Maintenance Manager

ALPLA Group; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K plan

Education assistance

Paid vacation

Promotional opportunities

Paid holidays

Job summary

ALPLA's Kansas City, MO site seeks a Maintenance Manager to lead plant maintenance, reliability, and asset performance. You will oversee preventive and corrective maintenance, drive reliability initiatives, and support production and engineering teams to minimize downtime.

The role requires supervisory experience and a four-year electrical engineering degree or equivalent, with hands-on experience in hydraulic/pneumatic systems and computer-controlled machinery.

Qualifications

• Minimum four years of supervisory experience in manufacturing or similar industry.
• Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems is required.
• Experience with computer control systems on machines is preferred.
• Four-year degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance, reliability, and asset performance across plant operations.
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance and record keeping.
• Drive predictive maintenance schedules and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage maintenance budget and supervise maintenance team.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Hydraulic systems

Pneumatic systems

Computer control systems

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Job description

ALPLA's Kansas City, MO manufacturing site is looking for a Maintenance Manager. ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, Henkel, Chobani and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of plant maintenance, reliability, and asset performance. This role oversees preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective operation of manufacturing equipment and facilities. The Maintenance Manager partners closely with production and engineering teams to minimize downtime, extend asset life, and support overall plant performance.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

What You Will Enjoy Doing

• Manage all activities related to production and infrastructure equipment reliability
• Ensure preventative maintenance performed to expectation
• Ensures timely and accurate repair of machine breakdowns
• Ensures proper and accurate record keeping of repair and parts usage
• Ensure all equipment is updated to outlast standards for both safety and upgrades
• supports OEM initiatives for machine installs and upgrades
• Implements and controls predictive maintenance schedules based on data acquired from machine downtime reports
• Autonomous maintenance activities
• Managing Maintenance budgetary spending
• Tracks maintenance spend through reporting software
• Drives cost savings initiatives through predictive maintenance and rebuild processes with parts suppliers
• Managing Maintenance team
• Coordinates and leads training activities for maintenance techs.
• Performs LOTO audits for verification of all technicians
• Audits all technician work orders in maintenance software for compliance
• Leads and participates in RCA's for reoccurring deviations on equipment or performance
• Leads department in 5S initiatives and installation events
• performs equipment kaizen events to bring equipment to like new condition

Performance Metrics:

• MTTF and MTTR
• Plant Operational Efficiency
• Tracking of Maintenance team skill level in E-Skills
• Maintenance record tracking to ALPLA standard
• MCI – Maintenance cost to budget
• RCA completions and implementationsDirects Work
• Develops Talent
• Nimble Learning
• Plans and Aligns
• Manages Conflict
• Builds Effective Teams
• Customer Focus

What Makes You Great

• Four-year degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience required
• Minimum four years of work experience at ALPLA or similar industry required
• Experience with Computer Control Systems on machines
• Experience in working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• At least 3 years of supervisory experience required

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

• Immigration sponsorship is not eligible for this role