Maintenance Manager

Summary

Under the direction of the Engineering Manager, the Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading the maintenance function at Luxfer Gas Cylinders Riverside. This role ensures safe, reliable, and efficient operation of production equipment, facilities, utilities, buildings, grounds, and supporting infrastructure. The Maintenance Manager leads maintenance technicians and mechanics across shifts, builds a proactive preventive and predictive maintenance culture, and partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and Plant Leadership to improve equipment uptime, asset reliability, contractor coordination, and overall operational performance.

This position is expected to reflect Luxfer’s values of Customer First, Integrity, Accountability, Innovation, Personal Development, and Teamwork by creating a maintenance organization that is safety-focused, responsive to production needs, disciplined in execution, and committed to continuous improvement.

Essential Functions of the Job

Maintenance Leadership and Team Management:

• Lead, coach, develop, and hold accountable the maintenance team supporting multiple shifts and facility needs.
• Plan staffing, priorities, coverage, and daily work execution to support production uptime and safe operations.
• Hire, train, schedule, review performance, and partner with HR on employee relations, discipline, and recruitment needs.
• Build a maintenance culture based on accountability, ownership, responsiveness, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Equipment Reliability and Preventive Maintenance:

• Implement and sustain an effective preventive maintenance program for production equipment, utilities, facilities, buildings, grounds, and vehicles.
• Improve equipment uptime by prioritizing corrective work, recurring failure reduction, spare parts availability, and root cause corrective actions.
• Use maintenance data, work orders, downtime history, and team feedback to identify reliability risks and improvement opportunities.
• Enforce consistent use of the CMMS/work order system to capture requests, assign work, document corrective actions, close work orders, and maintain accurate maintenance history.
• Report equipment breakdowns, downtime drivers, and machine availability data to support accurate OEE tracking, production planning, and reliability improvement actions.
• Ensure mechanical, electrical, facility drawings, specifications, and equipment documentation remain accurate and current.

Project, Contractor, and Facility Management:

• Plan, budget, schedule, and coordinate facility modifications, equipment repairs, capital support work, construction activity, and contractor services.
• Prepare or support cost estimates, bid sheets, layouts, specifications, procurement inputs, and contractor coordination for maintenance and facility projects.
• Partner with Engineering on new equipment installations, process improvements, equipment modifications, and reliability upgrades.

Inventory, Documentation, and Administrative Controls:

• Maintain critical spare parts inventory to reduce or eliminate avoidable machine downtime.
• Monitor maintenance records, work order closure, labor allocation, and required documentation.
• Communicate project status, downtime risk, resource needs, and priority conflicts clearly to all levels of leadership.
• Improve communication between Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and leadership by providing clear updates on work status, downtime impact, priorities, and escalation needs.
• Support Luxfer Production System activities including waste elimination, standard operations, Kanban, SMED, and continuous improvement tools.

Safety, Environmental, and Compliance Support:

• Partner with Safety, Operations, and Plant Leadership to support environmental compliance, safe work practices, and contractor safety expectations.
• Ensure maintenance work is planned and executed with proper hazard review, lockout/tagout discipline, permits, PPE, and closeout controls.
• Serve as a site contact when needed for city, state, federal, utility, or regulatory interactions related to facility maintenance.

Job Skills and Requirements

• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead across shifts and influence cross-functional teams.
• Strong technical knowledge of manufacturing equipment, mechanical systems, electrical systems, PLCs, controls, utilities, and facilities infrastructure.
• Experience building and sustaining preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, schematics, equipment manuals, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Strong planning, project management, prioritization, and organizational skills in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment issues, perform or lead root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Working knowledge of OSHA expectations and safe maintenance practices, including lockout/tagout and contractor safety controls.
• Experience managing vendors, contractors, maintenance budgets, spare parts, and facility improvement projects.
• Demonstrated accountability for uptime, safety, documentation discipline, and practical continuous improvement.

Education/Training Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Technology, Facilities Management, or a related field preferred.
• Seven (7) or more years of maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Seven (7) or more years of experience supporting building operations, facility maintenance, or utilities management preferred.
• Experience with electrical, PLC, computer-controlled equipment, mechanical systems, and manufacturing process equipment required.
• Experience with preventive maintenance systems, CMMS/work order systems, spare parts management, and reliability improvement methods preferred.
• Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, safety, environmental, or project management training is preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in both office and manufacturing environments and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.
• Must be able to walk production areas, stand for moderate periods, access equipment areas, and occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, or climb as needed to inspect work areas or equipment conditions.
• May occasionally lift or move items up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation: $115,000-$130,000

BENEFITS:

• Medical, Vision, Dental *Start on the 1st day of the following month after being hired*
• 401k with Company match of up to 6%!
• Life Insurance and Employee Assistance Program
• Company Paid Holidays
• Vacation

We are committed to a safe, drug-free work environment and pre-employment drug screening, physical and background checks are required prior to starting.  Candidates must be authorized to work in the US.

Luxfer Gas Cylinders is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status or disability (in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act) with respect to employment opportunities. Women, minorities and veterans are encouraged to apply.

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