Maintenance Engineer Manager

BEST Human Capital & Advisory Group; Town of Waverly (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BEST Human Capital & Advisory Group is seeking a Maintenance Engineer Manager in Waverly, NY to lead a maintenance team responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving plant equipment and facilities. The role requires hands-on leadership in a manufacturing environment with focus on safety and reliability.

You will ensure EPA and OSHA compliance, develop preventive maintenance schedules, maintain CMMS records, and collaborate with production to minimize downtime and reduce costs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• Minimum five years of practical work in equipment and facilities maintenance within industrial/manufacturing environments.
• Minimum two years of practical work leading teams and managing schedules and performance.
• Experience ensuring EPA and OSHA compliance and safety protocols.
• Excellent technical knowledge with electrical schematics and mechanical diagrams.
• CMMS/ERP experience and strong business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance activities for equipment and plant facilities (preventive, predictive, corrective).
• Diagnose equipment failures and direct repairs to minimize downtime.
• Maintain electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems with the team.
• Develop and follow preventive maintenance schedules and procedures.
• Ensure health, safety, and environmental standards plant-wide.
• Maintain CMMS records accurately and support equipment installations.
• Coordinate maintenance with production teams and external vendors.
• Identify opportunities for equipment improvements and cost reductions.
• Occasionally handle on-call duties and emergency breakdown support.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance scheduling

CMMS

ERP experience

Reading electrical schematics

Mechanical diagrams

Cross-functional teamwork

Financial acumen

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related technical degree

Tools

CMMS

ERP

Microsoft Office

Job description

BEST Human Capital & Advisory Group | Full time

Maintenance Engineer Manager

Waverly, United States

Are you experienced with performing and leading Maintenance,taking a hands‑on approach in a manufacturing environment? Have you worked, ordo you work, in the aluminum, metals, heavy manufacturing or related sectors? Do you have strong experience leading and/orensuring equipment and facility compliance with EPA protocols and OSHA standards?Are you current on the techniques, processes, tools and methods needed tosupport mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems? Would your direct reports share amazingstories of your leadership, how much they admire you and what you have helpedthe team accomplish together? Are you skilled at building trustingprofessional relationships that get things done? Do you possess at least a bachelor’s in industrial, Mechanical, or Electrical engineering or related degree? Then thismay be the perfect opportunity for you!

TELL ME MORE:

The Maintenance Engineer Manager leads a maintenance team responsible formaintaining, troubleshooting, and improving plant equipment andfacilities. The Maintenance Engineer Manager is a hands‑on leader, working with their team to ensure safe,efficient, and continuous operations for the plant. The Maintenance Engineer Manager is an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team and reports to theAssistant Plant Manager.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Conduct and lead teams in the preventative, predictive, andcorrective maintenance activities for all equipment and the plant facilities.
• Lead and engage in the diagnosis of equipment failures,performing or leading teams in the performance of timely repairs to minimizedowntime.
• Maintain mechanical,electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems side-by-side with the MaintenanceTeam.
• Develop and followpreventative maintenance schedules and procedures.
• Ensure compliance withhealth, safety, and environmental standards plant-wide.
• Maintain accuratemaintenance records using the Computerized Maintenance Management System(CMMS).
• Support equipmentinstallation, commissioning, and upgrades.
• Coordinate maintenanceneeds and activities with production teams.
• Maintain and managerelationships with external contractors and maintenance vendors.
• Identify opportunitiesfor equipment improvement and cost reductions.
• Available as needed foron-call duties and emergency breakdown support.
• Any other duties as assigned.

Requirements

WHAT YOU’LL NEEDTO SUCCEED:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering,Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related technical degreefrom a regionally accredited college or university required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of practical work experience in a roleresponsible for maintaining equipment and facilities within industrial and/ormanufacturing environments required.
• Minimum of two (2) years of practical work experience leadingteams and managing the schedule, work, and performance of others required.
• Prior experience ensuring and implementing EPA and OSHAcompliance and safety protocols across equipment and facilities required.
• Excellent technical knowledge – fluent with reading,understanding, interpreting, and following electrical schematics andmechanical diagrams required.
• Tech-savvy – prior experience with one or more ComputerizedMaintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), orrelated software required.
• Business acumen – ability to understand the financial impact ofactions and decisions on budget, read and interpret financial data to drivegood business decisions, and managing team performance in order to achieve strongfinancial outcomes required.
• Excellent teamwork – proven ability to collaboratecross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders to successfullycomplete maintenance projects.
• Solutions oriented – prior experience applying problem-solvingprinciples including but not limited to root cause analysis, 5Whtys, andIshikawa diagrams required.
• Strong planning and organizational skills – demonstrated abilityto balance multiple competing and often time-sensitive priorities required.
• Strong communication – able to succinctly transmit and understandcomplex information both verbally and in writing required.
• Minimum of intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite(Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) required.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU STAND OUT:

• The following professional maintenance or related certificationsare preferred but not required:
• CertifiedMaintenance & Reliability Technician (CMRT) – through the Society forMaintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP)
• IndustrialHydraulic Mechanic (IHM) – through International Fluid Power Society (IFPS)
• PneumaticMechanic (PM) – through the IFPS
• IndustrialHydraulic / Pneumatic Technician – through the IFPS
• Industry 4.0Electro-Fluid Power Systems Specialist – through the Smart AutomationCertification Alliance (SACA)
• IndustrialMaintenance Electrical & Instrumentation (IM E&I) – through theNational Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER)
• 70EElectrical Safety Certification – through the National Fire ProtectionAssociation (NFPA)
• OSHA 30 Hour&/or OSHA 10 Hour – General Safety Certification

• Six (6) or more years of practical work experience in anequipment and facilities maintenance role within industrial and/ormanufacturing environments preferred.
• Prior experience within the aluminum or metals industry highlypreferred.
• Strong understanding of and prior experience applying continuousimprovement methodologies such as Kaizen, 5S, Six Sigma, LEAN, and/or LEANManufacturing preferred.