Manager, Maintenance Engineering & Reliability

Endo Pharmaceuticals; Rochester (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Par Health seeks a Manager of Maintenance Engineering & Reliability to lead maintenance engineering, reliability programs, and utility systems across manufacturing operations. The role ensures the reliability, compliance, safety, and performance of facility and manufacturing support systems through leadership and continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Safety, and Technical Operations to drive asset reliability, capital projects, and PMO initiatives, while

Qualifications

• Leads maintenance engineering, reliability, utility systems, and technical support functions to achieve safety, quality, delivery, compliance, and cost objectives.
• Develops staffing and resource strategies to support current and future business needs.
• Drives maintenance strategies and capital projects to improve equipment reliability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Leads strategic maintenance for facility utilities and manufacturing support systems.
• Establishes capability, staffing, and resources to meet business needs.
• Oversees maintenance processes, compliance with cGMP and regulatory requirements.
• Drives investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions to improve reliability.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Reliability programs

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Job description

Why Us?

At Par Health, we believe great healthcare is built on getting the essentials right. We're looking for passionate, talented individuals who share our commitment to improving lives. With a global workforce, we lead with pride and purpose-prioritizing quality and safety while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and teamwork. Elevating the Essentials isn't just our tagline, it's the higher standard we live by every day.

Job Description Summary

The Manager, Maintenance Engineering & Reliability provides leadership for maintenance engineering, reliability programs, utility systems, technical compliance activities, and maintenance resources supporting manufacturing operations. Working closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and Technical Operations teams, this position is responsible for ensuring the reliability, compliance, safety, and performance of facility, utility, and manufacturing support systems through effective leadership, resource management, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Job Description

Leadership Accountabilities

• Budget Responsibility Responsible for development, management, and performance of the Maintenance Engineering operating budget. Provides input and support for capital planning and capital project expenditures.
• Span of Control Maintenance Trades, Systems Administrator(s), or other assigned personnel.
• Indirect Reports: Contractors, service providers, and cross-functional project teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership for maintenance engineering, reliability, utility systems, and technical support functions to achieve safety, quality, delivery, compliance, and cost objectives.
• Establishes organizational capability, staffing, and resource strategies to support current and future business requirements.
• Develops and implements maintenance systems, processes, and strategies that improve equipment reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and overall business performance.
• Ensures maintenance activities, facility systems, utilities, and equipment comply with cGMP, OSHA, corporate, and regulatory requirements.
• Provides strategic oversight of critical utility systems, including WFI, Clean Steam, Compressed Air, Nitrogen, HVAC, HEPA and supporting facility infrastructure.
• Provides oversight of Advanced Aseptic Manufacturing systems, including Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination Isolators, Depyrogenation Systems, Sterilization Systems, Aseptic Vial Filling and capping.
• Provides oversight of Automated Parenteral Inspection and Packaging systems, including Automated particulate and cosmetic inspection, Serialization, Cartoning and Case Packing.
• Establishes maintenance priorities, resource allocation plans, escalation processes, and response strategies to support safe, reliable, and compliant operations.
• Leads equipment and system investigations, identifies root causes, and drives corrective and preventive actions to improve reliability, compliance, and operational performance.
• Provides maintenance engineering leadership for capital projects, equipment installations, new product introductions, FATs, process improvements, and PMO initiatives.
• Collaborates with Manufacturing, Technical Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and other cross-functional teams to improve process performance, equipment reliability, and operational effectiveness.
• Ensures inspection readiness and quality system effectiveness by overseeing procedures, investigations, change controls, maintenance practices, regulatory inspections, customer audits, and remediation activities.
• Leads employee development, succession planning, training effectiveness, performance management, and leadership development initiatives while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, Right First Time (RFT), and Continuous Improvement (CI).
• Develops and manages maintenance engineering budgets, forecasts resource requirements, and supports long-range planning activities.
• Communicates maintenance performance metrics, project status, operational risks, and improvement opportunities to support informed decision-making and achievement of business objectives.

Core Competencies

• Maintenance Engineering & Reliability Expertise: Demonstrates advanced knowledge of maintenance engineering, reliability programs, utility systems, facility infrastructure, equipment lifecycle management, maintenance strategies, and regulatory compliance requirements. Applies technical expertise to improve equipment performance, reliability, and operational effectiveness.
• Leadership & Talent Development: Provides strong leadership through coaching, mentoring, performance management, workforce development, and succession planning. Builds engaged, capable teams that support current and future business needs.
• Strategic Thinking & Business Acumen: Aligns maintenance engineering strategies with organizational goals. Effectively balances safety, quality, compli