Equipment Manager - Automated Terminal Operations

APM Terminals; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Global exposure

Automation tech

LEAN culture

Career growth

Job summary

APM Terminals is seeking an Equipment Manager to lead shift-based maintenance for critical terminal assets. You will diagnose issues, prioritize work, and coordinate internal teams and third-party providers to maximize equipment availability.

You will balance planned maintenance with urgent needs, monitor real-time performance, and drive standardization and continuous improvement across a high-tech, automated port environment. This role emphasizes safety, reliability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance execution in a heavy industrial, automated environment.
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills involving electrical, mechanical, and automated equipment systems.
• Experience coordinating maintenance teams, contractors, or third-party service providers in a fast-paced operational setting.
• Knowledge of CMMS platforms and maintenance planning processes.
• Understanding of reliability, preventive maintenance, breakdown management, and root-cause analysis.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, make decisions under pressure, and coordinate responses to critical equipment failures.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication across operational, technical, and leadership teams.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Experience working with PLCs, drives, and electrical systems is highly desirable.
• Supervisory or leadership experience managing unionized or hourly workforces is preferred.
• Schedule: 12-hr Night Shift (4 nights on, 3 days off)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for equipment breakdowns and maintenance escalation.
• Coordinate maintenance resources and breakdown teams to restore equipment safely and efficiently.
• Manage daily maintenance priorities, balancing planned work with urgent operational requirements.
• Monitor equipment performance in real time and proactively identify potential failures and risks.
• Coordinate equipment handovers between Operations and Maintenance for planned and unplanned activities.
• Optimize maintenance interventions around vessel schedules, berth windows, and operational priorities.
• Ensure work orders are executed safely, effectively, and on schedule through third-party providers.
• Track maintenance performance metrics, including MTTR and downtime KPIs.
• Drive root cause analysis and capture maintenance learnings in the CMMS.
• Support incident investigations and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with operations, asset management, and service providers to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Promote technical standardization and share expertise on electrical systems, PLCs, and drives.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Troubleshooting

CMMS

Electrical systems

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

CMMS

PLC/ Drives

Job description

APM Terminals is seeking an Equipment Manager to lead shift-based maintenance for critical terminal assets. You will diagnose issues, prioritize work, and coordinate internal teams and third-party providers to maximize equipment availability.

You will balance planned maintenance with urgent needs, monitor real-time performance, and drive standardization and continuous improvement across a high-tech, automated port environment. This role emphasizes safety, reliability, and operational excellence.