Maintenance Manager — TPM & Reliability Leader

Owens Corning

Buell (AR)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company contribution

Paid time off and holidays

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Owens Corning Fort Smith, AR site seeks a Maintenance Leader to develop and execute our maintenance and reliability strategy, leading salaried and hourly teams while partnering with Operations, Engineering, Sourcing, EHS, Quality, and Finance to meet plant objectives.

The role advances TPM, DMS, and RWP discipline across the site, building a customer-focused maintenance team, improving asset health, reducing downtime, and coaching talent through structured programs and accountability.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, Business, or related field; equivalent manufacturing leadership experience may be considered.
3–5 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing, maintenance, reliability, or operations environment.
Eligible for work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Demonstrated experience leading maintenance or reliability systems, including planning, scheduling, work execution, preventive maintenance, and root‑cause problem solving.
Experience with TPM, DMS, RWP, Lean manufacturing, or other formal continuous improvement systems preferred.
Working knowledge of SAP PM, CMMS processes, maintenance planning, spare parts management, and equipment history systems preferred.
Ability to work in a manufacturing environment and support business needs across shifts, weekends, outages, and emergencies as required.

Responsibilities

Lead the maintenance team with a strong focus on safety, environmental compliance, quality, reliability, cost, and customer service.
Build a culture where safety is a condition of employment and risks are identified, corrected, and communicated with urgency.
Develop and execute the maintenance and reliability strategy to improve asset health, reduce unplanned downtime, and support delivery of plant KPIs.
Serve as the Planned Maintenance pillar leader and actively participate in TPM governance, steering team routines, assessments, and pillar master planning.
Strengthen maintenance DMS routines, including daily huddles, KPI/KAI review, breakdown follow‑up, red‑tag closure, PM completion, and action tracking.
Own RWP discipline by ensuring work identification, planning, scheduling, execution, documentation, and closeout processes are consistently followed.
Partner with Operations to align priorities, approve maintenance work, coordinate equipment availability, and ensure the right work is completed at the right time.
Ensure maintenance resources are scheduled effectively, available hours are utilized productively, and schedule breakers are minimized through proactive planning.
Lead breakdown analysis and root‑cause problem solving to eliminate recurring losses and sustain corrective actions.
Improve maintenance systems, preventive and predictive maintenance plans, equipment history, spare parts strategy, and SAP data integrity.
Lead maintenance budget management, overtime control, repair cost management, contractor utilization, and capital planning support.
Support project planning, equipment commissioning, early equipment management, asset retirement, and Management of Change requirements.
Develop maintenance talent through coaching, performance management, skills assessment, succession planning, and structured training plans.
Create an environment of mutual trust, respect, teamwork, engagement, accountability, and open communication across all shifts.
Establish challenging, time‑bound targets and remove barriers through effective prioritization, collaboration, and alternative solutions.