Job Description
Job Description
Our client is looking for a qualified candidate to fulfill the role of Maintenance and Systems Manager. This leadership position is accountable for establishing, strengthening, and maintaining a best-in-class maintenance and reliability team within a fast-paced industrial manufacturing operation. Work with a worldwide industry leader being part of an experienced international team that focuses on a global vision and core values which will offer you growth and continued opportunity.
LOCATION: Milwaukee, WI
REQUIREMENTS:
- Build, modernize, and direct the site’s maintenance and reliability function to enable growth in operations while improving equipment uptime, productivity, product quality, and safety performance.
- Create and implement a long-range asset reliability and maintenance strategy that aligns with overall business objectives and operational priorities
- Foster a culture centered on ownership, urgency, technical capability, continuous improvement, and proactive issue resolution within the maintenance team
- Act as a critical operational leader, collaborating closely with internal teams and senior leadership personnel
- Develop, implement, and maintain a preventative, predictive and proven maintenance program for the company
- Drive the shift from reactive maintenance to planned and predictive strategies
- Create standards, guides, paths and strategies to implement change, inclusive of KPIs and SOPs
- Implement correct action in regard to root cause failure
- Provide leadership in support of advanced technical equipment, controls, drives, systems, and assembly
- Support troubleshooting and repair of manufacturing equipment and production systems
- Through capital improvement activities, lead projects including automation upgrades, upgrading / modernizing equipment
- Oversee and improve upon the company's online maintenance management system which includes reporting systems, inventory, maintenance, and equipment
- Utilizing the company's maintenance management system conduct resouce planning and data driven decision making
- Lead, coach, and develop maintenance technicians and shift leaders across multiple shifts
- Develop technical training and workforce plans to strengthen maintenance capability
- Build a high-performance culture focused on safety, speed, skill, and continuous improvement
- Hold teams accountable for performance, quality, and operational priorities
- Manage external contractors, vendors, and service providers for maintenance and facilities
- Ensure contractor compliance with safety, quality, and operational standards
- Oversee maintenance of building systems, utilities, grounds, and infrastructure
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements
- Lead safety initiatives, risk reduction, and machine safeguarding improvements
- Utilize continuous improvement practices
- Support plant-wide operational excellence and productivity improvements
QUALIFICATIONS:
- BS – Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or related Engineering discipline, Required
- Must have 7 - 10 yrs. of maintenance leadership experience
- Must have 10 - 15 yrs. of leadership experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment involving complex systems
- Proven and demonstrated success of improving upon maintenance and reliability programs in industrial and/or manufacturing facilities
- Excellent knowledge, as well as, experience supporting operations with highly automated equipment involving CNC machining operations
- Experience leading and managing capital projects
- Excellent communication, organization and problem solving skillset