Maintenance Manager

Job Description

Job Description

PTI Engineered Plastics is seeking an experienced, results-driven Maintenance Manager to lead and oversee maintenance operations within our facility. This candidate will be responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of equipment, machinery, and building systems. This role requires strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and a proactive approach to preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives. They will work closely with cross-functional teams to minimize downtime, optimize performance, and maintain compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

An excellent opportunity for a motivated professional who is passionate about operational excellence, team development, and maintaining a safe and productive work environment.

JOB PURPOSE

The Maintenance Manager leads and coordinates the safe, reliable, and cost-effective installation, maintenance, and repair of all company machinery, production equipment, tooling support systems, utilities, buildings, grounds, and site infrastructure. This position manages and develops maintenance personnel and contractors, establishes effective maintenance and reliability practices, and works closely with Production, Tooling, Quality, and Engineering to maximize equipment availability, support product quality and delivery, protect company assets, and ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and all applicable regulatory requirements.

Job Purpose

• Stop equipment, utilities, or work activities that present safety, quality, environmental, or asset risk and authorize safe return to service.
• Prioritize work, assign employees and contractors, adjust schedules, and authorize overtime or emergency response within company policy and approval limits.
• Coach and discipline employees in accordance with PTI policy and recommend hiring, promotion, transfer, or termination actions.
• Approve routine parts, services, and contractor expenses within delegated authority and recommend capital repairs, replacements, and reliability improvements.
• Require appropriate medical evaluation following an injury or suspected exposure and escalate significant equipment, staffing, contractor, compliance, or facility risks to the Plant Manager.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Strong background in industrial maintenance within a high-volume manufacturing environment; injection molding experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading maintenance technicians, prioritizing workload, and supporting production uptime.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs, equipment troubleshooting, spare-parts management, and maintenance planning.
• Working knowledge of electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and controls systems.
• Experience troubleshooting PLC-controlled equipment, robotics, auxiliary equipment, and automated manufacturing systems.
• Ability to analyze recurring equipment failures, identify root causes, and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Manage outside contractors, equipment vendors, facility repairs, and capital improvement projects.
• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where equipment uptime, safety, quality, and production schedules are critical.
• Minimum 7 years of industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing with 3 years of maintenance supervisory experience preferred.
• Previous experience in injection molding, plastics manufacturing, automotive, medical-device manufacturing, or another highly automated manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.

Experience with maintaining and troubleshooting equipment:

• Injection molding machines, including hydraulic, electric, and hybrid presses
• Industrial robots and automation systems
• Material handling systems, loaders, dryers, blenders, and conveying systems
• Chillers, cooling towers, thermolators, and process water systems
• Air compressors and plant compressed-air systems
• Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Electrical systems, including 480V industrial equipment
• PLCs, HMIs, sensors, servo systems, and motor controls
• Conveyors, assembly equipment, secondary operations equipment, and automated work cells
• Facility systems including HVAC, electrical distribution, plumbing, fire-protection systems, and general building infrastructure
• Experience with preventive maintenance systems, spare parts inventory, equipment history, and maintenance KPI tracking is also preferred.

Benefits Include:  

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Short -Term & Long -Term Disability
• Vacation time, Personal time
• Aetna Health Network
• Dentemax Dental PPO
• Eyemed Vision
• Free Telemedicine
• 100% company paid life insurance, optional supplemental life insurance
• 100% air-conditioned and heated facility- extremely clean
• Wellness program offering discounts to health insurance, pre-tax medical savings (FSA)
• 10 Paid Company holidays, 1 Floating holiday, 1 Wellness Physical day
• 401k with matching

We believe in recognizing and rewarding those who go the extra mile.  It’s the dedication that’s earned PTI the honor of being voted a Top Workplace by our employees twelve times!

PTI Engineered Plastics is a custom plastic injection molder and manufacturer serving the medical, aerospace and consumer products industries for more than 42 years. Utilizing innovative technology, PTI specializes in complex, low-to-mid volume production with extensive capabilities in design, tooling, and manufacturing systems. For a virtual tour of our 160,000 square foot facility in Macomb, Michigan, visit our website at -virtual-tour/.

Company Description

PTI Engineered Plastics is a custom plastic injection molder and manufacturer serving the medical, aerospace and consumer products industries for more than 42 years. Utilizing innovative technology, PTI specializes in complex, low-to-mid volume production with extensive capabilities in design, tooling, and manufacturing systems. For a virtual tour of our 160,000 square foot facility in Macomb, Michigan, visit our website at