment condition, maintenance status, and abnormalities immediately visible.
Proactively identify and mitigate equipment and facility safety risks.
Work closely with Engineering teams to improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance.
Partner with Engineering on equipment modifications, reliability improvements, and capital projects to ensure maintainability and TPM principles are embedded by design.
Support maintenance readiness for new equipment installations, including PM strategies, spare parts, documentation, and training.
Serve as a collaborative partner to site leadership, aligning maintenance priorities with operational and business needs.
Lead maintenance planning and scheduling to maximize planned work and reduce reactive maintenance.
Track and report key maintenance and reliability metrics, using data and visuals to drive improvement.
Continuously improve maintenance systems to reduce cost, extend asset life, and improve operational performance.
Be a developer of talent, building strong technical capability, TPM knowledge, and leadership skills within the maintenance team.
Coach, mentor, and develop maintenance technicians and leaders through training, feedback, and growth opportunities.
Identify and develop future leaders by providing exposure to cross functional initiatives and continuous improvement work.
Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, teamwork, and continuous learning.

Benefits

Eligible for benefits the first day of the month after you start
Tiered Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance options, Health savings (HSA), healthcare & dependent care flexible spending (FSA) accounts
Company paid short term and long-term disability (unless covered by a state disability plan)
Company paid life insurance and AD&D
Flexible Time Off Policy
Paid sick leave of 48 hours per calendar year
Eligible employees may receive four (4) weeks paid Care Giver leave after 1 year of service or in accordance with state leave laws
401(k) plan that provides a 4% Safe Harbor company match on a 4% employee contribution that begins on Day 1
Employee Wellness and Financial Assistance Resources through Cigna and NY Life
Nine (9) paid company holidays per year
Annual bonus opportunity of 15% based on company performance
Annual equity award of $14,000