Maintenance & Reliability Senior Manager

Ultimate Staffing; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultimate Staffing seeks a maintenance and reliability leader to design and implement a greenfield maintenance program, drive CMMS/EAM systems, and build high-performing teams in a 24/7 manufacturing setting in Durham, NC. Lead asset strategies, safety programs, and continuous improvement to boost uptime and production performance.

You will partner with operations, engineering, EHS, and leadership to deliver measurable reliability improvements and scalable maintenance practices across the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent technical leadership experience
• 10+ years of industrial maintenance and reliability experience
• 5+ years leading maintenance teams in 24/7 manufacturing or process environment
• Experience implementing CMMS/EAM systems such as SAP PM/MM, Oracle EAM, Maximo, Infor EAM
• Proven success building maintenance programs from ground up
• Experience managing maintenance budgets, safety programs, and reliability initiatives

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the site's maintenance management system
• Create work management processes from notification through closeout
• Develop asset-based maintenance strategies using equipment criticality
• Establish KPIs including PM compliance, uptime, backlog health, MTBF, MTTR, and maintenance costs
• Lead Mechanical Integrity programs for regulated equipment and ensure audit readiness
• Own CMMS/EAM selection, configuration, deployment, and adoption
• Build asset hierarchies, equipment master data, PM libraries, and job plans
• Configure work order workflows, planning, scheduling, mobile maintenance execution, and reporting
• Integrate maintenance systems with ERP, production, and plant data platforms
• Drive training, testing, go-live support, and continuous improvement
• Establish reliability-centered maintenance practices
• Lead FMEA, root cause analysis, asset strategy reviews, and defect elimination efforts
• Implement predictive maintenance technologies including vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasound, oil analysis, and motor testing
• Improve asset availability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance
• Develop critical spare parts strategies and inventory controls
• Create efficient storeroom processes and inventory management systems
• Improve inventory accuracy, stock availability, and MRO performance
• Manage vendor relationships and procurement processes
• Develop maintenance technicians, planners, reliability engineers, and specialty trades
• Implement skills development, certification, and training programs
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Own maintenance safety performance across all maintenance activities
• Manage maintenance budgets, contractors, and outage planning
• Partner with operations to maximize equipment reliability and OEE
• Lead turnaround and shutdown planning activities

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Reliability engineering

Team leadership

Budget management

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

SAP PM/MM

Oracle EAM

Maximo

Infor EAM

Job description

Are you a maintenance and reliability leader who thrives on building systems, teams, and programs from the ground up? This is a rare opportunity to shape the maintenance strategy, CMMS infrastructure, reliability roadmap, and storeroom operations for a growing advanced manufacturing operation.

If you've successfully transformed maintenance organizations, implemented CMMS/EAM systems, improved asset reliability, and built high-performing teams, we want to hear from you.

Why You'll Love This Role

Competitive salary: $135K - $185K

Lead a greenfield/low-maturity maintenance transformation

Own maintenance strategy, reliability engineering, and asset management

Drive CMMS/EAM implementation and digital maintenance systems

Build and mentor maintenance, reliability, and specialty trades teams

Partner directly with operations, engineering, EHS, and leadership

Make a visible impact on uptime, safety, and production performance

What You'll Do

Build the Maintenance Program

• Design and implement the site's maintenance management system
• Create work management processes from notification through closeout
• Develop asset-based maintenance strategies using equipment criticality
• Establish KPIs including PM compliance, equipment uptime, backlog health, MTBF, MTTR, and maintenance cost performance
• Lead Mechanical Integrity programs for regulated equipment and ensure audit readiness

Lead CMMS & Asset Management

• Own CMMS/EAM selection, configuration, deployment, and adoption
• Build asset hierarchies, equipment master data, PM libraries, and job plans
• Configure work order workflows, planning, scheduling, mobile maintenance execution, and reporting
• Integrate maintenance systems with ERP, production, and plant data platforms
• Drive training, testing, go-live support, and continuous improvement

Develop Reliability Excellence

• Establish reliability-centered maintenance practices
• Lead FMEA, root cause analysis, asset strategy reviews, and defect elimination efforts
• Implement predictive maintenance technologies including vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasound, oil analysis, and motor testing
• Improve asset availability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance

Optimize Spare Parts & Storeroom Operations

• Develop critical spare parts strategies and inventory controls
• Create efficient storeroom processes and inventory management systems
• Improve inventory accuracy, stock availability, and MRO performance
• Manage vendor relationships and procurement processes

Build and Lead High-Performing Teams

• Develop maintenance technicians, planners, reliability engineers, and specialty trades
• Implement skills development, certification, and training programs
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement

Drive Safety & Operational Excellence

• Own maintenance safety performance across all maintenance activities
• Manage maintenance budgets, contractors, and outage planning
• Partner with operations to maximize equipment reliability and OEE
• Lead turnaround and shutdown planning activities

What We're Looking For

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical leadership experience

10+ years of industrial maintenance and reliability experience

5+ years leading maintenance teams in a 24/7 manufacturing or process environment

Experience implementing or configuring CMMS/EAM systems such as:

• SAP PM/MM
• Oracle EAM
• Maximo
• Infor EAM
• Similar platforms

Proven success improving or building maintenance programs from the ground up

Experience managing maintenance budgets, safety programs, and reliability initiatives

Must be authorized to access U.S. export-controlled facilities and information

Preferred

Greenfield startup or facility expansion experience

CMMS implementation ownership from design through adoption

PSM/Mechanical Integrity experience

CMRP, CRL, Lean, TPM, or Six Sigma certifications

Experience with manufacturing equipment, utilities, thermal systems, CNC equipment, material handling, wastewater systems, or similar industrial assets

MBA or advanced degree

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.