Maintenance Manager

AkzoNobel; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Annual bonus

Medical + HSA

Dental & Vision

Paid time off

Short/Long disability

Parental leave

Career growth

D&I networks

Referral bonus

Appreciation days

Job summary

AkzoNobel is seeking a Maintenance Manager in High Point, NC to lead plant equipment maintenance, manage a team of technicians and contractors, and drive reliability across preventive and corrective programs. The role emphasizes safety, budget stewardship, and collaboration with external service providers.

Ideal candidate has 3–5 years in industrial maintenance, strong knowledge of pneumatics, electrical systems, PLCs, and SAP-PM, along with leadership and HSE expertise.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required, preferred Mechanical, Electrical, Automation or Chemical.
• Experience in maintenance/engineering in industrial environment (3–5 years).
• Proficient in MS Office and SAP-PM.
• Experience with preventive and corrective maintenance planning.
• Industrial maintenance knowledge: pneumatics, electricity, hydraulics and PLC control.
• Strong communication, analytical, initiative, and leadership skills.
• HSE knowledge and experience.
• Asset integrity management.

Responsibilities

• Ensures maintenance tasks at the plant are carried out, managing personnel (in-house or outsourced).
• Implements maintenance processes; schedules work orders, gates client, reports, and closes WOs via SAP PM; develops preventive maintenance and ensures adherence.
• Meets TRR=0 safety goals and participates in PSM/SAQ/IRS/HSE/BBS/hazard studies.
• Supervises suppliers/contractors and signs special work permits.
• Identifies and updates critical equipment following integrity standards.
• Coordinates investments for predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance and maintains the budget.
• Supports contract preparation and maintenance budgets; coordinates external maintenance.
• Ensures staff training, motivation, and awareness within the org.
• Adheres to integrity and ethics values; participates in related trainings.
• Communicates changes to reporting lines, face-to-face or online.

Skills

MS Office

SAP-PM

Preventive maintenance

Pneumatics

Electrical

Hydraulic

PLC control

Leadership

HSE

Asset integrity

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Electrical/Automation/Chemical)

Tools

MS Office

SAP-PM

Job description

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Maintenance Manager

Date: Aug 24, 2026

Location: High Point, NC, US, 27260

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

Key Responsibilites

• Ensures that all the tasks of equipment maintenance at the plant are carried out, managing the personnel in their internal or external position (technicians and outsourcing)
• Implement maintenance process through:
  • Work order system for scheduling, gatekeeping process with clients, report out and WO closure feeding through SAP PM module feeding KPIs.
  • Develop Preventative Maintenance and guarantee adherence
• SAFETY Meet TRR=0 Accomplish the activities of PSM/ SAQ / IRS/ HSE/ BBS / Hazard Study. Zero accidents.
• Supervises suppliers and / or contractors who are performing work related to the maintenance area and is authorized to sign special work permits.
• Identify and update the list of critical elements and equipment according to the standard of integrity of goods and process safety.
• Coordinate the realization of the investments related to the predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance of the plant, as well as the determination and fulfillment of the budget of expenses assigned to the maintenance department.
• Collaborate in the preparation of contracts and maintenance budgets; coordinate external maintenance with service providers.
• Ensure the training, motivation and awareness of staff within their organizational structure.
• Know and apply the company's integrity and ethics values, Code of Conduct and Principles against Bribery, participate in related trainings in person or online.
• Responsible for communicating changes within their report lines. face-to-face or online.

Job Requirements

• Engineering degree required (preferred Mechanical, Electrical, Automation or Chemical)
• Maintenance or engineering experience (3-5 years) at Industry Environment
• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) and SAP-PM
• Experience managing preventive and corrective maintenance plans.
• Industrial maintenance knowledge preferably specialized in pneumatics and electricity, hydraulic and PLC control.
• Communication skills, Analysis and solution of problems, Initiative and decision making, Leadership
• HSE knowledge and experience
• Asset Integrity management

• 401K retirement savings with 6% company match
• Eligible for annual bonus
• Medical insurance with HSA
• Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D benefits
• Generous vacation, sick and holiday pay
• Short & Long term disability
• Paid Parental leave after 1 year
• Career growth opportunities
• Active Diversity & Inclusion Networks
• Employee referral bonus
• Employee appreciation days

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Acquiring Information

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.