Maintenance Manager: Lead Plant Reliability & Automation

Tenneco; Celaya; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenneco in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance operations at the Celaya manufacturing facility. The role focuses on improving equipment reliability, increasing line availability, and driving maintenance excellence in a highly automated metalworking environment.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise with proven leadership to deliver continuous improvement and measurable manufacturing performance gains.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Maintenance Manager in a metalworking or metal-mechanical manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary maintenance teams.
• Strong knowledge of industrial maintenance systems, equipment reliability, and performance indicators.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the maintenance team, ensuring operational efficiency and performance.
• Develop and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies to maximize equipment availability.
• Drive improvements in critical production lines, reducing unplanned downtime and recurring equipment failures.
• Monitor and improve key maintenance indicators such as MTTR, MTBF, and preventive maintenance compliance.
• Ensure reliability of manufacturing equipment and processes (tube cutting, welding, automated assembly, painting, and related technologies).
• Lead root cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions to equipment reliability issues.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations to achieve plant performance objectives.

Skills

Maintenance management

Team leadership

Preventive maintenance

Root cause analysis

English communication

Operational excellence

Tools

PLC programming

Industrial robotics

Electrical & control systems

Predictive maintenance tools

Job description

Tenneco in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, is seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance operations at the Celaya manufacturing facility. The role focuses on improving equipment reliability, increasing line availability, and driving maintenance excellence in a highly automated metalworking environment.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise with proven leadership to deliver continuous improvement and measurable manufacturing performance gains.