MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Fytertech; De Pere (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

FyterTech is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance operations for two local meltblown facilities. You will ensure reliability, safety, and performance of production equipment, building systems, and utilities, coordinating with Operations, Safety, and Quality to minimize downtime and support production goals.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of progressive industrial maintenance experience, strong leadership, and expertise in CMMS, predictive maintenance, and multi-site coordination.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–8 years of progressive industrial maintenance experience.
• Experience supervising multi-site teams.
• Knowledge of extrusion, HVAC, electrical distribution.
• Ability to travel between facilities.
• Strong leadership and project-management skills.
• Familiar with CMMS and maintenance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Direct maintenance activities, staffing, schedules, and priorities across two local meltblown manufacturing facilities.
• Partner with maintenance leads, safety, quality, and production leaders to review workload and respond to equipment issues.
• Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs for production lines and building systems.
• Prioritize breakdown response to reduce downtime and improve reliability.
• Standardize maintenance procedures, documentation, and spare-parts practices.
• Lead equipment upgrades and continuous improvement projects in partnership with Engineering.
• Select and manage contractors and vendors, including scope, safety, cost, and timelines.
• Maintain critical spare-parts inventory and support purchasing decisions.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Preventive maintenance

Root cause analysis

Contractor management

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

CMMS

AutoCAD

ERP systems

Job description

Are you ready to join an organization where you can make a significant daily impact? An organization where you will be a major contributor to the growth and strength of our organization? Where you will be contributing to the betterment of the environment and our communities? Then FyterTech is the place for you to make your next and best career move.

FyterTech Nonwovens is a market-leading materials manufacturer of nonwoven high-tech products that are used in a variety of settings. Applications include cleaning up the spills one could expect to see in hospitals, laboratories, oil spills and grocery stores – just to name a few. As a market leader in our industry, we are looking for someone with a competitive edge to help drive a can-do collaborative culture.

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance operations for two local meltblown manufacturing facilities. This role is responsible for the reliability, safety, and performance of production equipment, building systems, utilities, and facility infrastructure at both locations. The Maintenance Manager establishes priorities, coordinates preventive and corrective maintenance, manages contractors and vendors, and partners with Operations, Engineering, Safety, and Quality to minimize downtime and support production goals. The ideal candidate is an organized, hands‑on leader and analytical problem‑solver who can balance competing priorities, develop maintenance employees, and ensure consistent maintenance practices across both plants.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directs maintenance activities, staffing, schedules, and priorities across two local meltblown manufacturing facilities.
• Partners with maintenance lead/technicians, safety, quality and production leaders to review workload, coordinate coverage, and respond to equipment issues at both plants.
• Develops and maintains preventive and predictive maintenance programs for meltblown production lines, extrusion systems, compressed air, HVAC, electrical distribution, material handling equipment, utilities, and building systems.
• Prioritizes breakdown response and root-cause corrective actions to reduce unplanned downtime, improve equipment reliability, and maintain product quality.
• Standardizes maintenance procedures, documentation, spare-parts practices, and performance expectations across both locations.
• Uses the CMMS to manage work orders, preventive maintenance compliance, asset history, labor, parts usage, backlog, and key maintenance metrics.
• Leads equipment upgrades, installations, shutdown work, and continuous improvement projects in partnership with plant and corporate Engineering.
• Selects and manages contractors and vendors, including work scope, scheduling, safety requirements, cost, quality, and completion at each facility.
• Maintains critical spare-parts inventory and supports purchasing decisions to balance equipment risk, availability, and cost.
• Ensures maintenance work complies with applicable safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements, including lockout/tagout and contractor safety practices.
• Hires, trains, coaches, and evaluates maintenance employees while building technical capability, accountability, and cross-plant collaboration.
• Manages the maintenance budget, identifies cost-saving opportunities, and provides regular updates on equipment reliability, downtime, projects, and department performance.
• Participates in plant leadership, safety, quality, production, and management review meetings at both locations.
• Provides support for urgent maintenance needs outside normal business hours and travels between the two local facilities as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Strong knowledge of industrial mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, plumbing, compressed-air, HVAC, and controls systems.
• Experience supporting continuous-process manufacturing equipment; knowledge of extrusion, web handling, winding, conveying, heating, and filtration systems is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead maintenance operations across multiple facilities and prioritize resources based on safety, production impact, quality, and business needs.
• Proven leadership, coaching, delegation, and employee-development skills.
• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, planning, and project-management capabilities.
• Working knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, reliability practices, spare-parts management, and maintenance performance metrics.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and PLC drawings and technical manuals.
• Proficiency with CMMS software and Microsoft Office applications; experience with AutoCAD, ERP systems, and maintenance reporting tools is preferred.
• Sound judgment and the ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and emergencies in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, listening, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Minimum of 5–8 years of progressive industrial maintenance experience, including proven supervisory or managerial experience in a manufacturing environment; multi-site leadership experience is preferred.
• Ability to travel regularly between the two local facilities and respond to urgent maintenance needs outside normal business hours when required.
• Strong interpersonal skills; personal and pleasant to both internal and external customers.
• Enjoys working in a strong team environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, industrial technology, facility management, business administration, or a related field is preferred; an equivalent combination of technical education and relevant experience may be considered.
• Technical or vocational training in industrial electricity, mechanical systems, automation, controls, or a related maintenance discipline is preferred.
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Maintenance Manager (CMM), Certified Reliability Leader (CRL), or comparable certification is preferred.

Work Relationship and Scope:

Reports to the VP of Global Operations. Works closely with all other colleagues at FyterTech to accomplish established goals. Works daily with highly confidential business and employee information.

Measures of Performance:

Safety, quality, accuracy, reliability, friendliness, thoroughness and timeliness of services provided to internal and external customers; adherence to FyterTech policies and procedures; ability to earn the trust and respect of employees and co-workers; effectively communicates and develops good working relationships with co-workers; professional workplace conduct; keeps FyterTech, customer, information confidential; participates in training and appropriate professional development; reliability in reporting to work regularly and on time; understands and adheres to FyterTech policies and procedures.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed within the normal FyterTech setting. Prolonged and frequent mental and visual concentration required. Periodic stressful situations in response to multiple priorities within established deadlines. Must be able to bend, twist, turn and lift/move up to forty-five pounds.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion:

FyterTech history has taught us that treating everyone with dignity and respect is vital to our ongoing success. We embrace and seek out diversity that is inclusive of thought, race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, age, religion, sexual orientation, ability, medical condition, veteran or military status, experience and background. We find that this diversity and openness ensures that all our associates have equal access to opportunities and resources to contribute fully to the organization's success, and it fuels innovation, improves strategic thinking, and cultivates collaboration, trust, and respect.