Plant Engineering Maintenance Manager
About The Position
Quanex is looking for a Plant Engineering Maintenance Manager to join our team located onsite in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The Plant Engineering Maintenance Manager leads the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of all maintenance and asset reliability activities within a cabinet manufacturing operation. This role is accountable for maximizing equipment uptime, improving OEE, reducing unplanned downtime, and extending asset life through disciplined preventive and predictive maintenance, reliability engineering, and strong people leadership. The Maintenance & Reliability Manager partners closely with Operations, Engineering, EHS, and Supply Chain to support safe, efficient, and high-quality production.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, Reliability Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in manufacturing maintenance and reliability, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership role.
- Strong expertise in mechanical, electrical, and controls systems within industrial manufacturing.
- Proven experience improving equipment uptime, OEE, and maintenance cost performance.
- Hands-on experience with CMMS implementation or optimization.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in cabinet, furniture, wood products, or panel processing manufacturing.
- Familiarity with CNC woodworking equipment, finishing systems, and dust collection.
- TPM, CMRP, Six Sigma, or Lean certifications.
- Experience leading multi-site reliability initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Own plant-level asset reliability strategy, ensuring high availability of critical production equipment.
- Lead reliability improvement initiatives targeting OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and schedule attainment.
- Implement disciplined maintenance planning and scheduling, coordinating closely with Production to optimize downtime.
- Lead, coach, and develop maintenance technicians, electricians, contractors, etc.
- Ensure compliance with all OSHA, NFPA, and environmental requirements, with particular emphasis on LOTO, machine guarding, and combustible dust controls.
- Own the maintenance budget, balancing cost control with asset risk and uptime requirements.
- Provide maintenance and reliability leadership for the new equipment installations, line expansions, and automation projects.
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision start the 1st of the month after hire
- Medical coverage featuring wellness incentives that may significantly reduce employee premiums
- PTO, paid holidays & paid training — starts right away
- 401(k) with company match & vesting
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Life insurance provided
- Tuition assistance
- Wellness resources & onsite physical therapist
- Safety-toe shoes at no cost
- Free fountain drinks and coffee during shifts
- Referral bonuses
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
