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Job Description:

Are you a proactive, detail-driven leader who thrives on keeping operations running at peak performance?

Hobart Filler Metals, an ITW company, is seeking a Maintenance Manager to join our team. As a Maintenance Manager, you’ll take charge of driving strategy, coordination, and execution for all maintenance and facility operations across multiple manufacturing sites in Ohio, running 24/5 to 24/6 schedules. You’ll champion equipment reliability, ensure regulatory compliance, and lead initiatives that enhance performance and efficiency. You’ll also lead and develop a skilled maintenance team, fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence while continuously improving reliability, capacity, and cost effectiveness across each location.

How you will make an impact:

Operations Strategy:

+ **Technical Leadership & Operational Oversight:** Provide strategic direction, technical leadership, and operational management for maintenance, facilities, and reliability functions across multi-site operations, ensuring alignment with plant performance objectives and corporate business goals.

+ **Resource & KPI Alignment:** Align resources to meet operational KPIs, including OEE, maintenance cost targets, and reliability metrics, leveraging data analysis, trend insights, and operational dashboards to drive data-informed decisions and continuous performance improvements.

+ **Capital & Improvement Projects:** Develop capital expenditure (Capex) requests and lead reliability-driven projects and operational initiatives aimed at increasing plant capacity, process reliability, safety performance, and operational cost efficiency.

+ **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Partner closely with engineering, production, operations, EHS, and support teams to align maintenance strategies with broader operational and business objectives, promoting a collaborative, solutions-driven work environment.

Maintenance:

+ **Asset Reliability & Maintenance Strategy:** Own the reliability and maintainability of all production equipment, utilities, and facilities through proactive preventive and predictive maintenance (PM/PD) programs, timely troubleshooting, escalation protocols, and continuous improvement initiatives to optimize uptime, safety, and cost efficiency.

+ **Maintenance Planning & CMMS Administration:** Lead maintenance planning processes, facilitate daily and weekly planning meetings, and administer the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to ensure accurate asset records, effective work order management, and optimized maintenance scheduling.

+ **Root Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement:** Lead structured root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions to resolve chronic failures and enhance long-term asset performance and operational stability.

+ **Inventory & Vendor Management:** Manage MRO inventory, critical spares, external vendors, contractors, and service agreements to support plant operations while ensuring inventory accuracy, service quality, and cost control.

People & Safety Leadership:

+ **Talent Development & Team Leadership:** Oversee all talent management activities, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, skills development, and succession planning, fostering a high-performing, safety-focused maintenance and reliability team.

+ **Safety Leadership & Compliance:** Champion a zero-incident, safety-first culture by ensuring regulatory compliance, proactively addressing hazards, and continuously improving safety systems and procedures.

What you need to do to be successful in this role:

+ **Technical Expert:** Demonstrate deep knowledge of industrial equipment, process control systems, and facilities management, including mechanical, electrical, and control systems such as pneumatics, power transmission, VFDs, PLCs, robotics, automation, HVAC, lighting, building systems, and medium voltage distribution.

+ **Systems Proficient:** Excel in CMMS administration, maintenance system optimization, and operational data management across multi-site operations.

+ **Analytical Thinker:** Apply strong data-driven decision-making, statistical analysis, and trend identification skills to support continuous improvement and strategic planning.

+ **Inspirational Leader:** Lead, mentor, and motivate high-performing technical teams while effectively engaging and influencing cross-functional stakeholders at all organizational levels.

+ **Organized Achiever:** Manage multiple priorities with strong project management and multitasking abilities to deliver results in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.

+ **Clear Communicator:** Convey complex technical information effectively through excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

+ **Systems Experienced:** Bring hands-on experience with drawing, packaging, and material handling systems to support operational excellence.

+ **Integrity Driven:** Uphold high personal integrity, professional ethics, and a continuous improvement mindset while demonstrating independent, strategic thinking and operational problem-solving.

Minimum Qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Industrial Management, or a related technical field.

+ Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in large-scale, process-based manufacturing operations; multi-site leadership and maintenance/engineering management experience preferred.

Compensation Information:

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