Job Description
Maintenance Manager – Manufacturing
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Aegis Worldwide is currently partnered with a manufacturing organization in the Indianapolis area seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead its plant maintenance and reliability team.
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Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Schedule: Monday–Friday, daytime hours with occasional on-call support for a 24/7 operation
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Position Summary
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A well-established advanced manufacturing organization is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead a team of approximately 22–24 maintenance professionals supporting a highly technical production environment.
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This position is focused on maintenance leadership, equipment reliability, TPM, preventive/predictive maintenance, and reducing production downtime. The Maintenance Manager will be responsible for directing the team, prioritizing maintenance activities, improving maintenance systems, and ensuring production equipment remains safe and reliable.
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This is primarily a leadership role rather than a hands-on technician position.
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Responsibilities
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- Lead and develop a team of approximately 22–24 maintenance professionals
- Establish and improve TPM, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and reliability programs
- Improve equipment uptime, OEE, PM compliance, MTBF, MTTR, and overall maintenance performance
- Lead maintenance planning, scheduling, and equipment-prioritization activities
- Perform and lead root-cause analysis for recurring equipment failures
- Manage CMMS processes, work orders, equipment history, and maintenance metrics
- Develop spare-parts and MRO inventory strategies
- Coordinate outside contractors, vendors, and specialized service providers
- Support capital projects, equipment upgrades, installations, and commissioning
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, EHS, and Continuous Improvement
- Promote Lean manufacturing, TPM, equipment ownership, and continuous improvement
- Maintain a strong focus on safety, accountability, and technician development
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Qualifications
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- 8+ years of manufacturing maintenance, reliability, engineering, or operations experience
- Previous maintenance leadership or supervisory experience
- Experience implementing or significantly improving TPM, PM, predictive maintenance, or reliability programs
- Strong knowledge of industrial manufacturing equipment and maintenance systems
- Experience with CMMS systems, maintenance planning, scheduling, and work-order management
- Strong root-cause analysis and problem-solving skills
- Experience leading maintenance teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Strong communication, organizational, and cross-functional leadership skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, Operations, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered
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Preferred
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- Automotive, aerospace, metals, coatings, heat treat, or other advanced manufacturing experience
- Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Six Sigma, or reliability certification
- Experience with automation, robotics, PLC-controlled equipment, conveyors, or complex production systems
- Experience with vacuum systems, furnaces, utilities, or similar industrial equipment
- Experience improving OEE, downtime, PM compliance, MTBF, and MTTR
- Capital-project and equipment-installation experience
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Why Consider It?
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- Monday–Friday daytime leadership schedule
- Clean, climate-controlled manufacturing environment
- 401(k) and pension benefits
- Stable organization with strong employee tenure
- High level of autonomy without a micromanagement-heavy culture
- Opportunity to lead and develop a large maintenance team
- Variety of equipment, reliability challenges, and capital projects
- Large organization with a smaller-company feel and long-term growth opportunities
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Actively interviewing. APPLY TODAY!
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