Manager, Plant Engineering and Maintenance
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The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading hourly and exempt engineering/maintenance colleagues across multiple shifts to support operations in achieving business targets through the safe, compliant, right-first-time execution of routine and non-routine maintenance for site mechanical, utility, facility, and control systems. The role provides leadership, technical guidance, and subject matter expertise in disciplines such as utilities, HVAC, electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, facilities, and automation to ensure reliable operation of manufacturing, utility, and facility assets.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will
- Provides leadership and support for the maintenance and reliability of equipment, utilities, facilities, and control systems.
- Ensures qualified resources are available to perform planned and unplanned work, using judgment and experience to prioritize activities on a shift-by-shift basis with emphasis on safety, compliance, and right-first-time execution.
- Provides leadership, supervision, coaching, development, performance management, feedback, and recognition for maintenance, utilities, and calibration technicians and other assigned colleagues.
- Accountable for long-range resource planning, performance improvement, issue escalation, and interface with operations, line personnel, management, quality, warehouse, engineering, MSAT, site services, and other stakeholders to support production performance.
- Leads recruitment, hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluations, succession planning, salary administration support, colleague counseling, and enforcement of company and departmental policies and procedures.
- Adheres to and enforces all site safety standards, participates in safety training events, ensures staff safety training is completed in a timely manner, reports events to EH&S, and helps contain and mitigate risks to colleagues, product, and the manufacturing environment.
- Ensures colleagues adhere to cGMP requirements and are fully trained in relevant policies, procedures, federal regulations, and global requirements while identifying forward-looking technical requirements to meet future business needs.
- Leads regulatory and customer audit tours and completes operational quality, environmental, and safety incident investigations as required.
- Leads continuous improvement initiatives related to compliance, safety, production, reliability, and waste reduction through the application of LEAN manufacturing, Six Sigma, OpEx, and IMEx principles.
- Provides feedback to peers and colleagues in other departments and actively supports safety, continuous improvement, recognition, and cross-functional alignment activities.
- Communicates effectively with department colleagues, cross-functional stakeholders, contractors, and internal partners to support alignment, timely execution, knowledge sharing, and issue resolution.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
- Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of experience; OR a master's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR an associate's degree with 8 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 10 years of relevant experience.
- A minimum of 3 years of direct supervisory, leadership, or people management experience is required.
- Expertise level of knowledge of mechanical, electrical, automation systems.
- Able to read mechanical and electrical schematics.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate at all levels within the organization.
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements):
- Relevant biotech, pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or GMP manufacturing experience.
- Broad understanding of machining, welding, relay logic, maintenance best practices, reliability practices, LEAN manufacturing, Six Sigma, OpEx, and IMEx principles.
- Strong computer skills with programs such as Word, Excel, Outlook, PDOCs, eQMS, and EAMS or similar CMMS platforms.
PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
- Position requirements are typical for a manufacturing plant work environment with routine excursions to job sites, utility areas, facility areas, maintenance shops, and manufacturing areas.
- Physical demands include standing, walking, climbing stairs, bending, and lifting or lowering up to 50 lbs, along with desk- and computer-based activities.
NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
- This position would typically work a routine weekly work schedule, Monday through Friday, eight hours per day on day shift, but is responsible for maintenance activities that occur on a 24/7/365 schedule.
- The position is expected to be available on call as scheduled. Night or weekend work may occasionally be required to meet business objectives. Business travel requirements are minimal.
Other Information
Last date to apply: October 28th, 2026
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.
U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.
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