Assistant Maintenance Manager

JLL; Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

JLL is seeking an Assistant Maintenance Manager to lead a team of maintenance mechanics and collaborate with robotics and controls technicians. The role emphasizes safety, training, and responsive problem solving across a fast-paced facility environment.

The position requires strong leadership, experience with industrial machinery and electrical systems, and the ability to manage budgets and vendors while supporting multiple sites and client relationships.

Qualifications

• Must have leadership experience and ability to train a team.
• Experience maintaining industrial machinery and control systems.
• Ability to read blueprints and electrical schematics.
• Experience managing budgets and vendor relationships.
• Willingness to work varied shifts and on-call.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance team and coordinate with robotics and controls technicians to ensure safety and efficiency.
• Develop and track preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Manage tickets, scheduling, audits for cleanliness and safety, and inventory accuracy.
• Collaborate with EHS to meet safety standards and client KPIs; ensure on-site client relations.
• Oversee budgets, vendor negotiations, and cost analysis for projects.
• Support multi-site production with a customer-centric approach and on-call coverage.

Skills

Leadership experience

Industrial maintenance

Electrical systems

Electronic controls

Blueprints/electrical schematics

Project management

Budget/vendor management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Assistant Maintenance Manager - JLL

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What this job involves

The Assistant Maintenance Manager leverages leadership skills and technical knowledge to lead a team of maintenance mechanics, working in conjunction with robotics, and controls systems technicians, in a fast-paced atmosphere while ensuring a safe working environment for all.

• Models safety standards and maintains an environment always focused on safety.
• Leads, trains, and supports maintenance team members as needed to develop individuals’ skills and expand team capabilities.
• Develops solutions to difficult problems, capable of managing outside contractors and being on-call for emergencies.
• Dedicated to supporting multi-site production by working in a safe, customer-focused manner.
• Displays energetic, self-motivated and customer-centric behaviors consistently.
• Handles multiple projects and daily activities, meeting deadlines, and developing plans on how to accomplish departmental and distribution goals.
• Provides complete oversight of preventive maintenance for the facility and serves as the point of contact for the client during their shift.
• Demonstrates flexibility to work various shifts and alternative work schedules as needed.
• Moves throughout the facility extensively during shift to attend to equipment and team members as needed.

Essential functions include

• Partnering with onsite Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) to ensure all safety standards are being met.
• Meeting operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including labor tracking.
• Ownership of scheduling and tracking completion of tickets.
• Oversight of building cleanliness.
• Ensuring accurate inventory tracking.
• Performing daily and weekly audits for cleanliness and work orders.
• Implementing preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Maintaining a client-centric relationship with operational stakeholders.
• Participating in the development and tracking of budgets.
• Assistance in project planning and cost analysis.
• Ability to provide thorough feedback to enhance individual performance, provide team members with written performance appraisals including discipline and up to termination.
• Promotes and conducts good housekeeping.
• Travel as required to support network needs.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior leadership experience.
• Flexibility to work various shifts and alternative work schedules as needed.
• Experience performing maintenance on industrial machinery, electrical systems, and electronic controls.
• Must be authorized to work within the hiring country without requiring company sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience managing budgets and vendors.
• Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) programs.
• Experience in project management.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and electrical schematics.

Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to stand for prolonged periods and walk extensively throughout the facility during shift.
• Requires repetitive bending, crouching, kneeling, reaching, twisting, sitting, standing, and walking.
• Requires lifting parts and tools weighing on average 20 pounds, occasionally weighing up to 49 pounds.
• Requires dexterity in eye/hand coordination, feet (foot pedals) manual (picking, pinching, holding, grasping), and wrist motion (repetitive flexion/rotation).
• Working conditions may include working at elevated heights, small spaces, dust, fumes/odors, hot/cold temperatures, inside/outside noise, vibration, standing on concrete for long hours and wet or uneven surfaces.

At JLL, we work together to create a brighter future for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Our collaborative culture—locally and globally—drives innovative solutions. We value wellbeing, inclusivity, and belonging, ensuring every team member feels supported. JLL is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion.