Sr Manufacturing Manager - Equipment Maintenance

NORTHSTAR AEROSPACE•Phoenix, AZ

1d•$116,000 - $194,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance & Facilities Manager is responsible for leading the site maintenance and facilities organization to ensure manufacturing equipment, building infrastructure, utilities, and grounds are safe, compliant, reliable, and operating effectively. This role owns the overall maintenance and facilities strategy for the site, including preventive and predictive maintenance, facilities operations, contractor management, environmental and regulatory coordination, reliability improvement, and resource planning. The Manager leads the team to achieve operational, safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives while driving continuous improvement across plant infrastructure and asset performance. This position is in Avio Aero’s Phoenix operation and reports to the Site Leader. The role works cross-functionally with operations, engineering, EHS/SHEA, sourcing, quality, and other site leaders to align maintenance and facilities priorities with business needs. The position leads maintenance and facilities personnel and is accountable for team capability, performance, and long-term organizational effectiveness.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university, or high school diploma/GED with significant directly related maintenance/facilities management experience.
Minimum of 7+ years of experience in maintenance and/or facilities leadership within manufacturing, preferably in machining or industrial operations.
Minimum of 3+ years of people leadership experience with direct reports, and preferably experience leading leaders, supervisors, contractors, or cross-functional teams.
Experience with manufacturing equipment maintenance, facility infrastructure, utilities, contractor management, and regulatory/compliance coordination.
Experience building and managing preventive maintenance systems, reliability improvement plans, and CMMS processes.
Experience leading problem solving and continuous improvement initiatives with measurable operational impact.
Demonstrated ability to work across functions and influence plant-level priorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with CNC and manual machine repair and maintenance.
Experience with facilities, equipment and building infrastructure.
Project scheduling and project execution experience.
Design and fabrication knowledge related to manufacturing equipment.
Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving experience.
Experience facilitating and developing Lean techniques including standard work, 5S, SMED, TPM, and kaizen.
Significant leadership and team-building experience, with demonstrated ability to build culture, accountability, and engagement.
Strong business acumen with experience managing budgets, capital requests, and external suppliers.
Performance attributes: self-starter, positive, decisive, collaborative, and strong integrity/work ethic.

Responsibilities

Lead the overall maintenance and facilities function for the site, ensuring safe, compliant, efficient, and reliable operation of manufacturing equipment, buildings, utilities, and grounds.
Establish and drive the site’s maintenance and facilities strategy, including preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, asset reliability, infrastructure planning, and lifecycle management.
Own departmental performance to operating objectives, including equipment uptime, response time, planned vs. unplanned maintenance, contractor effectiveness, compliance execution, and cost performance.
Develop, implement, and continuously improve the preventive maintenance program for manufacturing equipment, machinery, buildings, and infrastructure, building from manufacturer recommendations, equipment knowledge, and historical performance.
Ensure regular inspections and assessment of manufacturing equipment and facility infrastructure to identify reliability risks, repair needs, renovation opportunities, and long-term improvement priorities.
Lead planning and coordination of installations, equipment moves, facilities projects, infrastructure upgrades, and maintenance outages while minimizing operational disruption.
Manage site contractors, service providers, and external partners, including scope definition, scheduling, performance oversight, and compliance to site requirements.
Lead the site maintenance management system (CMMS) to ensure work order quality, preventive maintenance adherence, asset history integrity, spare parts coordination, and reporting discipline.
Own facilities-related environmental, health, safety, and regulatory coordination for the site, including support for HAZWOPER, RCRA, wastewater discharge, storm water discharge, SPCC, air quality permits, and radiation control, in partnership with the SHEA Manager.
Ensure compliance with corporate policies, OSHA requirements, permits, government regulations, and industry practices while maintaining accurate documentation and audit readiness.
Lead investigations related to maintenance, facilities, and infrastructure-related incidents, near misses, and property damage; ensure root cause analysis, corrective actions, and record retention are completed.
Partner with operations and site leadership to prioritize maintenance and facilities work, synchronize shutdowns and repairs, and remove constraints affecting safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
Drive Lean, TPM, and continuous improvement activities across maintenance and facilities, including standard work, 5S, SMED, kaizen, and equipment reliability improvements.
Lead talent development for the maintenance and facilities organization, including hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, succession planning, and building technical and leadership capability.
Provide clear direction on priorities, accountability, resourcing, and workforce deployment to create a safe and productive workplace
Manage departmental budgets, maintenance spending, and spare parts/inventory priorities; support capital planning and business cases for equipment and infrastructure improvements.
Use data and performance metrics to identify loss drivers, reduce downtime, improve service levels, and deliver measurable business results.