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Manager, Maintenance - Equipment Maintenance Technical Specialty

**Date:** May 6, 2025

**Location:** Pleasant Prairie, WI, US, 53158

**Company:** Southwire Company LLC

A leader in technology and innovation, Southwire Company, LLC is one of North America’s largest wire and cable producers. Southwire and its subsidiaries manufacture building wire and cable, utility products, metal-clad cable, portable and electronic cord products, OEM wire products and engineered products. In addition, Southwire supplies assembled products, contractor equipment, electrical components, hand tools and jobsite power and lighting solutions. The company also offers digital solutions including contractor planning and utility grid resiliency as well as field services including cable testing, rejuvenation and replacement to support our customers as a value-add partner. We are proud to offer competitive compensation, employee benefits, tuition reimbursement and unlimited growth opportunities. Our more than seven decades of progressive growth can be attributed to our determination to developing innovative systems and solutions, exercising environmental stewardship and enhancing the well-being of the communities in which we work and live. How will you power what’s possible?

Southwire Job Description

Job Purpose

• Manages the strategic and tactical maintenance functions/activities in the plant to ensure effective and efficient delivery of services that meet Southwire standards and are beyond customer expectations.

• Ensures a safe, environmentally sound, reliable facility by planning and scheduling proactive work, setting standards of activities performed, and formulating policies while sustaining adherence to these policies.

• Oversee development of work procedures and practices, and ensure resources receive developmental coaching and training on the path to building highly qualified team members.

• Responsible for proper tool and system utilization through CMMS audit activity, root cause analysis reviews, and corrective action execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads the maintenance organization that is responsible for corrective and preventive maintenance activity on facility assets.

• Drives progression of Reliability and Maintainability Roadmap elements.

• Serves on the Plant Leadership Team.

• Interfaces with contractors within the plant providing expensed and capital project work.

• Develops direct reports and other leaders and subordinates by identifying and assigning value-added training and development opportunities.

• Ensures key performance indicators (KPIs) are collected, reported, and communicated.

• Maintains awareness of functional trends to continuously improve planning and scheduling, root cause analysis, and preventive, corrective, and autonomous maintenance processes.

• Ensures success of modernization contributions by participating in early equipment management activities.

• Audits elemental processes to ensure adherence and expectations of process deliverables.

• Responsible for team adherence to all safety policies.

• Responsible for housekeeping and condition of all maintenance work areas.

• Utilizes SAP PM to analyze performance and validate workflow adherences.

Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's

Specialized Degree: Engineering

Years of Experience: 5Field of Expertise: Maintenance and Reliability Leadership Capacity

Other Preferred Skills: Must have a detailed understanding of work management processes covering planning and scheduling through work execution and order closure. Individual must be familiar with reliability concepts including equipment criticality risk ranking analysis, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), preventive and predictive maintenance optimization, and root cause analysis (RCA).

Competencies

Attracts Top Talent

Drives Results

Courage

Decision Quality

Financial Acumen

Communicates Effectively

Benefits We Offer:

+ 401k with Matching

+ Family and Individual Insurance Packages (Health, Life, Dental, and Vision)

+ Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays

+ Long & Short-Term Disability

+ Supplemental Insurance Plans

+ Employee Assistance Program

+ Employee Referral Program

+ Tuition Reimbursement Programs

+ Advancement & Professional Growth opportunities

+ Parental Leave

+ & More

Southwire is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

**Nearest Major Market:** Kenosha

**Nearest Secondary Market:** Milwaukee