Maintenance Manager

ABB; Fort Smith (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Savings Plan

ESAP (Employee Stock Purchase)?

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation

Job summary

ABB’s Fort Smith facility is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance, reliability and TPM initiatives. You will drive equipment uptime and safety through proactive programs, RCFA, and CMMS analytics, using tools like vibration analysis and thermal imaging.

You will mentor teams, manage budgets, and collaborate across functions to improve MTBF, MTTR and OEE while delivering cost-effective capital projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years maintenance experience in manufacturing with hands-on PLCs and automated equipment.
• Expertise in TPM, RCMM/RCM concepts and proactive maintenance programs (OPM/PM/PdM/RCFA).
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance techs and reliability KPI management (MTBF/MTTR/OEE).

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, reliability, and TPM programs to maximize equipment performance and uptime.
• Drive CMMS analytics and reliability metrics (MTBF, MTTR, OEE) and RCFA efforts.
• Manage maintenance operations, budgets, and scheduling for capital projects and growth.
• Ensure safe, compliant plant operations and rapid response to critical equipment issues.

Skills

TPM expertise

RCFA

Cross-functional leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Associate’s Degree

High School Diploma

Tools

SAP CMMS

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:
Plant Manager
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The work model for the role is:

Onsite

Your role and responsibilities:

The Maintenance Manager leads all maintenance, reliability, and asset management activities for the Fort Smith manufacturing facility, driving equipment reliability, operational excellence, and manufacturing performance through a comprehensive Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) strategy. This role oversees the development and execution of Operator Preventive Maintenance (OPM), Preventive Maintenance (PM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) programs, leveraging technologies such as condition monitoring, vibration analysis, thermal imaging, oil analysis, and CMMS tools to proactively prevent equipment failures.

The position fosters a reliability-focused culture by driving continuous improvement in key performance indicators including MTBF, MTTR, OEE, uptime, and maintenance costs. The Maintenance Manager leads Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) efforts and collaborates cross-functionally to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance while ensuring sustainable asset reliability and operational excellence.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Lead and continuously improve maintenance, reliability, and TPM programs by implementing proactive, preventive, predictive, and operator-driven maintenance strategies that maximize equipment performance and uptime.
• Drive asset reliability and operational excellence through CMMS analytics, reliability metrics (MTBF, MTTR, OEE), root cause failure analysis, lifecycle planning, and Industry 4.0 technologies.
• Manage maintenance operations, resources, and budgets by optimizing planning and scheduling, developing technical talent, controlling costs, and ensuring effective support for capital projects and facility growth.
• Ensure safe, compliant, and efficient plant operations by meeting regulatory and corporate requirements, supporting plant performance objectives, and leading maintenance response to critical equipment and operational issues.

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 10 years OR Associate’s Degree with minimum 12 years OR High School Diploma with minimum 14 years of maintenance experience working in a manufacturing environment. Including hands‑on troubleshooting of PLCs, industrial controls, electrical and mechanical systems, and automated production equipment.
• Demonstrated expertise in TPM, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), asset management, and proactive maintenance programs, including OPM, PM, PdM, and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
• Strong knowledge of predictive maintenance technologies and reliability methodologies, including vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasound, oil analysis, condition monitoring, and reliability KPI management (MTBF, MTTR, OEE, uptime).
• Experience utilizing CMMS platforms (SAP preferred) for maintenance planning, scheduling, resource management, reliability analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proven leadership in automated manufacturing environments, with the ability to develop teams, drive cultural change, manage budgets and capital projects, and deliver operational excellence.
• Excellent communication, coaching, project management, and cross‑functional collaboration skills; Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, CMRP, CRL, or related certifications preferred.
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

More about us:

ABB’s NEMA Motors Division is the global leading electric NEMA motors manufacturer. With more than 4,500 employees across the globe and seven manufacturing locations that produce more than 1.6 million motors every year, the division powers its customers from many industries with safe, reliable energy‑efficient and effective solutions. NEMA Motors Division is a trusted leader with the shortest lead time and the broadest modularized product offering.

What's In It For You

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affinity Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affinity Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to [e-mail]. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

ABB Benefit Summary For Eligible US Employees

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Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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