Maintenance Manager

Job Title: Maintenance Manager Job Location: Leola, PA Hours: Day shift / 7:00am – 5:00pm Salary: Up to $130K depending on experience On-Site Position Job Summary Come join our team! We currently have an exciting Permanent (Direct Hire) opportunity in Leola, PA for a Maintenance Manager with experience leading capital projects from planning through commissioning and 7+ years of progressive maintenance and engineering experience in a fabrication manufacturing environment . Must also have experience with automation controls and PLCs . Engineering degree is required. Job Description Leadership & Management Lead, mentor, and develop maintenance supervisors, reliability engineers, manufacturing engineers, controls technicians, maintenance planners, maintenance technicians, facilities personnel, and contractors. Foster a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and employee engagement. Establish department goals, KPIs, budgets, staffing plans, and performance expectations aligned with business objectives. Recruit, hire, train, coach, and retain high-performing technical talent. Conduct performance evaluations, succession planning, and employee development initiatives. Lead daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance and engineering review meetings. Collaborate with Operations, Production, Quality, Supply Chain, EHS, and Executive Leadership to achieve plant objectives. Manage departmental operating and capital budgets while driving cost reduction initiatives. Develop long-term maintenance strategies that support business growth and operational excellence. Lead emergency response, critical equipment recovery, and business continuity efforts. Manage relationships with OEMs, contractors, suppliers, and engineering consultants. Reliability Engineering Develop, implement, and continuously improve Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) programs. Establish predictive and preventive maintenance strategies using engineering analysis and equipment performance data. Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Fault Tree Analysis, FMEA, and corrective action investigations. Improve equipment uptime, MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and overall asset reliability. Analyze equipment failures and implement permanent engineering solutions. Develop long-term asset lifecycle management strategies. Mechanical Engineering Apply mechanical engineering principles to manufacturing equipment, facility infrastructure, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical power transmission systems. Evaluate machinery performance and implement engineering improvements. Lead equipment upgrades, retrofits, modifications, and replacement projects. Improve equipment safety, maintainability, reliability, and operational performance. Support process optimization and equipment design improvements. Manufacturing Engineering Improve manufacturing processes through engineering analysis and continuous improvement. Analyze production bottlenecks and implement engineering solutions to increase throughput. Support new product introductions and manufacturing process development. Develop engineering standards, equipment specifications, and best practices. Lead productivity, quality, safety, and efficiency improvement projects. Automation & Controls Engineering Support automation systems including PLCs, HMIs, industrial networks, sensors, VFDs, servo systems, and control systems. Improve automated equipment performance and reliability. Collaborate with controls engineers, equipment suppliers, and system integrators. Support troubleshooting and optimization of automated manufacturing systems. Maintain familiarity with Rockwell, Siemens, Beckhoff, Trio, or similar control platforms. Capital Projects Lead engineering activities related to equipment commissioning, startup, qualification, validation, and optimization. Develop technical specifications for capital equipment purchases. Manage equipment installations, facility upgrades, and expansion projects. Coordinate equipment acceptance testing and performance verification. Ensure projects are completed safely, on schedule, and within budget. Data Analytics & Continuous Improvement Utilize maintenance, production, and reliability data to identify improvement opportunities. Develop and monitor engineering KPIs and performance dashboards. Drive downtime reduction and equipment performance improvement initiatives. Utilize Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, and Reliability Engineering methodologies. Standardize maintenance processes and improve maintenance planning and scheduling. Safety & Regulatory Compliance Ensure compliance with OSHA, NFPA, and all applicable safety and environmental regulations. Conduct engineering risk assessments and machine safety evaluations. Lead safety improvement projects and risk mitigation initiatives. Promote a zero-incident safety culture throughout the organization. Required Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. Must have experience leading capital projects from planning through commissioning. 7+ years of progressive maintenance and engineering experience in a fabrication manufacturing environment. 3–5+ years of leadership experience managing maintenance, engineering, or reliability teams. Experience managing team of at least 5-7 people. Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and automated manufacturing systems. Experience with automation controls and PLCs, HMIs, industrial networking, VFDs, servo systems, and industrial controls (Rockwell, Siemens). Experience using CMMS systems (Computerized Maintenance Management System) such as Fiix, Maximo, SAP PM, or equivalent. Strong knowledge of preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs. Excellent analytical, project management, problem-solving, and organizational skills. Strong communication, negotiation, leadership, and team development abilities. #J-18808-Ljbffr