Maintenance Manager

About Radius Packaging

At Radius Packaging, we prioritize our team members’ growth, collaboration, and well‑being. Our culture is rooted in our Values and Guiding Principles—The Radius Way: Champion Positive Change, Act with Integrity, Strive for Excellence, Emphasize Community, Work Together.

We are proud to be a recipient of the Plastics News Excellence in Employee Relations Award and to have been named a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the last two consecutive years. These recognitions reflect our commitment to continuing education, recognition programs, employee engagement initiatives, and meaningful opportunities for career advancement.

Radius Packaging continues to grow as a leading supplier of containers and lids for the food, beverage, personal care, household, industrial, nutraceutical, wipes, and pet care markets. Headquartered in New Berlin, WI, with additional locations in Delavan and West Allis, our success is driven by a talented, engaged, and safety‑focused team.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly proactive Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance and reliability function for our manufacturing facility, ensuring the reliability, performance, and longevity of production equipment, facilities, and utility systems. This role is focused on preventing downtime before it occurs through disciplined preventive and predictive maintenance practices, rigorous root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of manufacturing assets.

The ideal candidate has a strong background leading maintenance operations in a manufacturing environment and understands the importance of equipment reliability, standardized maintenance practices, and continuous improvement. This individual anticipates equipment wear, monitors performance trends, and implements permanent corrective actions that improve uptime, quality, and safety.

Experience supporting plastic molding operations—including blow molding or injection molding—is preferred but not required. Candidates with experience in other highly automated manufacturing environments who possess strong technical leadership and reliability expertise are encouraged to apply.

This position partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Production to embed reliability into daily operations, ensuring equipment is capable, repeatable, and production-ready always. Success is measured by reduced unplanned downtime, improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), increased equipment reliability, lower maintenance costs, and a maintenance culture that prioritizes planning over firefighting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all maintenance, facilities, and equipment reliability activities for the manufacturing operation.

• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and proactive maintenance strategies to maximize equipment uptime and asset life.

• Supervise, coach, and develop maintenance technicians through performance management, training, and career development.

• Establish maintenance priorities and assign work based on production demands, equipment criticality, and technician skill sets.

• Manage the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), including work order planning, scheduling, backlog management, and maintenance documentation.

• Analyze equipment performance, downtime trends, and maintenance metrics to drive reliability improvements.

• Lead Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations for chronic equipment failures and implement permanent corrective actions.

• Develop standardized maintenance procedures, equipment standards, and best practices.

• Manage the maintenance budget, including labor, parts inventory, outside contractors, and capital expenditures.

• Lead equipment installations, rebuilds, facility improvements, and capital projects.

• Oversee maintenance of mechanical, electrical, PLC, hydraulic, pneumatic, automation, HVAC, compressed air, chilled water, and utility systems.

• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and contractors to improve plant performance.

• Drive Lean Manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), SMED, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Ensure compliance with OSHA, GMP, food safety, environmental regulations, and company safety policies.

• Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring safe work practices, lockout/tagout compliance, and employee accountability.

• Prepare and present maintenance performance reports, including KPIs such as OEE, downtime, PM completion, and maintenance cost performance.

• Support a 24/7 manufacturing operation by providing leadership and guidance for off-shift maintenance activities as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Industrial Maintenance, Manufacturing, or a related field or 3+ years of maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Demonstrated experience leading maintenance teams in a fast-paced manufacturing facility.

• Strong technical knowledge of:

• Mechanical systems

• Electrical systems

• PLCs and industrial automation

• Hydraulics and pneumatics

• HVAC and plant utility systems

• Experience maintaining and improving reliability of automated manufacturing equipment.

• Experience developing and managing preventive and predictive maintenance programs.

• Strong leadership, coaching, and employee development skills.

• Experience managing maintenance budgets and maintenance performance metrics.

• Excellent organizational, planning, and project management abilities.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience leading Root Cause Analysis and corrective action efforts.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills across all levels of the organization.

• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to support a 24/7 manufacturing operation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in blow molding, injection molding, extrusion, plastics manufacturing, or other highly automated manufacturing environments.

• Knowledge of molding equipment, molds, hot runner systems, extrusion systems, auxiliary equipment, robotics, and downstream automation.

• Experience implementing Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), or predictive maintenance technologies.

• Experience with CMMS administration and maintenance planning.

• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement certification.

• Experience in food packaging, consumer products, or regulated manufacturing environments.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.

• Regular lifting up to 30 pounds; occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to climb, bend, stoop, reach, and maintain balance.

• Comfortable working in temperatures ranging from 60°F to 110°F.

• Ability to wear required PPE, including hearing and eye protection.

• Visual acuity to detect equipment alignment issues, defects, and variances.

Benefits

Radius Packaging offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including:

• Competitive pay

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Life insurance

• Short‑ and long‑term disability

• Paid time off

• 401(k) with company match

• Bonus potential

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• Additional voluntary benefits