Director of Corporate Maintenance

East Penn Manufacturing Co.; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement Savings Plan with company 3

9 paid company holidays

2 paid personal holidays

Paid vacation days annually

Employee assistance program

Promotional opportunities

Job summary

East Penn Manufacturing Co. seeks a Director of Corporate Maintenance to lead maintenance across facilities, defining strategy, standards, and performance targets to ensure safety, reliability, and cost efficiency.

You will partner with engineering, operations, EH&S, and finance to align resources with business needs. You will drive preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance, oversee CMMS data, and report KPIs such as availability and MTBF.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in industrial maintenance or plant operations.
• Experience directing maintenance strategy across multiple facilities.
• Strong knowledge of preventive, predictive, and RCFA processes.
• Experience with CMMS and data-driven maintenance decisions.
• Ability to manage budgets, contracts, and capital priorities.
• Knowledge of safety requirements and energy-control practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a corporate maintenance strategy across East Penn facilities.
• Establish maintenance standards, governance, and performance metrics.
• Lead facility maintenance leaders and ensure consistent execution.
• Prioritize reliability initiatives, outages, and capital improvements.
• Oversee CMMS usage, asset records, work orders, and reporting.
• Monitor KPIs like asset availability, backlog, and MTBF/MTTR.
• Sponsor root-cause analysis and corrective action plans.
• Guide budgeting, labor planning, and cost-control efforts.
• Support capital planning and inventory strategies for parts.
• Promote safety and ensure proper planning and controls.

Skills

Leadership experience

Maintenance strategy

Preventive maintenance

Predictive maintenance

Root-cause analysis

Data-driven decisions

Budgeting & cost control

Contractor & vendor management

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)

Job description

East Penn is a stable, essential employer, that is poised for the energy needs of the future with 80 years of sustainable lead battery and battery accessory manufacturing expertise! At East Penn, our employees are our culture; our employees will always be the heart of the company. We are a private, family-owned enterprise committed to cultivating an atmosphere that honors the contributions of everyone. We want our employees to have long-term careers, and many do. Almost 40% of our workforce has over a decade of service. Our open-door management policy, comprehensive benefits package, annual bonus program for all, and career advancement opportunities are just some of the ways we show our employees how incredibly valued they are.

About the Role

The Director of Corporate Maintenance provides enterprise-wide leadership for the development, reliability, and continuous improvement of East Penn Manufacturing’s maintenance operations. This position establishes maintenance strategy, standards, systems, and performance expectations across facilities to support safe operations, equipment availability, product quality, cost control, regulatory compliance, and long-term asset stewardship. The Director partners with plant, engineering, operations, environmental health and safety, purchasing, finance, and other leaders to align maintenance resources and capital priorities with business needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a corporate maintenance strategy that improves safety, reliability, asset performance, and operational continuity across East Penn facilities.
• Establish and maintain consistent preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance standards, practices, and governance.
• Provide leadership and direction to facility maintenance leaders and teams; clarify expectations, strengthen accountability, and promote consistent execution.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to prioritize equipment reliability initiatives, planned outages, infrastructure needs, and capital improvements.
• Lead the effective use and continuous improvement of computerized maintenance management systems, including asset records, work orders, preventive maintenance schedules, spare-parts information, and performance reporting.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators such as equipment availability, planned versus unplanned work, preventive maintenance completion, downtime, backlog, mean time between failures, mean time to repair, maintenance cost, and schedule compliance.
• Identify recurring failures and operational risks; sponsor root-cause analysis and corrective action plans that address systemic issues.
• Guide maintenance budgeting, forecasting, labor planning, contractor utilization, and cost-control efforts while balancing reliability and production requirements.
• Support capital planning by assessing asset condition, lifecycle risk, maintainability, and expected return on reliability investments.
• Establish standards for spare-parts strategy, inventory controls, critical-component availability, repair-versus-replace decisions, and vendor performance.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with applicable safety, environmental, quality, legal, and company requirements, including lockout/tagout and other energy-control practices.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure maintenance work is properly planned, authorized, documented, and completed using appropriate procedures and controls.
• Build organizational capability through succession planning, leadership development, technical training, skilled-trades workforce planning, and knowledge transfer.
• Evaluate emerging maintenance technologies and practices and recommend practical solutions that support East Penn’s operational and business objectives.
• Communicate maintenance performance, risks, priorities, and recommendations to executive and operational leadership.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Set a clear enterprise maintenance vision and translate it into measurable priorities, standards, and operating plans.
• Influence across functions and facilities while respecting local operating needs and accountability.
• Develop leaders who can make sound, timely decisions and sustain disciplined maintenance practices.
• Model integrity, collaboration, urgency, sound judgment, and commitment to East Penn’s values.
• Make informed recommendations regarding organizational structure, staffing, resources, systems, vendors, and capital priorities.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, industrial technology, maintenance management, operations management, or a related field; an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible experience may be considered.
• Significant leadership experience in industrial maintenance, reliability, engineering, or plant operations within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading maintenance strategy across multiple facilities, departments, or business units.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, reliability-centered maintenance, root-cause analysis, asset lifecycle management, planning and scheduling, and maintenance performance measurement.
• Experience with computerized maintenance management systems and data-driven maintenance decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, contractors, vendors, capital priorities, and competing operational demands.
• Strong understanding of industrial safety requirements and the controls associated with maintenance work.
• Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, analytical, and change-management skills.
• Ability to travel among East Penn facilities and respond to significant operational needs as required.

Preferred Skills

• Master’s degree in engineering, business administration, or a related discipline.
• Professional certification such as Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional, Certified Reliability Leader, Project Management Professional, or a comparable credential.
• Experience in a high-volume, vertically integrated, heavy industrial, chemical, battery, automotive, or regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience implementing enterprise maintenance standards, reliability programs, and system improvements across multiple sites.

Core Competencies

• Enterprise and strategic thinking
• Maintenance and reliability leadership
• Safety and risk management
• Operational and financial judgment
• Performance management and accountability
• Cross-functional collaboration and influence
• Talent development and succession planning
• Problem-solving and continuous improvement
• Change leadership and execution

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This position operates in office and manufacturing environments. The employee must be able to move through production and maintenance areas, inspect equipment and facilities, and communicate effectively with employees at all organizational levels. Exposure to noise, moving equipment, temperature changes, chemicals, and other industrial conditions may occur. Required personal protective equipment and safety procedures must be followed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Pay range and compensation package

East Penn offers excellent benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Group health insurance that includes high quality medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage with a low employee premium
• Retirement Savings Plan with company match and a 3% employer contribution
• 9 paid company holidays, 2 paid personal holidays, and paid vacation days annually
• Employee assistance program
• Fitness Discounts
• Promotional opportunities

Equal Opportunity Statement

Our hiring process may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help in the initial review of applications by identifying candidates whose qualifications best match job requirements. These tools do not make hiring decisions. All final hiring decisions regarding interviews and employment are made by our employee recruiting and hiring teams. East Penn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. EOE/VEVRAA