Maintenance Manager: Reliability & Breakdowns Lead

Arconic Corporation; Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Arconic Corporation in Lafayette, IN seeks a Maintenance Manager to lead the plant's reactive maintenance organization and drive reliability improvements. You will oversee breakdown response, safe equipment restoration, and collaboration with reliability teams to convert chronic failures into proactive work.

The role requires a strong technical background, 10+ years in maintenance, and leadership experience in a unionized environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business or related field.
• 10+ years of maintenance experience with a strong technical background.
• Experience leading unionized maintenance organizations preferred.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance systems, reliability practices, CMMS utilization, and root cause analysis.
• Excellent leadership, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced industrial environment.
• This position requires access to controlled technology; U.S. citizenship or eligibility for government authorizations required.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Responsibilities

• Own breakdown response and prioritization based on safety, environmental risk, and production impact.
• Lead maintenance superintendents, shift coverage, and break-fix teams across all operating areas.
• Drive safe maintenance execution through LOTO, permitting, compliance, and quality verification.
• Ensure every reactive work order is documented in eMaint with accurate labor, parts, and failure-code data.
• Partner with Reliability Engineering and Planned Maintenance to convert chronic failures into preventive and corrective work.
• Coordinate repair priorities and downtime windows with Operations leadership.
• Develop team capability through coaching, training, performance management, and succession planning.
• Support capital planning, equipment reliability improvements, and plant OEE initiatives.
• Promote predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, TPM principles, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Team management

Safety & compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or related field

MBA or equivalent

Tools

CMMS

Oracle ERP

Job description

Arconic Corporation in Lafayette, IN seeks a Maintenance Manager to lead the plant's reactive maintenance organization and drive reliability improvements. You will oversee breakdown response, safe equipment restoration, and collaboration with reliability teams to convert chronic failures into proactive work.

The role requires a strong technical background, 10+ years in maintenance, and leadership experience in a unionized environment.