Plant Maintenance Manager

Plant Maintenance Manager – Conway, SC. Our client is seeking an experienced Plant Maintenance Manager to lead plant maintenance, ensuring the smooth operation of all machinery and equipment. This full‑time, permanent position requires a minimum of five years of maintenance management experience and rewards with an attractive compensation package. Location: Conway, SC | Salary: $140,000 – $160,000 per year (up to $190,000 with total compensation). Benefits 140-160k Base Annual Bonus 401k match: 50% up to 8% contribution (4% total) then caps at full 100% match at the 8% after 5 years Blue Cross/Shield Benefits 20 PTO days to start Responsibilities Lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all plant equipment and utility systems. Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and reliability‑centered maintenance programs. Improve equipment uptime and overall plant reliability through continuous improvement initiatives. Manage maintenance planning, scheduling, and spare parts inventory. Lead and develop maintenance and engineering personnel while promoting a strong safety culture. Manage departmental budgets and maintenance‑related KPIs. Partner with Operations and Engineering to implement capital projects and equipment upgrades. Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements. Maintain maintenance documentation, equipment records, and CMMS data integrity. Provide technical leadership for plant automation and process control systems. Troubleshoot PLCs, HMIs, instrumentation, motors, drives, and related control systems. Develop automation improvements and maintenance troubleshooting tools. What You’ll Accomplish Increase plant availability and equipment reliability. Implement formal maintenance planning and scheduling processes. Improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs. Drive automation and process control improvements that increase production capacity. Partner with IT and Operations to improve manufacturing data and reporting capabilities. Lead capital improvement projects from planning through execution. Qualifications 5+ years of manufacturing maintenance leadership experience. Experience leading maintenance and engineering teams in a manufacturing environment. Strong PLC programming experience, including Allen‑Bradley and GE/Fanuc platforms. HMI programming experience with platforms such as Wonderware and Rockwell FactoryTalk. Strong knowledge of industrial controls, instrumentation, motors, drives, and electrical systems. Experience with process automation and troubleshooting manufacturing equipment. Familiarity with Oracle databases or other enterprise manufacturing systems is a plus. Ability to read and interpret P&IDs and electrical drawings. Excellent leadership, planning, communication, and organizational skills. Hands‑on management style with the ability to support plant operations as needed. Availability to respond to critical plant issues outside normal business hours when necessary. Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Information collected and processed as part of your Jobot candidate profile, and any job applications, resumes, or other information you choose to submit is subject to Jobot's Privacy Policy, as well as the Jobot California Worker Privacy Notice and Jobot Notice Regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools which are available at jobot.com/legal. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI‑generated calls, text messages, or emails from Jobot, and/or its agents and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy here: jobot.com/privacy-policy #J-18808-Ljbffr