Mgr, Engineering

MSD•Irving, TX

3d•$117,000 - $184,200•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager of Maintenance and Engineering leads maintenance, reliability, facilities, and plant engineering activities at the Dallas Technology Solutions Site. The role is responsible for safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of production equipment, utilities, and facility infrastructure, while advancing continuous improvement, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, capital projects, and cross-functional support for production goals. This position leads maintenance and engineering personnel and coordinates with Operations, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain, contractors, and service providers. It oversees maintenance programs and planning, troubleshooting and root cause analysis, capital projects, budgets, compliance, performance metrics, and employee development. The role is based at a manufacturing site, with regular presence on the production floor and in maintenance areas around operating equipment. The work arrangement is not applicable to flexible work arrangements, and the shift is 1st - Day. The role includes 10% travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering.
At least 5 years of progressive experience in maintenance, engineering, reliability, or technical leadership in a manufacturing environment.
Experience leading maintenance teams, managing technical personnel, and coordinating work across multiple shifts or production areas.
Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, utilities, facilities, and production equipment systems used in manufacturing.
Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance programs, CMMS systems, maintenance planning, spare parts management, and reliability improvement.
Ability to manage capital projects, contractors, budgets, timelines, equipment installations, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Working knowledge of OSHA safety standards, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, environmental compliance, and safe work practices.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and respond to urgent equipment, facility, or production issues as needed.
Experience with PLCs, automation systems, instrumentation, robotics, Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens, SCADA, or other industrial controls platforms.
Business acumen, including experience with maintenance budgets, capital planning, cost reduction, equipment lifecycle planning, and project justification.
Experience leading culture change, technician skill development, apprenticeship programs, or multi-site maintenance standardization initiatives.
Knowledge of reliability engineering tools such as root cause analysis, FMEA, condition monitoring, vibration analysis, thermography, lubrication programs, and reliability-centered maintenance.
Experience implementing or improving CMMS platforms, maintenance planning processes, storeroom controls, and maintenance KPI dashboards.

Nice To Haves

Experience in high-speed, regulated, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, consumer goods, or other complex manufacturing environments.
Professional certifications such as CMRP, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, TPM, OSHA 30, or related reliability and project management credentials.
Ability to influence across departments, communicate with senior leadership, and build strong partnerships with Operations, Quality, Safety, Engineering, and external vendors.

Responsibilities

Lead site maintenance and engineering teams, including technicians, planners, supervisors, engineers, contractors, and third-party service providers.
Develop, implement, and sustain preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to improve reliability, uptime, safety, and equipment effectiveness.
Partner with Operations, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain, and site leaders to align priorities with production schedules and business objectives.
Oversee troubleshooting and root cause analysis for equipment failures, recurring downtime, process interruptions, and reliability issues.
Manage capital projects, equipment upgrades, facility improvements, installations, commissioning, and start-up support from planning through execution.
Oversee maintenance planning and scheduling, spare parts strategy, MRO inventory, contractor coordination, and shutdown planning.
Maintain compliance with company policies, OSHA requirements, environmental regulations, quality standards, and applicable manufacturing requirements.
Manage departmental budgets, labor utilization, maintenance spending, project costs, and vendor performance.
Use CMMS data, maintenance KPIs, downtime trends, and reliability metrics to identify improvement opportunities and track team performance.
Drive continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, reliability-centered maintenance, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
Support employee development through coaching, performance management, technical training, succession planning, and fostering accountability and teamwork.
Maintain accurate technical documentation, equipment records, standard operating procedures, drawings, manuals, and maintenance work histories.
Model safe behavior, communicate across organizational levels, and build a high-performing team focused on reliability and operational excellence.