Maintenance Manager

niagarawater; Lancaster (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Niagara is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead our maintenance team, ensuring equipment reliability and safety across bottling operations in Texas. You will plan maintenance, manage budgets, supervise technicians, and drive continuous improvement to keep lines running at high efficiency.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in manufacturing maintenance, strong leadership, and proficiency with CMMS and MS Office; a track record of improving uptime and reducing costs is preferred.

Qualifications

• 6 years of field manufacturing experience
• Experience in managing people and projects
• Experience coordinating maintenance in a packaging environment
• Proficiency with MS Office suite and basic CMMS usage

Responsibilities

• Plans and directs preventative maintenance programs
• Oversees maintenance of process equipment (injection/blow molding, packaging)
• Leads maintenance team and safety oversight
• Collaborates with Production Manager on maintenance scheduling
• Manages outside contractors and project installs
• Ensures timely completion of customer deadlines
• Maintains maintenance records and justifications for capital equipment

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Detail oriented

Team collaboration

Maintenance planning

Operations leadership

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Access

Outlook

Job description

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Maintenance Manager

• Plans, directs and monitors preventative and corrective maintenance and repair activities to ensure the company's buildings, facilities, machinery, and equipment operate reliably and efficiently.
• Oversees maintenance of injection molding, blow molding and packaging equipment.
• Oversees activities of maintenance department.
• Collaborates with Production Manager to schedule preventative maintenance activities.
• Responsible for building world-class mechanical and preventative maintenance teams that will keep production equipment in excellent condition, keep lines running high efficiencies and maintain proper stock of parts.
• Oversees outside contractors performing installations and projects at the facility.
• Interfaces with others in the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met.
• Hires, trains, coaches and reviews performance of employees. Works with HR for employee discipline issues, terminations and recruitment.
• Oversees safety team activities. Monitors and enforces safety requirements.
• Builds a positive work environment.
• Develops, recommends, and implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Maintains time and maintenance records.
• Develops capital equipment justifications for machine tools and process technology to improve quality, cost and cycle times.
• Estimates, requisitions and inspects materials.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list 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 prior notice.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: 6 Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6 Years - Experience in Position
• 4 Years - Experience managing people/projects
• *experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ Years- Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 10+ Years - Experience working in Position
• 6 Years - Experience managing people/projects
• *experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

• Performs work under direct supervision.
• Handles basic issues and problems, and refers more complex issues to higher-level staff.
• Possesses beginning to working knowledge of subject matter.
• Strong verbal, writing, and presentation skills to communicate effectively with immediate team and peers.
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to work well in collaborative group environments
• Strong attention to detail and organization.
• Intermediate knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

Lead Like an Owner

• Manages a safe working environment, accurately documents safety related training, and effectively communicates safety incidents
• Provides strategic input and oversight to departmental projects
• Makes data driven decisions and develops sustainable solutions
• Skilled in reducing costs and managing timelines while prioritizing long run impact over short term wins
• Makes decisions by putting overall company success first before department/individual success
• Leads/facilitates discussions to get positive outcomes for the customer
• Makes strategic decisions which prioritize the needs of the customer over departmental/individual goals

InnovACT

• Continuously evaluates existing programs and processes, and develops new initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste
• Creates, monitors, and responds to departmental performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
• Communicates a clear vision, organizes resources effectively, and adjusts the strategy as needed when managing change

Find a Way

• Demonstrates ability to think analytically and synthesize complex information
• Effectively delegates technical tasks to subordinates
• Works effectively with departments, vendors, and customers to achieve organizational success
• Identifies opportunities for collaboration in strategic ways

Empowered to be Great

• Makes hiring decisions primarily based on culture fit and attitude, and secondari