Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Exalta Group; Hunters Ridge (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

EXALTA is seeking a Maintenance and Reliability Manager in Bonita Springs, FL to ensure reliability, availability, and performance of manufacturing equipment and facilities in a regulated medical device environment. You will lead preventive and predictive maintenance, improve uptime, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

The role requires the ability to balance hands-on operational support with long-term planning, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure compliance with FDA, ISO 13485,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Facilities Management, or related technical discipline preferred; equivalent technical experience considered.
• 7+ years of maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing engineering experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, aerospace, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance, CMMS systems, equipment troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Working knowledge of reliability methodologies, including MTBF, MTTR, TPM, and equipment lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting equipment qualification, validation, and controlled manufacturing processes preferred.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability activities for manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facility systems.
• Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve uptime and reduce downtime.
• Establish and manage reliability metrics (uptime, MTBF, MTTR, PM completion, backlog, recurring failures).
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of equipment failures and implement corrective actions.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to identify constraints and improve performance and reliability.
• Support equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and change-control activities.
• Ensure maintenance activities and documentation comply with FDA, ISO 13485, GMP, and Quality Management System requirements.
• Manage CMMS processes, equipment history, PM records, work orders, and spare-parts inventory.
• Oversee critical facility systems (HVAC, compressed air, electrical, plumbing).
• Manage outside contractors and maintenance service providers.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance management

Problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Lean/TPM/5S

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

CMMS

Job description

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Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Management Regular Full-Time Bonita Springs, FL, US

EXALTA is seeking a Maintenance & Reliability Manager who will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of manufacturing equipment and facility systems within a regulated medical device manufacturing environment at our Bonita Springs, FL manufacturing facility!

This role leads preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment reliability, facilities maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives to minimize downtime and support safe, compliant, and efficient operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability activities for manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facility systems.
• Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve equipment uptime and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Establish and manage key reliability metrics, including equipment uptime, MTBF, MTTR, PM completion, maintenance backlog, and recurring equipment failures.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of equipment failures and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to identify equipment constraints and improve equipment performance, capacity, and reliability.
• Support equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, validation, and change-control activities.
• Ensure maintenance activities and documentation comply with applicable FDA requirements, ISO 13485, GMP, and internal Quality Management System requirements.
• Manage CMMS processes, equipment history, preventive maintenance records, work orders, and spare-parts inventory.
• Oversee critical facility systems, including HVAC, compressed air, electrical, plumbing, and other manufacturing utilities.
• Manage outside contractors, equipment service providers, and preventive maintenance agreements.
• Develop maintenance operating budgets and support capital planning, equipment replacement, and facility improvement projects.
• Partner with Quality and EHS to maintain safe, compliant, and audit-ready operations.
• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance technicians and other assigned personnel.
• Drive Lean, TPM, 5S, and continuous improvement initiatives within the maintenance function.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Facilities Management, or related technical discipline preferred; equivalent technical experience considered.
• 7+ years of maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing engineering experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, aerospace, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with preventive and predictive maintenance, CMMS systems, equipment troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Working knowledge of reliability methodologies, including MTBF, MTTR, TPM, and equipment lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting equipment qualification, validation, and controlled manufacturing processes preferred.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Ability to balance hands-on operational support with longer-term reliability and capital planning.

Why Join EXALTA?

At EXALTA, we partner with leading medical technology companies to bring life-changing products to market. You will play a key role in building a culture of continuous improvement, enabling scalable growth, and helping deliver our mission: Together, we make MedTech better.

EXALTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect every employee as an individual, and we hire and promote based on qualifications, performance, and potential - without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.