Maintenance & Reliability Manager

EXALTA; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

EXALTA in Bonita Springs, FL seeks a Maintenance & Reliability Manager to ensure equipment reliability, availability, and performance in a regulated medical device manufacturing environment. You will lead preventive and predictive maintenance, reliability initiatives, and continuous improvement to minimize downtime and support compliant operations.

The role partners with Operations, Engineering, Quality and EHS, overseeing CMMS, maintenance records, and budgets while coaching maintenance

Qualifications

• 7+ years in maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing engineering with leadership
• Experience in highly regulated environments (medical device/pharma/aerospace) preferred
• Strong knowledge of MTBF, MTTR, TPM and lifecycle management
• Experience with equipment qualification, validation, and controlled processes preferred
• Ability to balance hands-on support with long-term reliability planning

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability for manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facilities
• Develop preventive and predictive maintenance programs to maximize uptime
• Establish reliability metrics: uptime, MTBF, MTTR, PM completion, backlog
• Lead root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve performance and capacity
• Support installation, qualification, validation, and change-control activities
• Ensure FDA, ISO 13485, GMP, and Quality Management System compliance
• Manage CMMS processes and maintenance records, inventory
• Oversee HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and other utilities
• Manage contractors and preventive maintenance agreements
• Support maintenance budgets and capital planning
• Collaborate with Quality and EHS for audit-ready operations
• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance staff
• Drive Lean, TPM, 5S, continuous improvement

Skills

Leadership

Preventive Maintenance

CMMS

Reliability Metrics

Root Cause Analysis

Project Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Capital Planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/Facilities

Tools

CMMS

Job description

EXALTA is seeking a Maintenance & Reliability Manager who will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of manufacturing equipment and facility systems within a regulated medical device manufacturing environment at our Bonita Springs, FL manufacturing facility!

This role leads preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment reliability, facilities maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives to minimize downtime and support safe, compliant, and efficient operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and reliability activities for manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facility systems.
• Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve equipment uptime and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Establish and manage key reliability metrics, including equipment uptime, MTBF, MTTR, PM completion, maintenance backlog, and recurring equipment failures.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of equipment failures and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to identify equipment constraints and improve equipment performance, capacity, and reliability.
• Support equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, validation, and change-control activities.
• Ensure maintenance activities and documentation comply with applicable FDA requirements, ISO 13485, GMP, and internal Quality Management System requirements.
• Manage CMMS processes, equipment history, preventive maintenance records, work orders, and spare-parts inventory.
• Oversee critical facility systems, including HVAC, compressed air, electrical, plumbing, and other manufacturing utilities.
• Manage outside contractors, equipment service providers, and preventive maintenance agreements.
• Develop maintenance operating budgets and support capital planning, equipment replacement, and facility improvement projects.
• Partner with Quality and EHS to maintain safe, compliant, and audit-ready operations.
• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance technicians and other assigned personnel.
• Drive Lean, TPM, 5S, and continuous improvement initiatives within the maintenance function.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Facilities Management, or related technical discipline preferred; equivalent technical experience considered.
• 7+ years of maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing engineering experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, aerospace, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with preventive and predictive maintenance, CMMS systems, equipment troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
• Working knowledge of reliability methodologies, including MTBF, MTTR, TPM, and equipment lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting equipment qualification, validation, and controlled manufacturing processes preferred.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Ability to balance hands-on operational support with longer-term reliability and capital planning.