Maintenance Manager — Industrial Reliability & Team Lead

Prime Materials Recovery Inc; South Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) matching

Paid holidays

Job summary

Prime Materials Recovery, Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its South Windsor, CT campus. This role leads a team of mechanics and technicians, driving preventive and predictive maintenance programs to minimize downtime in a heavy industrial environment.

The candidate will oversee maintenance, repair, and reliability programs in accordance with OSHA, NFPA, and company standards, ensuring safe, efficient operations and proper documentation of maintenance activities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of maintenance management experience in manufacturing, recycling, or heavy industrial operations.
• Hands-on knowledge of hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and electrical systems.
• Experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems).
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of OSHA, NFPA, and environmental compliance standards.
• Budget management and vendor negotiation experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the maintenance team, including mechanics, and electricians.
• Schedule, assign, and oversee daily maintenance work orders and projects.
• Provide training, mentorship, and performance evaluations for maintenance staff.
• Observe equipment in operation to detect potential problems.
• Defining parts that need to be ordered after troubleshooting is complete.
• Maintain inventories of tools, spare parts, and consumable supplies.
• Requisition tools, spare parts, and consumable supplies.
• Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
• Maintain repair or maintenance records.
• Ability to read and understand machine drawings, building prints, electrical and plumbing schematics.
• Develop preventative maintenance program for all equipment & facility related equipment.
• Perform equipment installations as required and defined by Engineering.
• Experience in welding, plumbing, electrical, compressed air, and working with process controls.
• Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe maintenance shop and facility.
• Operation of forklift and scissor lift as required.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Budget management

Vendor negotiation

Team management

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Job description

Prime Materials Recovery, Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Manager for its South Windsor, CT campus. This role leads a team of mechanics and technicians, driving preventive and predictive maintenance programs to minimize downtime in a heavy industrial environment.

The candidate will oversee maintenance, repair, and reliability programs in accordance with OSHA, NFPA, and company standards, ensuring safe, efficient operations and proper documentation of maintenance activities.