Maintenance Manager

Join Ashland as a Maintenance Manager at our Freetown, MA facility. This key leadership role supports site infrastructure, utilities, and manufacturing equipment reliability. Responsibilities Provide transformational leadership for site maintenance and reliability, establishing a strong culture of equipment ownership, predictive maintenance, and proactive failure prevention. Develop, implement, and continuously improve a comprehensive reliability and maintenance strategy with strong emphasis on predictive maintenance technologies, condition monitoring, and data‑driven decision making. Ensure site infrastructure, utilities, and production equipment are maintained to support safe, compliant, and reliable operations with minimal unplanned downtime. Lead, coach, and develop a diverse maintenance organization including Electrical & Instrumentation resources, Electricians, Mechanics, Maintenance Planners, and Boiler Technicians. Establish clear performance expectations, work processes, and accountability for maintenance execution, planning, scheduling, and reliability outcomes. Partner with Operations, Engineering, EHS, and Supply Chain to prioritize maintenance work, manage risk, and support production objectives. Oversee maintenance planning and scheduling processes to ensure effective use of resources, materials, and contractor support. Lead and support troubleshooting of equipment, utility, and infrastructure issues, coordinating resources to restore safe operation. Champion root cause analysis, failure investigations, and corrective action implementation to eliminate repeat equipment failures. Own asset lifecycle management including spare parts strategy, obsolescence planning, and long‑term infrastructure reliability planning. Ensure compliance with applicable safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements related to maintenance activities, utilities, and pressure systems. Develop and manage the maintenance budget, tracking costs, improving cost effectiveness, and supporting capital planning for reliability improvements. Support and actively participate in Management of Change (MOC) processes to ensure maintenance, reliability, and infrastructure impacts are fully assessed and managed. Qualifications Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline. Minimum of 8 years of maintenance and reliability experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment. Minimum of 3 years of maintenance or reliability leadership experience managing multi‑disciplinary maintenance teams. Strong working knowledge of predictive maintenance technologies (vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, motor diagnostics, etc.). Demonstrated experience implementing reliability‑centered maintenance (RCM), preventive and predictive maintenance programs. Solid understanding of utilities, boilers, pressure systems, and industrial infrastructure. Experience using CMMS systems like Maximo for work management, asset history, and reliability analysis. Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels. Ability to manage multiple priorities, lead through change, and drive continuous improvement in a demanding operating environment. Preferred Skill Sets Experience leading predictive maintenance and reliability transformation initiatives. Demonstrated success reducing unplanned downtime and improving asset availability. Experience supporting capital projects and commissioning from a maintenance and reliability perspective. Experience with Maximo or similar CMMS systems. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status. We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place. #J-18808-Ljbffr Ashland