Maintenance Director

Jobtailor; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Maintenance Leader to craft and execute a comprehensive reliability roadmap across multiple sites in the United States and Canada. You will establish standards, governance, and KPIs while building high-performing teams and guiding executive-level asset strategy.

The role demands strong experience in CMMS, predictive maintenance, and industrial automation, with a track record of managing large capital projects and improving asset utilization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering required.
• 10+ years of progressive maintenance leadership experience.
• 5+ years leading multi-site operations.
• Proven experience managing large-scale capital projects and reliability programs.
• Expertise with CMMS platforms, predictive maintenance and industrial automation technologies.
• Willingness to travel extensively throughout the United States and Canada.
• Experience covering boilers, autoclaves, wash lines, robotics, conveyance systems, and other critical production assets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the long-term maintenance and reliability roadmap.
• Establish enterprise maintenance standards, governance, SOPs and KPIs.
• Build high-performing maintenance teams through coaching, succession planning and leadership development.
• Advise executive leadership on asset strategy, operational risk and infrastructure investments.
• Champion accountability, innovation, safety and continuous improvement.
• Lead predictive, preventative and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
• Drive OEE, uptime and asset utilization improvements across all facilities.
• Implement CMMS, automation, IIoT and data-driven maintenance solutions.
• Lead root cause analysis initiatives and eliminate recurring failures.
• Develop asset lifecycle and replacement strategies.
• Own maintenance operating budgets and capital investment planning.
• Develop business cases and ROI models for strategic projects.
• Lead major equipment upgrades, facility improvements and automation investments.
• Manage vendor partnerships, contracts and service performance.
• Oversee maintenance strategy for critical production assets.
• Provide technical leadership, audit site performance, ensure compliance and support emergency operational response.

Skills

Maintenance Leadership

Multi-site Leadership

Capital Project Management

Change Leadership

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

CMMS Platforms

IIoT Solutions

Automation Technologies

Predictive Maintenance Tools

Vendor Management Systems

Job description

• Develop and execute the long-term maintenance and reliability roadmap
• Establish enterprise maintenance standards, governance, SOPs and KPIs
• Build high-performing maintenance teams through coaching, succession planning and leadership development
• Advise executive leadership on asset strategy, operational risk and infrastructure investments
• Champion accountability, innovation, safety and continuous improvement
• Lead predictive, preventative and reliability-centered maintenance programs
• Drive OEE, uptime and asset utilization improvements across all facilities
• Implement CMMS, automation, IIoT and data-driven maintenance solutions
• Lead root cause analysis initiatives and eliminate recurring failures
• Develop asset lifecycle and replacement strategies
• Own maintenance operating budgets and capital investment planning
• Develop business cases and ROI models for strategic projects
• Lead major equipment upgrades, facility improvements and automation investments
• Manage vendor partnerships, contracts and service performance
• Oversee maintenance strategy for critical production assets
• Provide technical leadership, audit site performance, ensure compliance and support emergency operational response

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering required
• 10+ years of progressive maintenance leadership experience
• 5+ years leading multi-site operations
• Proven experience managing large-scale capital projects and reliability programs
• Expertise with CMMS platforms, predictive maintenance and industrial automation technologies
• Willingness to travel extensively throughout the United States and Canada
• Experience or knowledge covering boilers, autoclaves, wash lines, robotics, conveyance systems, compactors, utilities and other critical production assets
• Strategic Vision, Executive Presence, Change Leadership, Commercial Acumen, Operational Excellence, Talent Development, and Cross-Functional Collaboration

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in developing and executing maintenance strategies, leading predictive and reliability-centered maintenance programs, and managing large-scale capital projects. Proven ability to build high-performing teams and drive continuous improvement in asset utilization and operational excellence.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• CMMS Expertise
• Predictive Maintenance
• Industrial Automation
• Maintenance Leadership
• Capital Project Management

Hard Skills

• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Reliability-Centered Maintenance
• Root Cause Analysis
• Asset Lifecycle Management
• Data-Driven Maintenance Solutions
• OEE Improvement
• KPI Development

Soft Skills

• Change Leadership
• Talent Development
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Strategic Vision
• Executive Presence

Industry Keywords

• Maintenance Standards
• Operational Risk
• Asset Strategy
• Continuous Improvement
• Production Assets

Tools & Technologies

• CMMS Platforms
• IIoT Solutions
• Automation Technologies
• Predictive Maintenance Tools
• Vendor Management Systems